Amendments proposed to the Employment Relations Bill, As Amended - continued	House of Commons
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Mr Secretary Byers

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Page     31,     line     37     [Schedule     1],     leave out 'receives the application under paragraph 38' and insert 'gives notice of acceptance of the application'.

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Mr Secretary Byers

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Page     32,     line     36     [Schedule     1],     leave out line 36 and insert 'An application under paragraph 44 is not admissible unless the CAC'.

   

Mr Secretary Byers

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Page     32,     line     46     [Schedule     1],     leave out sub-paragraphs (3) to (5) and insert—

    '45A.—(1) The CAC must give notice to the parties of receipt of an application under paragraph 44.

    (2) Within the acceptance period the CAC must decide whether the application is admissible within the terms of paragraphs 45 and 65.

    (3) In deciding whether the application is admissible the CAC must consider any evidence which it has been given by the employer or the union (or unions).

    (4) If the CAC decides that the application is not admissible —

(a) the CAC must give notice of its decision to the parties,

(b) the CAC must not accept the application, and

(c) no further steps are to be taken under this Part of this Schedule.

    (5) If the CAC decides that the application is admissible it must—

(a) accept the application, and

(b) give notice of the acceptance to the parties.

    (6) The acceptance period is—

(a) the period of 10 working days starting with the day the CAC receives the application, or

(b) such longer period (so starting) as the CAC may specify to the parties by notice containing reasons for the extension.'

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Mr William Hague
Mr Peter Lilley [R]
Mr James Arbuthnot
Mr John Redwood [R]
Mr Tim Boswell [R]
Mr Christopher Chope [R]

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Page     33,     line     2     [Schedule     1],     leave out '10' and insert '15'.

   

Mr Secretary Byers

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Page     33,     line     9     [Schedule     1],     leave out 'under paragraph 45(3) of a decision to accept an' and insert 'of acceptance of the'.

   

Mr William Hague
Mr Peter Lilley [R]
Mr James Arbuthnot
Mr John Redwood [R]
Mr Tim Boswell [R]
Mr Christopher Chope [R]

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Page     33,     line     26     [Schedule     1],     leave out '10' and insert '15'.

   

Mr Secretary Byers

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Page     33,     line     27     [Schedule     1],     leave out 'under paragraph 45(3)' and insert 'of acceptance of the application'.

   

Mr Secretary Byers

137

Page     33,     line     31     [Schedule     1],     leave out 'under paragraph 45(3) of a decision to accept an' and insert 'of acceptance of the'.

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Mr Secretary Byers

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Page     34,     line     44     [Schedule     1],     leave out '25' and insert '35'.

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Mr Secretary Byers

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Page     35,     line     1     [Schedule     1],     leave out 'This paragraph' and insert 'Paragraph 52A'.

   

Mr William Hague
Mr Peter Lilley [R]
Mr James Arbuthnot
Mr John Redwood [R]
Mr Tim Boswell [R]
Mr Christopher Chope [R]

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Page     35,     line     3     [Schedule     1],     leave out '10' and insert '15'.

   

Mr Secretary Byers

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Page     35,     line     12     [Schedule     1],     leave out sub-paragraph (3).

   

Mr Secretary Byers

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Page     35,     line     25     [Schedule     1],     leave out sub-paragraph (5) and insert—

    '52A.—(1) The CAC must give notice to the parties of receipt of an application under paragraph 52.

    (2) Within the acceptance period the CAC must decide whether the application is admissible within the terms of paragraph 65.

    (3) In deciding whether the application is admissible the CAC must consider any evidence which it has been given by the employer or the union (or unions).

    (4) If the CAC decides that the application is not admissible—

(a) the CAC must give notice of its decision to the parties,

(b) the CAC must not accept the application, and

(c) no further steps are to be taken under this Part of this Schedule.

    (5) If the CAC decides that the application is admissible it must—

(a) accept the application, and

(b) give notice of the acceptance to the parties.

    (6) The acceptance period is—

(a) the period of 10 working days starting with the day the CAC receives the application, or

(b) such longer period (so starting) as the CAC may specify to the parties by notice containing reasons for the extension.'

