NOTICES OF AMENDMENTS

given up to and including

Tuesday 19th January 1999

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New Amendments handed in are marked thus *

CONSIDERATION OF BILL

ROAD TRAFFIC (NHS CHARGES) BILL, AS AMENDED

NEW CLAUSES

Abolition of emergency treatment fee

   

Mr Paddy Ashdown
Mr A. J. Beith
Mr Simon Hughes
Dr Evan Harris
Sir Robert Smith
Miss Ann Widdecombe

Mr Alan Duncan

Mr Philip Hammond

NC1

To move the following Clause:—

    '.—Section 158 of the Road Traffic Act 1988 (Payment for emergency treatment of traffic casualties) shall cease to have effect.'.

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Duty of insurers to submit annual report to Parliament

   

Mr Paddy Ashdown
Mr A. J. Beith
Mr Simon Hughes
Dr Evan Harris
Sir Robert Smith

NC2

To move the following Clause:—

    'It shall be the duty of any person liable to pay a charge to the Secretary of State under section 1 to submit by 30th June in each year following the passing of this Act a report to each House of Parliament, stating in respect of the preceding calendar year—

(a) the total of any such payments made to the Secretary of State, and

(b) the effect, if any, of making those payments on the cost to that person's customers of purchasing motor insurance.'.

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Secretary of State's report on payments made under the Act

   

Miss Ann Widdecombe
Mr Alan Duncan
Mr Philip Hammond

NC3

*To move the following Clause:—

    '.—The Secretary of State shall submit a report to each House of Parliament by 30th June in each year following the passing of this Act stating in respect of the preceding financial year the total of any payments made to him under the provisions of this Act.'.

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Mr Paddy Ashdown
Mr A. J. Beith
Mr Simon Hughes
Dr Evan Harris
Sir Robert Smith

1

Page     3,     line     28     [Clause     2],     at end insert—

    '(13) Any certificate issued under this section shall also be supplied to the traffic casualty or, if the traffic casualty has died, his personal representative.'.

   

Mr Paddy Ashdown
Mr A. J. Beith
Mr Simon Hughes
Dr Evan Harris
Sir Robert Smith

2

Page     3,     line     43     [Clause     3],     leave out '2nd July 1997' and insert '1st April 1998'.

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Mr Paddy Ashdown
Mr A. J. Beith
Mr Simon Hughes
Dr Evan Harris
Sir Robert Smith

3

Page     4,     line     10     [Clause     3],     at end insert—

    '(7) The Secretary of State shall lay before Parliament every two years a report of a review of the amount or amounts to be specified in regulations under subsection (2) above and of the basis of the relevant cost calculations.'.

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Mr Paddy Ashdown
Mr A. J. Beith
Mr Simon Hughes
Dr Evan Harris
Sir Robert Smith

4

Page     11,     line     1     [Clause     18],     leave out from beginning to end of line 10.

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Prepared 19 Jan 1999