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House of Commons

 
 

Notices of Amendments

 

given on

 

Thursday 24 January 2013

 

For other Amendment(s) see the following page(s):

 

Energy Bill Committee 59-68

 

Public Bill Committee


 

Energy Bill

 

Tom Greatrex

 

Luciana Berger

 

76

 

Clause  29,  page  15,  line  36,  leave out from ‘if’ to end of line 37 and insert ‘the body

 

acting by virtue of section 4(2) is a holder of a licence to distribute electricity by virtue of

 

section 6(1)(a) to (e) of the Electricity Act 1989.’.

 

Tom Greatrex

 

Luciana Berger

 

77

 

Clause  30,  page  17,  line  20,  at end insert—

 

‘(e)    

the Secretary of State must report annually to Parliament on the

 

performance of the national system operator.’.

 

Tom Greatrex

 

Luciana Berger

 

78

 

Schedule  3,  page  99,  line  40,  at end insert—

 

  ‘(3A)  

Provision by virtue of subsection (1)(c) must include provision about a panel

 

of independent experts to advise on the amounts to be paid;

 

(a)    

a panel of independent experts must include a consumer

 

representative;

 

(b)    

advice provided by a panel of independent experts must be laid before

 

Parliament.’.

 

Tom Greatrex

 

Luciana Berger

 

79

 

Schedule  3,  page  100,  line  4,  at end insert—

 

‘(c)    

within three days of the contract being entered into.’.


 
 

Notices of Amendments: 24 January 2013                  

70

 

Energy Bill, continued

 
 

Tom Greatrex

 

Luciana Berger

 

80

 

Schedule  3,  page  100,  line  27,  leave out ‘in the opinion of the Secretary of State,

 

materially’ and insert ‘in the opinion of the independent panel of experts,’.

 

Tom Greatrex

 

Luciana Berger

 

81

 

Schedule  3,  page  100,  line  44,  leave out sub-paragraph (4).

 

Tom Greatrex

 

Luciana Berger

 

82

 

Schedule  3,  page  103,  line  15,  leave out ‘may’ and insert ‘must’.

 

Tom Greatrex

 

Luciana Berger

 

83

 

Schedule  3,  page  103,  line  27,  at end insert—

 

‘(e)    

an annual report by the Secretary of State laid before Parliament on the

 

impact of provisions under this section on consumer bills;

 

(f)    

the issuing of notices exempting energy intensive industries from the

 

provisions under this section.’.

 

Tom Greatrex

 

Luciana Berger

 

84

 

Schedule  3,  page  104,  line  18,  leave out sub-paragraph (4).

 

Tom Greatrex

 

Luciana Berger

 

85

 

Schedule  3,  page  104,  line  48,  at end insert—

 

‘(h)    

for the information provided by virtue of sub-paragraphs (a) to (c) to

 

be laid before Parliament.’.

 

Tom Greatrex

 

Luciana Berger

 

86

 

Schedule  3,  page  105,  line  12,  at end insert—

 

      ‘()  

Any advice offered or determinations made by virtue of this paragraph must be

 

laid before Parliament within one month of the offering of advice or making of

 

a determination.’.

 

Tom Greatrex

 

Luciana Berger

 

87

 

Schedule  3,  page  105,  line  32,  at end insert—

 

‘(e)    

any person who is a holder of a licence to supply electricity under

 

section 6(1)(d) of EA 1989,


 
 

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Energy Bill, continued

 
 

(f)    

any person who is a holder of a licence under Article 10(1)(b) or (c) of

 

the Electricity (Northern Ireland) Order 1992 (S.I. 1992/231 (N.I.1))

 

(transmission or supply licence),

 

(g)    

the Committee on Climate Change,

 

(h)    

the Panel of independent experts.’.

 

Tom Greatrex

 

Luciana Berger

 

88

 

Schedule  3,  page  106,  line  9,  after ‘may’, insert ‘only’.

 

Tom Greatrex

 

Luciana Berger

 

89

 

Schedule  3,  page  106,  line  9,  leave out ‘as well as consultation after,’.

