Sentences with phrase «new offence»

So what does this have to do with the proposal to introduce new offences for serious breaches of privacy?

The government says it will «consider the findings» and «if appropriate... consult on how new offences might be introduced».

I am putting a bill before the House of Commons that proposes to create new offences of causing death or serious injury through dangerous or reckless cycling and to make provision regarding minimum sentencing and fines for those convicted of such offences.

Create new offences for failing to comply with safeguards, forging or destroying related documentation, failing to provide required information and contravening regulations.

April 2017 saw the creation of new offences in relation to the failure to prevent the facilitation of tax evasion offences and sexual communication with a child.

«The Minerals and Mining (Amendment) Act, 2015 (Act 900) has introduced new offences which confer jurisdiction on the High Courts and Circuit Courts.

It now includes fraudulent manipulation of stock exchange transactions, insider trading, falsification of books, extortion, forgery and other offenses resembling forgery, criminal breach of contract, bribery of judicial officers, and secret commissions, as well as new offences under the Corruption of Foreign Public Officials Act.

CCLA continues to argue against disproportionate knee - jerk reactions to terrorist threats — such responses overlook the robust broad powers already existing in the Criminal Code and other laws in place — and argue for more and more state powers and new offences which may cast a far - too - wide and ineffective net, while simultaneously threatening to normalize exceptional powers.

Crown sought substantial jail, particularly because Client had committed new offences while on bail.

While this tends to be rare, you should know that if you're charged with new offences during the one year period after you've had charges stayed, the stayed charges could be brought back and the Crown could prosecute you on those same charges again.

Former culture secretary Maria Miller has taken up the cause of creating a specific new offence and said she won a sympathetic hearing from justice secretary Chris Grayling.

A preliminary report by peers and MPs today finds new offences of encouragement of terrorism and attending terrorist training camps could be incompatible with the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR).

The 2012 act was rushed, created new offences without political or legal consensus and further demonised football fans.

Documents published today set out further details of the controversial new offence that removes the need to prove intent for the most serious cases of failing to declare offshore income and gains (making it a «strict liability» offence).

Commons leader Harriet Harman said there would be three new offences targeting false claims, not registering interests, and payments to MPs for raising issues in Parliament.

Welfare needs little legislation, and the whole point of the criminal justice policy is to stop new offences being created every week.

11.01 am: Lord McNally, the justice minister, has told a fringe meeting that the Ministry of Justice is trying to «fend off» the desire of Number 10 to insert new offences and stricter sentences into the legal aid, sentencing and punishment of offenders bill.

The new legislation introduces an entirely new offence whereby corporations can be held responsible if any employee or agent acting on their behalf facilitates tax evasion in any way — and it has a global scope.

A criminal justice Bill would not be complete without a few new offences and this one is no exception.

If the courts are permitted to «read in» new offences into the Criminal Code (or read down existing offences) they will have usurped the legitimate role of Parliament.

In light of the statutory history, the contemporaneous external sources, and the principle that Parliament does not create new offences except through clear and definitive language, the much more plausible reading of the 1954 amendment is that it was the meaning of buggery, not bestiality, that underwent a change.

On May 11, 2011, Manitoba proposed Canada's first adult abuse registry as well as tough new offences and penalties to better protect adults with intellectual disabilities.

Several new offences relating to the making or selling of realistic imitation guns have been introduced and the maximum sentence for carrying an imitation gun in public without reasonable excuse has doubled from six to 12 months.

Bill S - 4: An Act to amend the Criminal Code (identity theft and related misconduct) came into force on October 22, creating a number of new offences in relation to identity theft and impersonation.

Bill C - 46 creates three new offences for drivers with certain levels of particular drugs in their system within two hours of driving and allows police to demand saliva samples from those suspected of operating a vehicle under the influence of drugs.

Several had to do with sentencing while others were concerned with creating new offences, e.g., prohibiting child pornography on the Internet, Controlled Drugs and Substances Act, DNA Identification Act, Protecting Victims from Sex Offenders.

If implemented, these would increase maximum prison sentences to 14 years (from five) and introduce a new offence for keeping false books and records to cover up bribery.

It was brought by Lord Morrow and also creates a new offence of forced marriage and will place a duty on the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety to provide support for those wishing to leave prostitution.

The Department for Transport announced its review into cycle safety in September 2017, to consider whether a new offence equivalent to causing death by careless or dangerous driving should be introduced for cyclists, as well as suggestions for wider improvements in cycle safety.

Recommendations will need to be made in respect of all new offences that have been created by the regulations law officers.

Ministers have rejected this, and Metropolitan police chief superintendent Ali Dizaei has warned the practice would be akin to creating a new offence of «travelling while Asian».

Equally, it calls for their inclusion in the new offence of training for terrorism.

Today's report recognises the need for a new, narrowly defined criminal offence of indirect incitement to terrorist acts, but says it is concerned about the wording of the new offence of encouragement to cover this purpose.

Passenger profiling would be akin to introducing a new offence of «travelling while Asian», one of Britain's top Muslim police officers has warned.

Officials from the Home Office insist this measure isn't going to target those who unwittingly assist organised crime and are thereby guilty of the new offence of «participation».

The apparent choice, between preserving the usual burden of proof or accepting the number of convictions under the new offence is going to be paltry, is being resisted by the government.

There was one new offence for every day Tony Blair was in office and the passing of a criminal justice bill became a de facto annual event.

The council is considering using a Public Space Protection Order (PSPO) to introduce 18 new offences.

«With each new offence communities are being blighted and more victims of crime are suffering.

The need for new laws may not be down to legal lacunae but to evidential difficulties under existing laws, which a new offence simply would not solve.

Eight people have been charged with conspiracy to murder and the new offence of preparing acts of terrorism, which was introduced under the Terrorism Act 2006.

A new offence is being introduced in the Criminal Finances Bill and will be effective by September 2017 at the latest.

In the CIOT's submission to the Government's consultation on the new offence the Institute said: «We welcome a statutory minimum threshold amount of tax evaded, see draft section 106F (2), although we do not think that # 5,000 is high enough.

However, Mr Desai warned last night: «What you are suggesting is that we should have a new offence in this country called «travelling whilst Asian».»

«This increase in the proposed threshold from # 5,000 to # 25,000 is in line with what CIOT called for in our representations to the Government1 and should ensure that in most circumstances ordinary taxpayers making unwitting mistakes are not caught up in this new offence.

Commenting, Jon Preshaw, Chairman of the CIOT's Management of Taxes Sub-Committee, said: «We continue to have concerns over this new offence, which risks criminalising careless mistakes.

• The definition of an antique firearm — which makes the current guidance statutory, • A new offence, targeted at criminals, of the possession of articles with intent to convert an imitation into a working firearm.

«However today's announcement that there will be a threshold of «not less than # 25,000 of tax lost per tax year» reassures us that the Government are serious about fulfilling their promise that the new offence will only be used in the most serious of cases.

The appeal comes after a statement1 by Justice Minister Andrew Selous that proposals to create a new offence of «failure to prevent economic crime» would not be taken forward, with the minister saying that there is «little evidence of corporate economic wrongdoing going unpunished».