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[The page and line references are to HL Bill 60, the bill as first printed for the Lords.] |
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1 | Page 24, leave out line 21 and insert “single source contract regulations” |
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2 | Page 24, line 34, leave out subsection (6) and insert— |
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| “( ) | The provision that may be made under subsection (1) by virtue of section |
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| 42(2) includes power to specify penalties of different amounts according to |
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| the value of the contract to which the contravention relates.” |
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3 | Page 24, line 37, leave out subsection (7) |
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4 | Page 26, line 38, leave out “regulations under this Part” and insert “single source |
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5 | Page 27, line 33, leave out subsection (4) and insert— |
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| “(4) | A statutory instrument containing— |
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| (a) | the first single source contract regulations, |
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| (b) | provision made by virtue of section 14(2), (6) or (8) (contracts to |
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| which single source contract regulations apply), whether alone or |
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| (c) | provision made by virtue of section 33 (amount of penalty), |
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| whether alone or with other provision, |
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| | may not be made unless a draft of the instrument has been laid before, and |
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| approved by a resolution of, each House of Parliament. |
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| (5) | Any other statutory instrument containing single source contract |
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| regulations is subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either |
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6 | Insert the following new Clause— |
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| “Report on volunteer reserve forces |
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| In Part 11 of the Reserve Forces Act 1996 (reserve associations), after section |
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| “113A | Duty to prepare report on volunteer reserve forces |
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| (1) | An association must prepare an annual report on the state of the |
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| volunteer reserve forces so far as concerns the area for which the |
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| association is established. |
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| (2) | A report on the state of the volunteer reserve forces is a report that |
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| sets out the association’s assessment of the capabilities of the |
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| volunteer reserve forces, having regard to the duties that may be |
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| imposed on members of those forces by or under this Act or any |
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| (3) | The assessment referred to in subsection (2) must, in particular, |
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| include the association’s views on the effect of each of the following |
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| matters on the capabilities of the volunteer reserve forces— |
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| (a) | the recruiting of members for the volunteer reserve forces; |
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| (b) | the retention of members of those forces; |
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| (c) | the provision of training for those forces; |
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| (d) | the upkeep of land and buildings for whose management |
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| and maintenance the association is responsible. |
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| (4) | A report under subsection (1) must also set out the association’s |
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| assessment of the provision that is made as regards the mental |
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| welfare of members and former members of the volunteer reserve |
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| (5) | An association must send a report under subsection (1) to the |
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| (a) | in the case of the first report, before the first anniversary of |
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| the day on which the last Future Reserves 2020 report |
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| prepared before the coming into force of this section was |
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| presented to the Secretary of State, and |
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| (b) | in the case of subsequent reports, before the anniversary of |
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| the day on which the first report was laid before Parliament |
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| (6) | On receiving a report under subsection (1), the Secretary of State |
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| must lay a copy of it before Parliament. |
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| (7) | The duties under this section may, instead of being performed by |
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| an association, be performed by a joint committee appointed under |
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| section 116 by two or more associations in relation to their |
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| (8) | Where by virtue of subsection (7) a joint committee has the duty to |
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| (a) | references in subsections (1) to (5) to an association are to be |
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| read as if they were to the joint committee, and |
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| (b) | section 117(1)(a) (power to regulate manner in which |
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| functions are exercised) has effect as if the reference to |
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| associations were to the joint committee. |
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| (9) | In subsection (5)(a), “Future Reserves 2020 report” means a report |
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| prepared by the External Scrutiny Group on the Future Reserves |
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7 | Page 31, line 35, at end insert— |
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| “(2A) | No statutory instrument containing an order under subsection (1) in |
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| respect of Part 1 (with or without provision under subsection (4)) is to be |
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| made unless a draft of the instrument has been laid before, and approved |
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| by a resolution of, each House of Parliament. |
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| (2B) | Before a draft is laid before Parliament in accordance with subsection (2A), |
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| the Secretary of State must— |
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| (a) | prepare and lay before Parliament a report on the options for |
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| carrying out defence procurement, and |
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| (2C) | A report on the options for carrying out defence procurement is a report |
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| (a) | the arrangements of a kind mentioned in section 1 that the Secretary |
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| of State proposes to make following the coming into force of that |
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| (b) | any other options for carrying out defence procurement that the |
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| Secretary of State has considered as an alternative to those |
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| (2D) | The report must include— |
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| (a) | an assessment of the impact of the proposed arrangements and the |
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| (b) | any other information the Secretary of State considers appropriate |
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| for the purpose of enabling a proper comparison to be made |
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| between the proposed arrangements and the other options. |
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| (2E) | The report must deal with at least one other option under subsection |
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| (2C)(b), namely the carrying out of defence procurement by the Secretary |
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| of State in the way it is carried out at the time of the report. |
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| (2F) | In subsections (2B) to (2E) “defence procurement” has the meaning given |
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