 

Tom Greatrex

 

Luciana Berger

 

90

 

Schedule  3,  page  106,  line  38,  at end insert—

 

    ‘(4)  

Provision by virtue of sub-paragraph (1) must be laid before Parliament within

 

three working days of any direction.’.

 

Tom Greatrex

 

Luciana Berger

 

91

 

Schedule  3,  page  106,  line  38,  at end insert—

 

      ‘()  

Provision by virtue of sub-paragraph (3)(b) should be accompanied by a

 

statement to Parliament outlining the reasons for any variation or termination

 

of an investment contract.’.

 

Tom Greatrex

 

Luciana Berger

 

92

 

Schedule  3,  page  107,  line  7,  at end insert—

 

      ‘()  

The Secretary of State must make a statement to Parliament setting out the

 

compatibility of sub-paragraph (1) with paragraph 14.’.

 

Tom Greatrex

 

Luciana Berger

 

93

 

Schedule  3,  page  108,  line  29,  at end insert—

 

      ‘()  

Provision made by virtue of this paragraph must be laid before Parliament

 

before the agreement of any compensation.

 

      ()  

The Secretary of State must set out the reasons why he/she believes the person

 

subject to a scheme by virtue of this paragraph has been adversely affected.

 

      ()  

Provision made by virtue of this paragraph must identify the source of

 

compensation paid by the Secretary of State.’.


 
 

Notices of Amendments: 24 January 2013                  

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Energy Bill, continued

 
 

Tom Greatrex

 

Luciana Berger

 

94

 

Schedule  3,  page  109,  line  33,  at end insert—

 

    ‘(5)  

The Secretary of State must report annually to Parliament on expenditure

 

incurred by virtue of subsection setting out—

 

(a)    

the reason for the expenditure;

 

(b)    

a statement by the Secretary of State on the value for money of this

 

expenditure.’.

 

Mr John Hayes

 

95

 

Clause  73,  page  63,  line  19,  at end insert—

 

‘( )    

advice given in a particular case.’.

 

Mr John Hayes

 

96

 

Clause  91,  page  74,  line  25,  at end insert—

 

‘( )    

In relation to any modification of a provision of, or made under, any of the

 

provisions of the Nuclear Installations Act 1965 that are relevant statutory

 

provisions, the power conferred by subsection (6)(a) includes power to extend the

 

modification to Northern Ireland for the purpose of ensuring that the text of the

 

provision is uniform throughout the United Kingdom (but does not include power

 

to alter the effect of the provision in relation to a site in Northern Ireland).’.

 

Mr John Hayes

 

97

 

Clause  92,  page  74,  line  31,  leave out from beginning to end of line 34 and insert ‘,

 

in particular—

 

(a)    

provision modifying any provision made by—

 

(i)    

primary legislation passed before the end of the session in which

 

this Act was passed, or

 

(ii)    

an instrument made before the end of that session;

 

(b)    

provision for treating any regulations within subsection (1) as relevant

 

statutory provisions (or as relevant statutory provisions of a particular

 

description).

 

(2A)    

The regulations mentioned in subsection (2)(b) are regulations made under a

 

provision within subsection (2) so far as they relate to, or to fees payable in

 

respect of functions which relate to, any of the following purposes—

 

(a)    

the nuclear safety purposes;

 

(b)    

the nuclear security purposes;

 

(c)    

the nuclear safeguards purposes;

 

(d)    

the transport purposes.

 

(2B)    

The provisions mentioned in subsection (1) are—

 

(a)    

section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 (general

 

implementation of Treaties);

 

(b)    

section 15 of the 1974 Act (health and safety regulations);

 

(c)    

section 43 of that Act (fees);

 

(d)    

section 3 of the Nuclear Safeguards Act 2000 (identifying persons who

 

have information);

 

(e)    

section 77 of the Anti-terrorism, Crime and Security Act 2001

 

(regulation of security of civil nuclear industry).’.


