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House of Commons

 
 

Monday 22 April 2013

 

Consideration of Lords Message

 

Crime and Courts Bill [Lords]


 

On Consideration of Lords Amendments to Certain Commons Amendments


 

Lords Amendment No. 131A

 

Secretary Theresa May

 

To move, That this House disagrees to Lords Amendment No. 131A proposed to Commons

 

Amendment No. 131 but proposes in lieu of Lords Amendment No. 131A amendment (a) to

 

Commons Amendment No. 131 and amendment (b) at the end of the Clause (Meaning of “relevant

 

publisher”) inserted by Commons Amendment No. 18:—

 

 

(a)

 

Line  29,  at end insert—

 

‘Micro-businesses

 

7A  (1)  

A person who, in carrying on a micro-business, publishes news-related

 

material where either condition A or condition B is met.

 

      (2)  

Condition A is that the news-related material is contained in a multi-author

 

blog.

 

      (3)  

Condition B is that the news-related material is published on an incidental

 

basis that is relevant to the main activities of the business.

 

      (4)  

“Micro-business” means a business which—

 

(a)    

has fewer than 10 employees, and

 

(b)    

has an annual turnover not exceeding £2,000,000.

 

      (5)  

The number of employees is to be calculated as follows—

 

(a)    

find the total number of hours per week for which all the employees of

 

the business are contracted to work;

 

(b)    

divide that number by 37.5.

 

      (6)  

“Employee” has the same meaning as in the Employment Rights Act 1996 (see

 

section 230 of that Act).

 

      (7)  

“Multi-author blog” means a blog that contains contributions from different

 

authors.’.


 
 

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Crime and Courts Bill [Lords] continued

 
 

 

(b)

 

Line  25,  at end insert—

 

‘(7)    

But a person who is not a “relevant publisher” as a result of paragraph 7A of that

 

Schedule (micro-businesses) is nevertheless to be regarded as such if the person

 

was a member of an approved regulator at the material time.’.

 

 


 
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