   

Mr William Hague
Mr Peter Lilley [R]
Mr James Arbuthnot
Mr John Redwood [R]
Mr Tim Boswell [R]
Mr Christopher Chope [R]

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Page     35,     line     26     [Schedule     1],     leave out '10' and insert '15'.

   

Mr Secretary Byers

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Page     35,     line     30     [Schedule     1],     at beginning insert—

    '(A1) If the CAC accepts an application it—

(a) must give the employer and the union (or unions) an opportunity to put their views on the question or questions in relation to which the application was made;

(b) must decide the question or questions before the end of the decision period.'

   

Mr Secretary Byers

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Page     35,     line     49     [Schedule     1],     at end insert—

    '(4A) The decision period is—

(a) the period of 10 working days starting with the day the CAC gives notice of acceptance of the application, or

(b) such longer period (so starting) as the CAC may specify to the parties by notice containing reasons for the extension.'

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Mr William Hague
Mr Peter Lilley [R]
Mr James Arbuthnot
Mr John Redwood [R]
Mr Tim Boswell [R]
Mr Christopher Chope [R]

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Page     36,     line     19     [Schedule     1],     leave out '10' and insert '15'.

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Mr William Hague
Mr Peter Lilley [R]
Mr James Arbuthnot
Mr John Redwood [R]
Mr Tim Boswell [R]
Mr Christopher Chope [R]

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Page     37,     line     7     [Schedule     1],     leave out '10' and insert '15'.

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Mr Secretary Byers

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Page     38,     line     47     [Schedule     1],     leave out 'union shows (or unions show)' and insert 'CAC is satisfied'.

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Mr Secretary Byers

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Page     39,     line     32     [Schedule     1],     leave out 'union does not show (or unions do not show)' and insert 'CAC is not satisfied'.

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Mr Secretary Byers

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Page     40,     line     23     [Schedule     1],     leave out 'invalid' and insert 'not admissible'.

   

Mr Secretary Byers

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Page     40,     line     28     [Schedule     1],     leave out 'invalid' and insert 'not admissible'.

   

Mr Secretary Byers

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Page     40,     line     32     [Schedule     1],     leave out 'invalid' and insert 'not admissible'.

   

Mr Secretary Byers

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Page     40,     line     35     [Schedule     1],     leave out sub-paragraphs (4) to (6).

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Mr Secretary Byers

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Page     41,     line     44     [Schedule     1],     leave out 'less' and insert 'fewer'.

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Mr Secretary Byers

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Page     42,     line     2     [Schedule     1],     leave out 'less' and insert 'fewer'.

   

Mr Secretary Byers

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Page     42,     line     6     [Schedule     1],     leave out '25' and insert '35'.

   

Mr Secretary Byers

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Page     42     [Schedule     1],     leave out lines 18 and 19 and insert—

    '(5) For the purposes of sub-paragraph (1)(b), any worker employed by an associated company incorporated outside Great Britain must be ignored in relation to a week unless the whole or any part of that week fell within a period during which he ordinarily worked in Great Britain.

    (5A) For the purposes of sub-paragraph (5), a worker who is employed on board a ship registered in the United Kingdom shall be treated as ordinarily working in Great Britain unless—

(a) the ship is registered at a port outside Great Britain,

(b) the employment is wholly outside Great Britain, or

(c) the worker is not ordinarily resident in Great Britain.'

   

Mr William Hague
Mr Peter Lilley [R]
Mr James Arbuthnot
Mr John Redwood [R]
Mr Tim Boswell [R]
Mr Christopher Chope [R]

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Page     42,     line     22     [Schedule     1],     leave out '10' and insert '15'.

   

Mr Secretary Byers

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Page     42,     line     23     [Schedule     1],     leave out '(or unions) make' and insert 'makes (or unions make)'.

   

Mr Secretary Byers

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Page     42,     line     26     [Schedule     1],     leave out 'invalid' and insert 'not admissible'.

   

Mr Secretary Byers

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Page     42,     line     29     [Schedule     1],     leave out 'invalid' and insert 'not admissible'.

   

Mr Secretary Byers

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Page     42,     line     33     [Schedule     1],     leave out sub-paragraphs (4) and (5).

Prepared 30 Mar 1999