 
 

Notices of Amendments: 24 January 2013                  

73

 

Energy Bill, continued

 
 

Mr John Hayes

 

98

 

Clause  118,  page  88,  line  36,  leave out ‘by, or by’ and insert ‘by or on behalf of, or

 

by or on behalf of’.

 

Mr John Hayes

 

99

 

Clause  124,  page  94,  line  37,  after ‘paragraphs’ insert ‘16(3),’.

 

Mr John Hayes

 

100

 

Schedule  9,  page  143,  line  33,  at end insert—

 

‘   (1)  

Paragraph 2 does not prohibit a disclosure of protected information which is

 

made—

 

(a)    

by the ONR, an inspector, a health and safety inspector or an ONR

 

inquiry official, and

 

(b)    

for any of the purposes specified in section 17(2)(a) to (d) of the Anti-

 

terrorism, Crime and Security Act 2001 (criminal proceedings and

 

investigations).

 

      (2)  

Section 18 of that Act (restriction on disclosure of information for overseas

 

purposes) has effect in relation to a disclosure authorised by sub-paragraph (1)

 

as it has effect in relation to a disclosure authorised by any of the provisions to

 

which section 17 of that Act applies.’.

 

Mr John Hayes

 

101

 

Schedule  12,  page  155,  line  10,  at end insert—

 

‘(d)    

in paragraph (b), after sub-paragraph (ii) insert—

 

“(iii)    

assigned to the Office of Rail

 

Regulation or the Office for Nuclear

 

Regulation for the purpose of

 

removing any uncertainty as to what

 

are by virtue of any of the relevant

 

statutory provisions their respective

 

responsibilities for the enforcement

 

of any of those provisions;”.’.

 

Mr John Hayes

 

102

 

Schedule  12,  page  159,  line  8,  leave out from ‘months’ to ‘or’ in line 9.

 

Mr John Hayes

 

103

 

Schedule  12,  page  166,  line  16,  at end insert—

 

‘Explosives Act 1875 (c. 17)

 

44A      

The Explosives Act 1875 is amended as follows.

 

44B      

In section 61 (keeping and carriage of samples by an inspector appointed by

 

the Health and Safety Executive under section 19 of the 1974 Act), at the end

 

insert the following paragraph—

 

“     

The reference to an inspector appointed by the Health and Safety

 

Executive under section 19 of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act


 
 

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1974 (“the 1974 Act”) is to be read, in relation to a relevant nuclear

 

site, as a reference to an inspector appointed by the Office for Nuclear

 

Regulation under that section.

 

    

For this purpose a relevant nuclear site is one in relation to which the

 

Office for Nuclear Regulation has responsibility for the enforcement

 

of any of the relevant statutory provisions (within the meaning of Part

 

1 of the 1974 Act) by virtue of section 18(1A) or (2) of the 1974 Act.”

 

44C      

In section 74 (seizure and detention of explosives liable to forfeiture), after

 

subsection (6) insert the following paragraph—

 

“     

In this section, any reference to an inspector appointed by the Health

 

and Safety Executive under section 19 of the Health and Safety at

 

Work etc. Act 1974 (“the 1974 Act”) is to be read, in relation to

 

anything found on a relevant nuclear site, as a reference to an inspector

 

appointed by the Office for Nuclear Regulation under that section.

 

    

For this purpose a relevant nuclear site is one in relation to which the

 

Office for Nuclear Regulation has responsibility for the enforcement

 

of any of the relevant statutory provisions (within the meaning of Part

 

1 of the 1974 Act) by virtue of section 18(1A) or (2) of the 1974 Act.”

 

Factories Act 1961 (c. 34)

 

44D      

In section 176(1) of the Factories Act 1961 (general interpretation), in the

 

definition of “inspector”, for the words from “means” to “and references”

 

substitute “, in relation to a factory, means an inspector appointed under

 

section 19 of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 (“the 1974 Act”)—

 

(a)    

in the case of a factory on a site in relation to which the Office

 

for Nuclear Regulation has responsibility for the enforcement of

 

any of the relevant statutory provisions (within the meaning of

 

Part 1 of the 1974 Act) by virtue of section 18(1A) or (2) of that

 

Act, by the Office for Nuclear Regulation;

 

(b)    

in any other case, by the Health and Safety Executive,

 

and references” ’.

