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Report Stage Proceedings: 16 June 2014                  

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Consumer Rights Bill, continued

 
 

Stella Creasy

 

Stephen Doughty

 

Not called  3

 

Schedule  2,  page  51,  line  18,  at end insert—

 

“3A      

A term that directly causes financial detriment to the consumer such that it can

 

reasonably be seen to alter the capacity of the consumer to pay the costs of the

 

contract, where the contract is for a financial service.”

 

Stella Creasy

 

Stephen Doughty

 

Not called  4

 

Schedule  2,  page  53,  line  2,  at end insert—

 

“20A      

A term which either—

 

(a)    

requires or encourages a consumer to contract third party services

 

without informing them of their right to seek independent advice; or

 

(b)    

seeks to limit a consumer’s access to independent advice regarding

 

third party contracts where there is a potential conflict of interest for

 

the third party involved.”

 

Philip Davies

 

Not called  19

 

Schedule  2,  page  53,  line  2,  at the end insert—

 

“20A      

A term which has the object or effect of permitting a trader to block, restrict or

 

otherwise hinder the access of a consumer to any lawful electronic

 

communications network or electronic communications service on the basis of

 

an unreasonable or unusual definition of “internet access”, “data”, “web

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access” or similar word or phrase.

 

Nothing in this prohibition shall affect filters for the purpose of child

 

protection.

 

Electronic communications network or electronic communication service shall

 

have the same meaning as in the Communications Act 2003.”

 

As an Amendment to Philip Davies’ proposed Amendment (No. 19):—

 

Helen Goodman

 

Stella Creasy

 

Not called  (a)

 

Line  1,  after “trader”, insert “engaged in the provision of fixed broadband

 

internet access or mobile internet services.”

 


 

Secretary Vince Cable

 

Agreed to  21

 

Schedule  5,  page  67,  line  45,  after “13(1)” insert “or (1A)”

 

Member’s explanatory statement

 

This amendment and amendment 22 reflect the establishment of the Competition and Markets

 

Authority, in place of the Office of Fair Trading, which now has a power to enforce these particular

 

regulations


 
 

Report Stage Proceedings: 16 June 2014                  

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Consumer Rights Bill, continued

 
 

Secretary Vince Cable

 

Agreed to  22

 

Schedule  5,  page  67,  line  47,  after “19(1)” insert “or (1A)”

 

Member’s explanatory statement

 

The explanatory statement for amendment 21 also applies to this amendment

 

Secretary Vince Cable

 

Agreed to  16

 

Schedule  5,  page  68,  line  11,  at end insert—

 

“A local weights and

Section 35ZA of the Registered

 
 

measures authority in Great

Designs Act 1949”

 
 

Britain or the Department of

  
 

Enterprise, Trade and

  
 

Investment in Northern

  
 

Ireland

  
 

Member’s explanatory statement

 

This amendment inserts a reference to section 35ZA of the Registered Designs Act 1949 into the

 

table in paragraph 11 of Schedule 5 so that it falls within the enforcer’s legislation within the

 

meaning of paragraph 9(1)(b) of the same Schedule. It also lists the relevant domestic enforcers

 

of this provision

 

Secretary Vince Cable

 

Agreed to  23

 

Schedule  5,  page  68,  line  41,  at end insert—

 

“A local weights and measures

Sections (Duty of letting agents to

 
 

authority in England or a district

publicise fees), (Letting agents to

 
 

council in England

which the duty applies), (Fees to

 
  

which the duty applies), (Letting

 
  

agency work and property

 
  

management work), (Enforcement of

 
  

the duty) and (Supplementary

 
  

provisions) of this Act”

 
 

Member’s explanatory statement

 

This amendment ensures that the investigatory powers in Schedule 5 to the Bill are available for

 

investigating a breach of the duty to publicise fees

 

Secretary Vince Cable

 

Agreed to  24

 

Schedule  5,  page  73,  line  15,  after “to” insert “—(a)”

 

Member’s explanatory statement

 

This amendment and amendment 25 maintain the ability of enforcers to request information from

 

the Crown when acting for the enforcement of the Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading

 

Regulations 2008

 

Secretary Vince Cable

 

Agreed to  25

 

Schedule  5,  page  73,  line  16,  after “(3),” insert “or


 
 

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Consumer Rights Bill, continued

