Justice Bill

Memoranda and Papers from the Department of Justice

Here you will find a list of Departmental papers and correspondence received by the Committee in relation to its scrutiny of the Justice Bill:

13 September 2024 Department of Justice written paper - Principles and content of the Justice Bill (PDF, 8 Pages 159KB)

18 September 2024 Department of Justice response to RaISe - Information request: financial implications of Justice Bill 2024 (PDF, 5 pages 200KB)

23 October 2024 Department of Justice response letter - Justice Bill: Amendments timeline, Clause 31, ECHR compliance, YJA Data, Bail fostering, Live Links, Legal Aid funding, Delegated Powers, Keeling Schedule, Clause 25 (PDF, 58 pages, 1008KB)

28 October 2024 Department of Justice - Justice Bill: Text of planned amendments to Biometrics and Restorative Justice (PDF, 11 pages, 308 KB)

29 October 2024 Minister of Justice letter - Further request for Keeling Schedule (PDF, 2 pages, 108KB)

8 November 2024 Department of Justice - Justice Bill: Text of planned amendments to Rehabilitation of Offenders legislation (PDF, 6 pages, 240KB)

13 November 2024 Department of Justice response letter - Justice Bill: financial information (PDF, 6 pages, 357KB)

4 December 2024 Department of Justice - Justice Bill: Text of planned amendments to the Repeal of Vagrancy, Serious Organised Crime and AccessNI Filtering (PDF, 34 pages, 713KB)

16 December 2024 Department of Justice written paper - Justice Bill amendments briefing (Biometrics, Restorative Justice, Serious Organised Crime, and AccessNI Filtering) (PDF, 16 pages, 282KB)

17 December 2024 Department of Justice written paper - Amended Delegated Powers Memorandum (PDF, 13 pages 208KB)

8 January 2025 Department of Justice written paper - Justice Bill amendments briefing (Reform of Rehabilitation Periods, Repeal of Vagrancy and Live Links (Courts & Tribunals)) (PDF, 13 pages, 235KB)

8 January 2025 Department of Justice written paper - Justice Bill: Text of planned draft amendment to Live Links (Courts & Tribunals) (PDF, 12 pages, 691KB)

30 January 2025 Department of Justice response letter - Justice Bill: amendments (Human Rights compliance, accreditation procedure for Restorative Justice service, Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 and equal protection of all children and young people) (PDF, 13 pages, 418KB)

31 January 2025 Department of Justice - Justice Bill: Updated draft Live Links (Courts and Tribunals) amendment for the Call For Evidence (PDF, 17 pages, 1725KB)

13 February 2025 Department of Justice response letter - Amendment repeal of vagrancy legislation: Request for additional information (PDF, 5 pages, 314KB)

13 February 2025 Department of Justice response letter - Justice Bill: Part 4 - Administration of Justice (PDF, 6 pages, 294KB)

20 February 2025 Department of Justice response letter - Justice Bill Part 2: Children and Serious threat to public order (PDF, 4 pages, 315KB)

20 February 2025 Department of Justice response letter - Justice Bill: Tabling proposed amendments (PDF, 2 pages, 267KB)

11 March 2025 Department of Justice written paper - Human rights/legislative competence in relation to departmental amendments (PDF, 18 pages, 354KB)

18 March 2025 Department of Justice written paper - Enabling Access to Justice Reform Programme - Update on taxation reform and Justice Bill: Clause 28 (PDF, 4 pages, 150KB)

21 March 2025 Department of Justice response letter - Justice Bill – Biometrics provisions and proposed amendments (PDF, 16 pages, 402KB)

27 March 2025 Department of Justice response letter  - Justice Bill: Delegated Powers. Following a briefing with the Examiner of Statutory Rules (PDF, 4 pages, 691KB)

28 March 2025 Department of Justice response letter - Justice Bill: Part 1 Biometrics (PDF, 9 pages, 662KB)