Monday, October 28, 2013

Committee on the Constitution Relations between the executive, the judiciary and Parliament Report with Evidence Part 15

Case name and description Comments Content of the declaration Date The section declared incompatible was no longer in force at t Section 262 of the Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1988 was incompati 18 Jun 2003 ation of Wilkinson) v Inland R (on the applicnt udgmehe jhe date of tcle 14 when read ble with Arti
having already been repealed by the Finance Act 1999 sections34(1)with Article 1 of Protocol 1 in that it
discriminated against widowers in the provision of Widows Bereavement Allowance.Revenue Commissioners (Court of Appeal, upholding Moses J)[2003] EWCA Civ 814 , 139, Schedule 20.  House
equent by subsed unaffectn wasaratio (The decl UKHL 30 on 5 May 2005) of Lords ruling [2005] after 6 Apr 2000) (In force in relation to deaths occurring on or payment of Widows Bereavement The case concerned the prs.  t not widowews buAllowance to widoThe provisions were repealedby the Prevention of T 1998 (Designated ts Act RighThe Human16 Dec2004  Home ate for theers v Secretary of StA and othe rrorism 2001 was quashed derogation) Order nt Department which put in place a Act 2005,e meansattionp or as not a prot wause ibec new regime of control orders.(In force 11 Mar 2005)t uld no sought and cog the aimevin of achi(House of Lords) [2004] UKHL 56ticle 15. thin Arl witherefore falible Section 23 of the Anti-terrorism, Crime And Security Act 2001 was incompat led international The case concerned the detention under the Anti-terrorism,Crime and Security Act 2001 of foreign nationals who had been
 certified by twith Articles 5 and 14 as it was disproportionate and pers suspect State ary of he Secreta
mitted the d who could not be deported without breaching  terrorists, andetention of suspected international
terrorists  accordanrial int charge or thouained wi They were detcle 3 Artis in a way that discriminated on the  immigration status.ground of nationality or with a derogation from Article 5(1) provided by the Human
Rights Act 1998 (Designated Derogation) Order 2001. how to DCLG are consideringSection 185(4) of the Housing Act 1996was incompatible wi14 Oct 2005 ation of Sylviane Pierrette R (on the applic
remedy the incompatibility. th Article 14 to the es a dependent child t it requirextent thawho is subject to immigration control to be disregarded when determining whether a British citizen has prio Morris) v Westminster City Council & First Secretary of State (Court of Appeal, upholding Keith J) [2005] EW CA Civ 1184 rity on.  need for accommodation plication for local authority The case concerned an apen) 
accommodation by a single mother (a British citizen whose child was subject to immigration control. 
Case name and description Comments Content of the declaration Date how to DCLG are considering the Housing Act 1996  Section 185(4) of 28 Mar 2006 tate R (Gabaj) v First Secretary of Sremedy the incompatibility. opean 14 Euricleible with artompatis inc the tstoghn Rima Huononntinve
Co(Administrative Court)(unred)porteextent that it requires a pregnant memberof the hen, if itizsh cehold of a Britious both are habitually resident in the UnitedKingdom above, except that it was The case was a logical extension of the declarationgranted in the case of Morrisdisregarded when o be trather than the claimant’s the claimant’s pregnant wife, ish citizen e Brit thing whetherdeterminchild, who was a person from abroad. ion or or accommodaty need fhas a prioritember regnant mless, when the pis home abroad  person froms aehold iousof the hance.  assistousing for hligiblewho is ine The Home Office did not appeal the j the Asylum and 19(3) ofSection10April2006  ation of Baiai and others) v R (on the applicudgment of Silber J ) s, etc of Claimant (TreatmentionImmigraton Article 14 and areconsidering how to remedy theincompatibility with Article 14.(A Home Office appe”) is incompatible Act 2004 (“the 2004 ActSecretary of State for the Home Departmentand another 14 of the European with Articles 12 and dmin)HC 823 (A(Silber J) [2006] EW that the  Rights in on HumanConventional to the n is unjustifiably to visiof this proeffect ot in place to deal The case concerned the procedures, puCourt of Appeal on the Article12 findings was unsuc nationality  the grounds ofdiscriminate oncessful: t n is novisiothis proand religion and that to go through before they with sham marriages, which persons subject toimmigration control are required CA Civ 478. They [2007] EWionlarate. An equivalent decproportionat can marry in the UK.are considering whether to seek permission to appeal to the House of Lords on that issue.) d 8 ans 7 on atiulegto Rrelation
was made inigration (Procedure for of the Immich on s 2005 (whgulati) ReMarriageome Office Immigration Guidance wasalso held to be unlimposed a fee for applications).(Hawful on the grounds it was incompatible with Articles 12 and 14 ECHR. This did not involve s4 HRA.)Case name and description
Comments Content of the declaration Date The judgment is subject to appeal by tSection 82(4)(b) of the Care Standards Act 2000 w16 Nov2006 ation of (1) June Wright (2) R (on the applicpart ment of he Deas incompatible with Articles ummun (3) Mary Quinn (4) Barbara Khemraj JHealth. 6 and 8. ecretary of State for Health (2 Gambier) v (1) Sn & Skillsr EducatioSecretary of State foAdmin) HC 2886 ((Stanley Burnton J)[2006] EWThis case concerned the Care Standards Act 2000 Part VII procedures in relation to provisional listing of care workers as unsuitable to work with vulnerable adults. The provisions had already been r2) of the Sections 46(1) and 50(aced by d repealed an Criminal Justice Act 1991 were in compati13 Dec2006 nt; Secretary of State for the Home R (Clift) v Secretary of State for the Home Departme the Criminal Justice Act 2003save thacle 14 taken ble with Artint v Hindawi and Another Department to t they continueon the grounds th Article 5together wiapply on a transitional basis to hoffenheim discriminated on grounds of that t fore 4 mitted becomes co national origin. April 2005. (House of Lords)
[2006] UKHL 54 This was a conjoined appeal in which the appellants were all former or serving prisoner The Home Office is considering how to remedy the incompatibility in relation to offens. The issue on appeal was o which each of the whether the early release provisions, appellants was subject, were discriminatory. ling within that ces fall transitional category.  ruled that it was part The Court of the Section 3(1) of the Representation or the on fsi of Sesourtof the Ce with People Act 1983 was incompati the on 4 ofsof secti purpose he Article 3 of the First Protocol to t Smith v Scott (Registration Appeal Court, Scotland)[2007] CSIH9  therefore ,and Human Rights Act hat it sounds tnon the gr Conventioion a declaratomakehad power ted on convictimposed a blanket banibility under that of incompat prisoners voting in Parliamentary elections. Representation of the People This case concerned the incapacity of convicted prisoners to vote under section 3 of the section. The Government is Act 1983.  

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