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(2C)    

Where a public authority intends to charge a fee (whether in accordance with

 

regulations under section 11B or as mentioned in subsection (2B)) in connection

 

with making a relevant copyright work available for re-use by an applicant, the

 

authority must give the applicant a notice in writing (in this section referred to as

 

a “re-use fee notice”) stating that a fee of an amount specified in, or determined

 

in accordance with, the notice is to be charged by the authority in connection with

 

complying with subsection (2).

 

(2D)    

Where a re-use fee notice has been given to the applicant, the public authority is

 

not obliged to comply with subsection (2) while any part of the fee which is

 

required to be paid is unpaid.

 

(2E)    

Where a public authority intends to charge a fee as mentioned in subsection (2B),

 

the re-use fee notice may be combined with any other notice which is to be given

 

under the power which enables the fee to be charged.’.

 

Secretary Theresa May

 

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Page  79,  line  20  [Clause  98],  at end insert—

 

11B    

Power to charge fees in relation to release of datasets for re-use

 

(1)    

The Secretary of State may, with the consent of the Treasury, make provision by

 

regulations about the charging of fees by public authorities in connection with

 

making relevant copyright works available for re-use under section 11A(2) or by

 

virtue of section 19(2A)(c).

 

(2)    

Regulations under this section may, in particular—

 

(a)    

prescribe cases in which fees may, or may not, be charged,

 

(b)    

prescribe the amount of any fee payable or provide for any such amount

 

to be determined in such manner as may be prescribed,

 

(c)    

prescribe, or otherwise provide for, times at which fees, or parts of fees,

 

are payable,

 

(d)    

require the provision of information about the manner in which amounts

 

of fees are determined,

 

(e)    

make different provision for different purposes.

 

(3)    

Regulations under this section may, in prescribing the amount of any fee payable

 

or providing for any such amount to be determined in such manner as may be

 

prescribed, provide for a reasonable return on investment.

 

(4)    

In this section “relevant copyright work” has the meaning given by section

 

11A(3).”’.

 

Secretary Theresa May

 

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Page  79,  line  40  [Clause  98],  at end insert—

 

‘(2B)    

The public authority may exercise any power that it has by virtue of regulations

 

under section 11B to charge a fee in connection with making the relevant

 

copyright work available for re-use in accordance with a requirement imposed by

 

virtue of subsection (2A)(c).

 

(2C)    

Nothing in this section or section 11B prevents a public authority which is subject

 

to such a requirement from exercising any power that it has by or under an

 

enactment other than this Act to charge a fee in connection with making the

 

relevant copyright work available for re-use.

 

(2D)    

Where a public authority intends to charge a fee (whether in accordance with

 

regulations under section 11B or as mentioned in subsection (2C)) in connection

 

with making a relevant copyright work available for re-use by an applicant, the

 

authority must give the applicant a notice in writing (in this section referred to as


 
 

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a “re-use fee notice”) stating that a fee of an amount specified in, or determined

 

in accordance with, the notice is to be charged by the authority in connection with

 

complying with the requirement imposed by virtue of subsection (2A)(c).

 

(2E)    

Where a re-use fee notice has been given to the applicant, the public authority is

 

not obliged to comply with the requirement imposed by virtue of subsection

 

(2A)(c) while any part of the fee which is required to be paid is unpaid.

 

(2F)    

Where a public authority intends to charge a fee as mentioned in subsection (2C),

 

the re-use fee notice may be combined with any other notice which is to be given

 

under the power which enables the fee to be charged.’.

 

Secretary Theresa May

 

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Page  87,  line  14  [Clause  111],  after ‘Schedule 8’ insert ‘and section (Tax in

 

connection with transfer schemes)’.

 

Secretary Theresa May

 

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Page  88,  line  4  [Clause  111],  at end insert—

 

‘(fa)    

section (Tax in connection with transfer schemes),’.

 

Secretary Theresa May

 

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Page  88,  line  8  [Clause  111],  leave out ‘Part 2’ and insert ‘Parts 1A, 2 and 6A’.

 

Secretary Theresa May

 

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Page  88,  line  36  [Clause  112],  at end insert—

 

‘(za)    

sections 85 to 87 and section (Tax in connection with transfer schemes),’.

