Amendments proposed to the Financial Services and Markets Bill - continued House of Commons

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Mr David Heathcoat-Amory
Mr Howard Flight
Mr Tim Loughton
Sir Nicholas Lyell
Mr Andrew Tyrie
Mr Keith Simpson

316

Clause     107,     page     48,     line     9,     after 'consulting', insert 'the Lord President of the Court of Session and'.


   

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Mr Howard Flight
Mr Tim Loughton
Sir Nicholas Lyell
Mr Andrew Tyrie
Mr Keith Simpson

165

Schedule     11,     page     217,     line     39,     at end insert 'and at least one member of the lay panel (not being connected with a party to the reference)'.

   

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Mr Howard Flight
Mr Tim Loughton
Sir Nicholas Lyell
Mr Andrew Tyrie
Mr Keith Simpson

373

Schedule     11,     page     217,     line     41,     at end insert 'and shall appoint at least one member of the lay panel who appears to him to have experience which is relevant to the subject matter of the reference'.

   

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Mr Howard Flight
Mr Tim Loughton
Sir Nicholas Lyell
Mr Andrew Tyrie
Mr Keith Simpson

323

Schedule     11,     page     218,     line     10,     at end insert—

      '(b) that the standard of proof to be applied in the Tribunal shall be beyond reasonable doubt'.


   

Mr David Heathcoat-Amory
Mr Howard Flight
Mr Tim Loughton
Sir Nicholas Lyell
Mr Andrew Tyrie
Mr Keith Simpson

146

Clause     108,     page     48,     leave out lines 40 and 41 and insert—

    '(6) No decision by the Authority which can be referred to the Tribunal shall have effect while the decision is open to review.'.

   

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Mr Howard Flight
Mr Tim Loughton
Sir Nicholas Lyell
Mr Andrew Tyrie
Mr Keith Simpson

374

Clause     108,     page     49,     line     3,     at end add—

    '(8) Rules made by the Lord Chancellor under section 107 shall provide that evidence of the kind referred to in subsection (3)(a) or (b) above shall be made available to the person making the reference to the Tribunal.'.


   

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Mr Howard Flight
Mr Tim Loughton
Sir Nicholas Lyell
Mr Andrew Tyrie
Mr Keith Simpson

375

Clause     110,     page     49,     line     30,     leave out from first 'the' to end of line 35 and insert 'purposes of its regulatory objectives.'.


   

Mr David Heathcoat-Amory
Mr Howard Flight
Mr Tim Loughton
Sir Nicholas Lyell
Mr Andrew Tyrie
Mr Keith Simpson

376

Clause     111,     page     50,     line     13,     leave out 'such'.

   

Mr David Heathcoat-Amory
Mr Howard Flight
Mr Tim Loughton
Sir Nicholas Lyell
Mr Andrew Tyrie
Mr Keith Simpson

377

Clause     111,     page     50,     line     14,     leave out from 'persons' to 'users' in line 16 and insert 'where it considers it likely that the conduct of authorised persons in the absence of such rules would result in undue risk to'.

   

Mr David Heathcoat-Amory
Mr Howard Flight
Mr Tim Loughton
Sir Nicholas Lyell
Mr Andrew Tyrie
Mr Keith Simpson

378

Clause     111,     page     50,     line     17,     leave out 'him' and insert 'them'.


   

Mr David Heathcoat-Amory
Mr Howard Flight
Mr Tim Loughton
Sir Nicholas Lyell
Mr Andrew Tyrie
Mr Keith Simpson

147

Clause     112,     page     50,     line     12,     at end add—

      '(c) make provision about any regulated activity carried on at or from an establishment outside the United Kingdom except to the extent that it is carried on with or for a consumer in the United Kingdom.'.

   

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Mr Howard Flight
Mr Tim Loughton
Sir Nicholas Lyell
Mr Andrew Tyrie
Mr Keith Simpson

379

Clause     112,     page     51,     line     13,     at end insert—

    '(e) make provision for clients of specified categories to agree that such rules shall not apply to them'.

   

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Mr Howard Flight
Mr Tim Loughton
Sir Nicholas Lyell
Mr Andrew Tyrie
Mr Keith Simpson

148

Clause     112,     page     51,     line     32,     at end add—

    '(9) If the Authority proposes to notify an authorised person under subsection (2)(a), it must give him a warning notice and, if it decides to impose the requirement, a decision notice as if the requirement to maintain resources at the appropriate level was the imposition of a penalty; and the authorised person may refer the matter to the Tribunal accordingly.'.