 
 

(b)    

an enforcer acting for the purpose of ascertaining whether there has

 

been a breach of the Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading

 

Regulations 2008 (SI 2008/1277),”

 

Member’s explanatory statement

 

The explanatory statement for amendment 24 also applies to this amendment

 

Stella Creasy

 

Stephen Doughty

 

Not called  7

 

Schedule  5,  page  75,  line  39,  leave out sub-paragraphs (3) to (9)

 

Stella Creasy

 

Stephen Doughty

 

Not called  8

 

Schedule  5,  page  76,  line  38,  leave out sub-paragraph (11)

 

Secretary Vince Cable

 

Agreed to  26

 

Schedule  5,  page  88,  line  14,  at end insert—

 

“(za)    

under section 35ZC of the Registered Designs Act 1949,”

 

Member’s explanatory statement

 

This amendment inserts a reference to section 35ZC of the Registered Designs Act 1949 into

 

paragraph 45(2) of Schedule 5 to ensure the power of forfeiture under that Act can be exercised

 

by area enforcers when operating across local authority boundaries

 

Secretary Vince Cable

 

Agreed to  27

 

Schedule  5,  page  88,  line  15,  leave out “or” and insert—

 

“(a)    

under section 97 of the Trade Marks Act 1994 (including as applied by

 

section 11 of the Olympic Symbol etc (Protection) Act 1995), or”

 

Member’s explanatory statement

 

This amendment inserts a reference to section 97 of the Trade Marks Act 1994 (including as

 

applied to section 11 of the Olympic Symbol etc (Protection) Act 1995) into paragraph 45(2) of

 

Schedule 5 to ensure the power of forfeiture under that Act can be exercised by area enforcers

 

when operating across local authority boundaries

 


 

Secretary Vince Cable

 

Agreed to  17

 

Schedule  6,  page  89,  line  27,  at end insert—

 

“Registered Designs Act 1949 (c. 88)

 

A1  (1)  

Section 35ZB of the Registered Designs Act 1949 (enforcement) is amended

 

as follows.

 

      (2)  

Omit subsection (1).

 

      (3)  

Before subsection (2) insert—

 

“(1A)    

For the investigatory powers available to a local weights and measures

 

authority or the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment in

 

Northern Ireland for the purposes of the enforcement of section 35ZA,

 

see Schedule 5 to the Consumer Rights Act 2014.””


 
 

Report Stage Proceedings: 16 June 2014                  

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Consumer Rights Bill, continued

 
 

Member’s explanatory statement

 

This amendment makes a consequential amendment to section 35ZB of the Registered Designs Act

 

1948 in Schedule 6 by replacing reference to the investigatory powers contained in the Trade

 

Descriptions Act 1968, which are being repealed by the Consumer Rights Bill, with those

 

contained in Schedule 5 to the Bill

 

Secretary Vince Cable

 

Agreed to  18

 

Schedule  6,  page  98,  line  33,  leave out “local weights and measures authority” and

 

insert “person”

 

Member’s explanatory statement

 

This amendment modifies the consequential amendment to the Fireworks Act 2003 in Schedule 6

 

by replacing the words “local weights and measures authority” with “person” so that it is

 

consistent with the consequential amendment to the Consumer Protection Act 1987 also in this

 

Schedule

 


 

REMAINING NEW CLAUSES AND NEW SCHEDULES

 

Fiona Bruce

 

Jim Dobbin

 

Not called  NC31

 

To move the following Clause—

 

“Safety of medical processes or treatments

 

(1)    

This section applies when a new medical process or treatment must be authorised

 

by an order or regulation.

 

(2)    

The Secretary of State must not lay before either House of Parliament an order or

 

regulation until the apparent safety of the medical process or treatment referred

 

to in subsection (1) has been confirmed by preclinical research—

 

(a)    

which has been completed; and

 

(b)    

where the results have been peer reviewed and published in a scientific

 

or academic journal (whether published in electronic form or otherwise);

 

and

 

(c)    

where the results have been placed in the public domain.

 

(3)    

In this section, “preclinical research” means research that is necessary and

 

sufficient for clinical trials to proceed.

 

(4)    

This section applies to but is not limited to regulations made under the Human

 

Fertilisation and Embryology Act 1990.”

 

Bill read the third time, and passed.

 


 
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