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EnactedPost Office (Horizon System) Offences Act 2024

Proposed amendments

41 amendments across 7 provisions

Clause 1 14

Amendment #10013323#10013323Not calledRemoves provision
Amendment text
Clause 1, page 1, line 9, leave out paragraph (b)
Stage
Committee of the whole House
Type
DeleteClauseOrSchedule
Clause
1
Liam Byrne
Amendment #10014120#10014120AgreedAmends text
Amendment text
Clause 1, page 1, line 12, at end insert “in England and Wales or in Northern Ireland.”
Stage
Committee of the whole House
Type
EditBillBody
Clause
1
Kemi Badenoch
Amendment #10014130#10014130Not selectedAmends text
Amendment text
Clause 1, page 1, line 12, after “Appeal” insert “or by the High Court of Justiciary”
Stage
Committee of the whole House
Type
EditBillBody
Clause
1
Marion Fellows
Amendment #10014135#10014135Not selectedAmends text
Amendment text
Clause 1, page 1, line 9, at end insert—
“(2A) This Act applies to a conviction in Scotland for a relevant offence where the conviction has not been considered by the High Court of Justiciary.”
Stage
Committee of the whole House
Type
EditBillBody
Clause
1
Marion Fellows
Amendment #10014138#10014138AgreedAmends text
Amendment text
Clause 1, page 1, line 9, at end insert—
“(2A) This Act also applies to a conviction in Northern Ireland for a relevant offence where—

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Stage
Committee of the whole House
Type
EditBillBody
Clause
1
Kemi Badenoch
Amendment #10014151#10014151AgreedAmends text
Amendment text
Clause 1, page 1, line 6, at end insert—
“(za) the conviction took place before the coming into force of this Act,”
Stage
Committee of the whole House
Type
EditBillBody
Clause
1
Kemi Badenoch
Amendment #10014154#10014154AgreedAmends text
Amendment text
Clause 1, page 1, line 9, after “Appeal” insert “in England and Wales.”
Stage
Committee of the whole House
Type
EditBillBody
Clause
1
Kemi Badenoch
Amendment #10014776#10014776DisagreedRemoves provision
Amendment text
Clause 1, page 1, line 10, leave out paragraph (c)
Stage
Committee stage
Type
DeleteClauseOrSchedule
Clause
1
Lord Falconer of Thoroton
Amendment #10014777#10014777Not movedAmends text
Amendment text
Clause 1, page 1, line 11, at end insert “on or after 1 January 2020”
Stage
Committee stage
Type
EditBillBody
Clause
1
Lord Falconer of Thoroton
Amendment #10014782#10014782Not movedAmends text
Amendment text
Clause 1, page 1, line 19, at end insert “on or after 1 January 2020”
Stage
Committee stage
Type
EditBillBody
Clause
1
Lord Falconer of Thoroton
Amendment #10014784#10014784Not movedRemoves provision
Amendment text
Clause 1, page 1, line 18, leave out paragraph (c)
Stage
Committee stage
Type
DeleteClauseOrSchedule
Clause
1
Lord Falconer of Thoroton
Amendment #10014827#10014827Not movedRemoves provision
Amendment text
Clause 1, page 2, line 1, leave out subsection (5)
Stage
Committee stage
Type
DeleteClauseOrSchedule
Clause
1
Lord Falconer of Thoroton
Amendment #10014831#10014831Not movedAmends text
Amendment text
Clause 1, page 1, line 9, after “Service” insert “or the Department for Work and Pensions”
Stage
Committee stage
Type
EditBillBody
Clause
1
Lord Falconer of Thoroton
Amendment #10014996#10014996WithdrawnAmends text
Amendment text
Clause 1, page 1, line 9, after “Service” insert “or the Department for Work and Pensions”
Stage
Report stage
Type
EditBillBody
Clause
1
Lord Sikka

Clause 2 8

Amendment #10014129#10014129AgreedAmends text
Amendment text
Clause 2, page 2, line 35, after “1968” insert “or section 15 or 15A of the Theft Act (Northern Ireland) 1969”
Stage
Committee of the whole House
Type
EditBillBody
Clause
2
Kemi Badenoch
Amendment #10014140#10014140AgreedAmends text
Amendment text
Clause 2, page 2, line 32, at end insert “or section 17 of the Theft Act (Northern Ireland) 1969;”
Stage
Committee of the whole House
Type
EditBillBody
Clause
2
Kemi Badenoch
Amendment #10014149#10014149Not selectedAmends text
Amendment text
Clause 2, page 2, line 19, at end insert—
“(6A) In its application to Scotland, this section is to be read as if condition B were that the offence is one of the following—

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Stage
Committee of the whole House
Type
EditBillBody
Clause
2
Marion Fellows
Amendment #10014158#10014158AgreedAmends text
Amendment text
Clause 2, page 2, line 41, at end insert “or section 21 of the Theft Act (Northern Ireland) 1969;”
Stage
Committee of the whole House
Type
EditBillBody
Clause
2
Kemi Badenoch
Amendment #10014162#10014162AgreedAmends text
Amendment text
Clause 2, page 3, line 1, at end insert “or section 1(1) of the Theft Act (Northern Ireland) 1969.”
Stage
Committee of the whole House
Type
EditBillBody
Clause
2
Kemi Badenoch
Amendment #10014165#10014165AgreedAmends text
Amendment text
Clause 2, page 2, line 37, leave out “that Act” and insert “the Theft Act 1968 or section 19(1) or (2) of the Theft Act (Northern Ireland) 1969”
Stage
Committee of the whole House
Type
EditBillBody
Clause
2
Kemi Badenoch
Amendment #10014974#10014974AgreedAmends text
Amendment text
Clause 2, page 2, line 30, after “that,” insert “—