 

Secretary Theresa May

 

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Page  90,  line  24  [Schedule  1],  at end insert—

 

‘(da)    

any of the fingerprints, data or samples obtained under paragraph 1 or

 

4 of Schedule 6 to the Terrorism Prevention and Investigation

 

Measures Act 2011, or information derived from such samples,’.

 

Secretary Theresa May

 

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Page  95,  line  31  [Schedule  1],  at end insert—

 

  ‘(1A)  

Subject to sub-paragraph (1), a relevant search (within the meaning given by

 

paragraph 20A(6)) may be carried out in relation to material to which

 

paragraph 20A or 20G applies if the responsible chief officer of police

 

considers the search to be desirable.’.

 

Secretary Theresa May

 

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Page  96,  line  10  [Schedule  1],  after ‘(1)’ insert ‘, (1A)’.

 

Secretary Theresa May

 

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Page  97,  line  16  [Schedule  1],  leave out ‘paragraph 20H’ and insert ‘a relevant

 

search (within the meaning given by paragraph 20A(6)) or for the purposes of’.


 
 

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Page  100,  line  18  [Schedule  1],  at end insert—

 

‘(1A)    

Subject to subsection (1), section 18 material may be checked against other

 

fingerprints, DNA samples or DNA profiles held by a law enforcement authority

 

or the Scottish Police Services Authority if the responsible officer considers the

 

check to be desirable.’.

 

Secretary Theresa May

 

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Page  103,  line  6  [Schedule  1],  at end insert—

 

‘Part 3A

 

Material subject to the Terrorism Prevention and Investigation Measures

 

Act 2011

 

4A         

After paragraph 10(2) of Schedule 6 to the Terrorism Prevention and

 

Investigation Measures Act 2011(fingerprints and samples) insert—

 

“(2A)  

But a person is not to be treated as having been convicted of an

 

offence if that conviction is a disregarded conviction or caution by

 

virtue of section 88 of the Protection of Freedoms Act 2011.”’

 

Secretary Theresa May

 

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Page  113,  line  11  [Schedule  4],  leave out ‘a relevant contract’ and insert ‘virtue of

 

a relevant obligation’.

 

Secretary Theresa May

 

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Page  113,  line  14  [Schedule  4],  leave out ‘or have only been partly paid’ and insert

 

‘in full’.

 

Secretary Theresa May

 

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Page  113,  line  22  [Schedule  4],  leave out ‘claim’ and insert ‘recover’.

 

Secretary Theresa May

 

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Page  113,  line  24  [Schedule  4],  leave out from ‘service”’ to end of line 25 and

 

insert ‘means—

 

(a)    

in the case of the keeper, an address which is either—

 

(i)    

an address at which documents relating to civil proceedings

 

could properly be served on the person concerned under Civil

 

Procedure Rules; or

 

(ii)    

the keeper’s registered address (if there is one); or

 

(b)    

in the case of the driver, an address at which the driver for the time

 

being resides or can conveniently be contacted;’.

 

Secretary Theresa May

 

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Page  113,  line  30  [Schedule  4],  at end insert—

 

‘“notice to driver” means a notice given in accordance with paragraph 6A;


 
 

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“notice to keeper” means a notice given in accordance with paragraph 6B or

 

6C (as the case may be);’.

 

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Page  113,  line  31  [Schedule  4],  leave out from ‘charge”’ to end of line 33 and

 

insert—

 

‘—

 

(c)    

in the case of a relevant obligation arising under the terms of a

 

relevant contract, means a sum in the nature of a fee or charge,

 

and

 

(d)    

in the case of a relevant obligation arising as a result of a trespass

 

or other tort, means a sum in the nature of damages,

 

however the sum in question is described;’.

 

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Page  113,  line  33  [Schedule  4],  at end insert—

 

‘“registered address” means, in relation to the keeper of a registered vehicle,

 

the address described in paragraph 7(3)(b) (as provided by the Secretary

 

of State in response to the application for the keeper’s details required by

 

paragraph 7);’.

 

Secretary Theresa May

 

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Page  113,  line  39  [Schedule  4],  after ‘on the’ insert ‘relevant’.

 

Secretary Theresa May

 

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Page  114,  line  3  [Schedule  4],  at end insert—

 

‘“relevant obligation” means—

 

(e)    

an obligation arising under the terms of a relevant contract; or

 

(f)    

an obligation arising, in any circumstances where there is no

 

relevant contract, as a result of a trespass or other tort committed

 

by parking the vehicle on the relevant land;’.