 

Mr John Hayes

 

104

 

Schedule  12,  page  167,  line  18,  at end insert—

 

‘Electricity Act 1989 (c. 29)

 

50A      

The Electricity Act 1989 is amended as follows.

 

50B(1)  

Section 3C (health and safety) is amended as follows.

 

      (2)  

In subsection (1), for the words following “consult” substitute “—

 

(a)    

the Health and Safety Executive about all electricity safety

 

issues, and

 

(b)    

the Office for Nuclear Regulation about all electricity safety

 

issues relating to nuclear sites (within the meaning of Part 2 of

 

the Energy Act 2013),

 

    

which may be relevant to the carrying out of their respective functions

 

under this Part.”

 

      (3)  

In subsection (3), after “Health and Safety Executive” insert “or the Office for

 

Nuclear Regulation”.


 
 

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50C      

In section 56C (references to the Competition Commission), in subsection

 

(6)(c), after “Health and Safety Executive” insert “, the Office for Nuclear

 

Regulation”. ’.

 

Mr John Hayes

 

105

 

Schedule  12,  page  168,  line  18,  at end insert—

 

‘Deregulation and Contracting Out Act 1994 (c. 40)

 

58A(1)  

Section 37 of the Deregulation and Contracting Out Act 1994 (power to repeal

 

certain health and safety provisions) is amended as follows.

 

      (2)  

In subsection (1), after paragraph (b) insert—

 

“(ba)    

any of the relevant nuclear provisions,

 

(bb)    

any provision of regulations under section 54 of the Energy

 

Act 2013 which has effect in place of any of the relevant

 

nuclear provisions,”.

 

      (3)  

In subsection (2), after paragraph (ac) insert—

 

“(ad)    

in the case of regulations under paragraph (ba) or (bb) of that

 

subsection, the Office for Nuclear Regulation,”.

 

      (4)  

In subsection (7) for “or (b)” substitute “(b), (ba) or (bb)”.

 

      (5)  

In subsection (9)(a), for “or (b)” substitute “(b), (ba) or (bb)”.

 

      (6)  

After subsection (9) insert—

 

“(10)    

In subsection (1), “the relevant nuclear provisions” means—

 

(a)    

sections 1, 3 to 6, 22 and 24A of the Nuclear Installations Act

 

1965, and

 

(b)    

any regulations made under any of those sections,

 

    

so far as they have effect in England and Wales or Scotland.” ’.

 

Mr John Hayes

 

106

 

Schedule  12,  page  169,  line  6,  at end insert—

 

‘Energy Act 2004 (c. 20)

 

63A      

The Energy Act 2004 is amended as follows.

 

63B      

In section 14 (annual reports), in subsection (3)(g), after “with” insert “the

 

Office for Nuclear Regulation,”.

 

63C(1)  

Schedule 2 (procedural requirements applicable to NDA’s strategy) is

 

amended as follows.

 

      (2)  

In paragraph 4(2) (consultation by NDA), before paragraph (a) insert—

 

“(za)    

the Office for Nuclear Regulation;”.

 

      (3)  

In paragraph 5(9) (approval of strategy), after paragraph (a) insert—

 

“(aa)    

the Office for Nuclear Regulation;”.

 

63D(1)  

Schedule 3 (procedural requirements applicable to NDA’s annual plans) is

 

amended as follows.

 

      (2)  

In paragraph 2(1) (consultation by NDA), before paragraph (a) insert—

 

“(za)    

the Office for Nuclear Regulation;”.

 

      (3)  

In paragraph 3(8) (approval of annual plan), after paragraph (a) insert—

 

“(aa)    

the Office for Nuclear Regulation;”.’.


 
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