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Stage
Committee stage
Type
EditBillBody
Clause
2
Lord Offord of Garvel
Amendment #10014975#10014975AgreedAmends text
Amendment text
Clause 2, page 2, line 31, at end insert “, or
(b) where the offence was alleged to have been committed at any time during a period as mentioned in subsection (2)(b), the Horizon system was being used for the purposes of the post office business for the whole or part of that period.”
Stage
Committee stage
Type
EditBillBody
Clause
2
Lord Offord of Garvel

Clause 3 8

Amendment #10013322#10013322Not selectedRemoves provision
Amendment text
Page 3, line 2, leave out Clause 3
Stage
Committee of the whole House
Type
DeleteClauseOrSchedule
Clause
3
Liam Byrne
Amendment #10014160#10014160AgreedAmends text
Amendment text
Clause 3, page 3, line 15, at end insert—
“(6) In this section “the Court of Appeal” means—

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Stage
Committee of the whole House
Type
EditBillBody
Clause
3
Kemi Badenoch
Amendment #10014164#10014164Not selectedAmends text
Amendment text
Clause 3, page 3, line 15, at end insert—
“(6) In relation to a conviction in Scotland—

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Stage
Committee of the whole House
Type
EditBillBody
Clause
3
Marion Fellows
Amendment #10014778#10014778Not movedRemoves provision
Amendment text
Clause 3, page 3, line 28, leave out subsections (3) and (4)
Stage
Committee stage
Type
DeleteClauseOrSchedule
Clause
3
Lord Falconer of Thoroton
Amendment #10014780#10014780Not movedAmends text
Amendment text
Clause 3, page 3, line 32, after “conviction” insert “on or after 1 January 2020”
Stage
Committee stage
Type
EditBillBody
Clause
3
Lord Falconer of Thoroton
Amendment #10014781#10014781Stood partRemoves provision
Amendment text
The above-named Lords give notice of their intention to oppose the Question that Clause 3 stand part of the Bill.
Stage
Committee stage
Type
DeleteClauseOrSchedule
Clause
3
Lord Falconer of Thoroton
Amendment #10014783#10014783Not movedAmends text
Amendment text
Clause 3, page 3, line 29, at end insert “on or after 1 January 2020”
Stage
Committee stage
Type
EditBillBody
Clause
3
Lord Falconer of Thoroton
Amendment #10014786#10014786Not movedAmends text
Amendment text
Clause 3, page 3, line 27, at end insert “on or after 1 January 2020”
Stage
Committee stage
Type
EditBillBody
Clause
3
Lord Falconer of Thoroton

Clause 4 5

Amendment #10014123#10014123AgreedAmends text
Amendment text
Clause 4, page 3, line 19, leave out “Secretary of State” and insert “appropriate authority”
Stage
Committee of the whole House
Type
EditBillBody
Clause
4
Kemi Badenoch
Amendment #10014128#10014128AgreedAmends text
Amendment text
Clause 4, page 3, line 18, at end insert—
“(1A) In this section “the appropriate authority” means—

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Stage
Committee of the whole House
Type
EditBillBody
Clause
4
Kemi Badenoch
Amendment #10014136#10014136AgreedAmends text
Amendment text
Clause 4, page 3, line 20, leave out “Secretary of State” and insert “authority”
Stage
Committee of the whole House
Type
EditBillBody
Clause
4
Kemi Badenoch
Amendment #10014146#10014146AgreedAmends text
Amendment text
Clause 4, page 3, line 17, leave out “Secretary of State” and insert “appropriate authority”
Stage
Committee of the whole House
Type
EditBillBody
Clause
4
Kemi Badenoch
Amendment #10014779#10014779Not movedAmends text
Amendment text
Clause 4, page 4, line 10, at end insert “and any other appropriate bodies necessary to ensure that the quashing of the conviction is properly recorded”
Stage
Committee stage
Type
EditBillBody
Clause
4
Lord Falconer of Thoroton

Clause 6 1

Amendment #10014976#10014976Not movedNew clause / schedule
Amendment text
After Clause 6 insert the following new Clause—
“Statements on predecessor software programmes or systems

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Stage
Committee stage
Type
AddClauseOrSchedule
Clause
6
Baroness Brinton

Clause 8 1

Amendment #10014787#10014787Not movedRemoves provision
Amendment text
Clause 8, page 6, line 25, leave out subsection (2)
Stage
Committee stage
Type
DeleteClauseOrSchedule
Clause
8
Lord Falconer of Thoroton

Clause 9 4

Amendment #10014785#10014785Not movedNew clause / schedule
Amendment text
After Clause 9, insert the following new Clause—
“Equivalent provisions in Scotland

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Stage
Committee stage
Type
AddClauseOrSchedule
Clause
9
Lord Falconer of Thoroton
Amendment #10014828#10014828Not movedNew clause / schedule
Amendment text
After Clause 9, insert the following new Clause—
“Review of role of Post Office governance model in the convictions quashed under this Act

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Stage
Committee stage
Type
AddClauseOrSchedule
Clause
9
Lord Holmes of Richmond
Amendment #10014829#10014829Not movedNew clause / schedule
Amendment text
After Clause 9, insert the following new Clause—
“Review of admissibility of computer evidence

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Stage
Committee stage
Type
AddClauseOrSchedule
Clause
9
Lord Holmes of Richmond
Amendment #10014830#10014830Not movedNew clause / schedule
Amendment text
After Clause 9, insert the following new Clause—
“Review of power to bring prosecutions

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Stage
Committee stage
Type
AddClauseOrSchedule
Clause
9
Lord Holmes of Richmond