 

Secretary Theresa May

 

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Page  114  [Schedule  4],  leave out lines 4 to 6.

 

Secretary Theresa May

 

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Page  114,  line  8  [Schedule  4],  at end insert—

 

    ‘(2)  

The reference in the definition of “parking charge” to a sum in the nature of

 

damages is to a sum of which adequate notice was given to drivers of vehicles

 

(when the vehicle was parked on the relevant land).

 

      (3)  

For the purposes of sub-paragraph (2) “adequate notice” means notice given

 

by—

 

(a)    

the display of one or more notices in accordance with any applicable

 

requirements prescribed in regulations under paragraph 7A for, or for

 

purposes including, the purposes of sub-paragraph (2); or


 
 

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(b)    

where no such requirements apply, the display of one or more notices

 

which—

 

(i)    

specify the sum as the charge for unauthorised parking; and

 

(ii)    

are adequate to bring the charge to the notice of drivers who

 

park vehicles on the relevant land.’.

 

Secretary Theresa May

 

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Page  114,  line  40  [Schedule  4],  leave out ‘claim payment of’ and insert ‘recover’.

 

Secretary Theresa May

 

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Page  114,  line  42  [Schedule  4],  leave out sub-paragraphs (2) to (6) and insert—

 

    ‘(2)  

The right under this paragraph applies only if—

 

(a)    

the conditions specified in paragraphs 5, 6, 7 and 7A (so far as

 

applicable) are met; and

 

(b)    

the vehicle was not a stolen vehicle at the beginning of the period of

 

parking to which the unpaid parking charges relate.

 

      (3)  

For the purposes of the condition in sub-paragraph (2)(b), the vehicle is to be

 

presumed not to be a stolen vehicle at the material time, unless the contrary is

 

proved.

 

      (4)  

The right under this paragraph may only be exercised after the end of the

 

period of 28 days beginning with the day on which the notice to keeper is

 

given.’.

 

Secretary Theresa May

 

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Page  115,  line  17  [Schedule  4],  leave out ‘claimed’ and insert ‘recovered’.

 

Secretary Theresa May

 

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Page  115,  line  18  [Schedule  4],  leave out ‘the driver under paragraph 6(2)(d) less’

 

and insert ‘keeper under paragraph 6B(2)(c) or (d) or, as the case may be, 6C(2)(d) (less’.

 

Secretary Theresa May

 

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Page  115,  line  20  [Schedule  4],  leave out ‘notice is given’ and insert ‘time so

 

specified)’.

 

Secretary Theresa May

 

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Page  115,  line  26  [Schedule  4],  leave out from ‘vehicle’ to ‘but’ in line 28 and

 

insert ‘the requirement to pay the unpaid parking charges;’.

 

Secretary Theresa May

 

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Page  115,  line  29  [Schedule  4],  leave out ‘enforce those terms’ and insert ‘take

 

steps to enforce that requirement’.

 

Secretary Theresa May

 

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Page  115,  line  32  [Schedule  4],  leave out sub-paragraph (2) and insert—


 
 

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    ‘(2)  

Sub-paragraph (1)(b) ceases to apply if (at any time after the end of the period

 

of 28 days beginning with the day on which the notice to keeper is given) the

 

creditor begins proceedings to recover the unpaid parking charges from the

 

keeper.’.

 

Secretary Theresa May

 

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Page  115,  line  34  [Schedule  4],  leave out sub-paragraph (3).

 

Secretary Theresa May

 

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Page  115,  line  38  [Schedule  4],  leave out paragraph 6 and insert—

 

‘6  (1)  

The second condition is that the creditor (or a person acting for or on behalf of

 

the creditor)—

 

(a)    

has given a notice to driver in accordance with paragraph 6A, followed

 

by a notice to keeper in accordance with paragraph 6B; or

 

(b)    

has given a notice to keeper in accordance with paragraph 6C.

 

      (2)  

If a notice to driver has been given, any subsequent notice to keeper must be

 

given in accordance with paragraph 6B.

 

6A  (1)  

A notice which is to be relied on as a notice to driver for the purposes of

 

paragraph 6(1)(a) is given in accordance with this paragraph if the following

 

requirements are met.

