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House of Commons

 
 

Tuesday 19 March 2013

 

Public Bill Committee Proceedings

 

Partnerships (Prosecution) (Scotland) Bill [Lords]


 

David Mundell

 

That the Partnerships (Prosecution) (Scotland) Bill [Lords] Committee do meet on

 

Tuesdays when the House is sitting at 8.55 am and 2.00 pm.

 

Agreed to

 

Clauses 1 to 3 Agreed to.

 

Mr William Bain

 

Withdrawn  1

 

Clause  4,  page  2,  line  31,  at end add—

 

‘(5)    

Where a partnership is convicted of an offence under section 4, any person

 

admitted as a partner after the date of the commission of the offence who can

 

prove that he or she was ignorant of that offence and had no knowledge of its

 

commission, shall not be liable to pay any fine or proportion of a fine imposed on

 

the partnership.’.

 

Clause Agreed to.

 

Clauses 5 to 8 Agreed to.

 


 

New Clause

 

Duty of disclosure

 

Mr William Bain

 

Not called  NC1

 

To move the following Clause:—

 

‘Prior to the admission of a person as a partner into the partnership, the

 

partnership must disclose to that person—

 

(a)    

any circumstances of which the partnership is aware which might give

 

rise to a prosecution of the partnership for a criminal offence; and


 
 

Public Bill Committee Proceedings: 19 March 2013          

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Partnerships (Prosecution) (Scotland) Bill-[Lords], continued

 
 

(b)    

all convictions of the partnership which have occurred in the previous

 

three years.’.

 

Bill reported, without amendment.

 


 
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