 

      (2)  

The notice must—

 

(a)    

specify the vehicle, the relevant land on which it was parked and the

 

period of parking to which the notice relates;

 

(b)    

inform the driver of the requirement to pay parking charges in respect

 

of the specified period of parking and describe those charges, the

 

circumstances in which the requirement arose (including the means by

 

which it was brought to the attention of drivers) and the other facts that

 

made those charges payable;

 

(c)    

inform the driver that the parking charges relating to the specified

 

period of parking have not been paid in full and specify the total

 

amount of the unpaid parking charges relating to that period, as at a

 

time which is—

 

(i)    

specified in the notice; and

 

(ii)    

no later than the time specified under paragraph (f);

 

(d)    

inform the driver of any discount offered for prompt payment and the

 

arrangements for the resolution of disputes or complaints that are

 

available;

 

(e)    

identify the creditor and specify how and to whom payment may be

 

made;

 

(f)    

specify the time when the notice is given and the date.

 

      (3)  

The notice must relate only to a single period of parking specified under sub-

 

paragraph (2)(a) (but this does not prevent the giving of separate notices each

 

specifying different parts of a single period of parking).

 

      (4)  

The notice must be given—

 

(a)    

before the vehicle is removed from the relevant land after the end of

 

the period of parking to which the notice relates, and

 

(b)    

while the vehicle is stationary,

 

            

by affixing it to the vehicle or by handing it to a person appearing to be in

 

charge of the vehicle.


 
 

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6B  (1)  

A notice which is to be relied on as a notice to keeper for the purposes of

 

paragraph 6(1)(a) is given in accordance with this paragraph if the following

 

requirements are met.

 

      (2)  

The notice must—

 

(a)    

specify the vehicle, the relevant land on which it was parked and the

 

period of parking to which the notice relates;

 

(b)    

inform the keeper that the driver is required to pay parking charges in

 

respect of the specified period of parking and that the parking charges

 

have not been paid in full;

 

(c)    

state that a notice to driver relating to the specified period of parking

 

has been given and repeat the information in that notice as required by

 

paragraph 6A(2)(b), (c) and (f);

 

(d)    

if the unpaid parking charges specified in that notice to driver as

 

required by paragraph 6A(2)(c) have been paid in part, specify the

 

amount that remains unpaid, as at a time which is—

 

(i)    

specified in the notice to keeper, and

 

(ii)    

no later than the end of the day before the day on which the

 

notice is either sent by post or, as the case may be, handed to

 

or left at a current address for service for the keeper (see sub-

 

paragraph (4));

 

(e)    

state that the creditor does not know both the name of the driver and a

 

current address for service for the driver and invite the keeper—

 

(i)    

to pay the unpaid parking charges; or

 

(ii)    

if the keeper was not the driver of the vehicle, to notify the

 

creditor of the name of the driver and a current address for

 

service for the driver and to pass the notice on to the driver;

 

(f)    

warn the keeper that if, at the end of the period of 28 days beginning

 

with the day after that on which the notice to keeper is given—

 

(i)    

the amount of the unpaid parking charges (as specified under

 

paragraph (c) or (d)) has not been paid in full, and

 

(ii)    

the creditor does not know both the name of the driver and a

 

current address for service for the driver,

 

    

the creditor will (if all the applicable conditions under this Schedule

 

are met) have the right to recover from the keeper so much of that

 

amount as remains unpaid;

 

(g)    

inform the keeper of any discount offered for prompt payment and the

 

arrangements for the resolution of disputes or complaints that are

 

available;

 

(h)    

identify the creditor and specify how and to whom payment or

 

notification to the creditor may be made;

 

(i)    

specify the date on which the notice is sent (if it is sent by post) or

 

given (in any other case).

 

      (3)  

The notice must relate only to a single period of parking specified under sub-

 

paragraph (2)(a) (but this does not prevent the giving of separate notices which

 

each specify different parts of a single period of parking).

 

      (4)  

The notice must be given by—

 

(a)    

handing it to the keeper, or leaving it at a current address for service

 

for the keeper, within the relevant period; or

 

(b)    

sending it by post to a current address for service for the keeper so that

 

it is delivered to that address within the relevant period.

 

      (5)  

The relevant period for the purposes of sub-paragraph (4) is the period of 28

 

days following the period of 28 days beginning with the day after that on which

 

the notice to driver was given.


 
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