   

Mr David Heathcoat-Amory
Mr Howard Flight
Mr Tim Loughton
Sir Nicholas Lyell
Mr Andrew Tyrie
Mr Keith Simpson

380

Clause     118,     page     54,     line     29,     at end insert—

    '(4A) In determining whether compliance is unduly burdensome for the purposes of subsection (4)(a), the Authority shall take into account what conduct is permissible in comparable circumstances in other jurisdictions which are members of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.'.

   

Mr David Heathcoat-Amory
Mr Howard Flight
Mr Tim Loughton
Sir Nicholas Lyell
Mr Andrew Tyrie
Mr Keith Simpson

381

Clause     118,     page     54,     leave out line 33.

   

Mr David Heathcoat-Amory
Mr Howard Flight
Mr Tim Loughton
Sir Nicholas Lyell
Mr Andrew Tyrie
Mr Keith Simpson

382

Clause     118,     page     54,     line     34,     leave out 'others' and insert 'authorised persons'.


   

Mr David Heathcoat-Amory
Mr Howard Flight
Mr Tim Loughton
Sir Nicholas Lyell
Mr Andrew Tyrie
Mr Keith Simpson

383

Clause     125,     page     57,     line     14,     leave out 'duties' and insert 'functions'.

   

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Mr Howard Flight
Mr Tim Loughton
Sir Nicholas Lyell
Mr Andrew Tyrie
Mr Keith Simpson

149

Clause     125,     page     57,     line     22,     at end insert 'and must, if it does not accept one or more of the representations, and before the rule comes into force, publish the reasons why it does not.'.

   

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Mr Howard Flight
Mr Tim Loughton
Sir Nicholas Lyell
Mr Andrew Tyrie
Mr Keith Simpson

384

Clause     125,     page     57,     line     31,     after 'consumers' insert 'as defined in section 12(5)'.


   

Mr David Heathcoat-Amory
Mr Howard Flight
Mr Tim Loughton
Sir Nicholas Lyell
Mr Andrew Tyrie
Mr Keith Simpson

385

Clause     127,     page     58,     line     20,     leave out 'may' and insert 'shall'.

   

Mr David Heathcoat-Amory
Mr Howard Flight
Mr Tim Loughton
Sir Nicholas Lyell
Mr Andrew Tyrie
Mr Keith Simpson

386

Clause     127,     page     58,     line     21,     after 'its' insert 'general'.

   

Mr David Heathcoat-Amory
Mr Howard Flight
Mr Tim Loughton
Sir Nicholas Lyell
Mr Andrew Tyrie
Mr Keith Simpson

387

Clause     127,     page     58,     leave out lines 23 to 25.

   

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Mr Howard Flight
Mr Tim Loughton
Sir Nicholas Lyell
Mr Andrew Tyrie
Mr Keith Simpson

388

Clause     127,     page     58,     line     31,     at end add—

    '(6) If a person behaves in a way which is described in general guidance as behaviour that, in the Authority's opinion, does not amount to a contravention of a rule, that behaviour of his is to be taken, for the purposes of this Act, as not constituting a convention of that rule.

    (7) Otherwise, general guidance may be relied on as far as it indicates whether or not that behaviour should be taken to amount to a contravention of a rule.'.


   

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Mr Howard Flight
Mr Tim Loughton
Sir Nicholas Lyell
Mr Andrew Tyrie
Mr Keith Simpson

150

Clause     144,     page     69,     line     22,     at end insert 'or under section 177'.


   

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Mr Howard Flight
Mr Tim Loughton
Sir Nicholas Lyell
Mr Andrew Tyrie
Mr Keith Simpson

317

Clause     146,     page     71,     line     32,     at end insert—

    '(5A) A warrant under this section shall not authorise the taking of possession of any documents or information to which legal professional privilege applies'.

   

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Mr Howard Flight
Mr Tim Loughton
Sir Nicholas Lyell
Mr Andrew Tyrie
Mr Keith Simpson

318

Clause     146,     page     71,     line     41,     leave out 'justice of the peace or a'.


   

Mr David Heathcoat-Amory
Mr Howard Flight
Mr Tim Loughton
Sir Nicholas Lyell
Mr Andrew Tyrie
Mr Keith Simpson

151

Clause     149,     page     73,     line     17,     after 'the', insert 'voting'.

   

Mr David Heathcoat-Amory
Mr Howard Flight
Mr Tim Loughton
Sir Nicholas Lyell
Mr Andrew Tyrie
Mr Keith Simpson

152

Clause     149,     page     73,     line     20,     after 'the', insert 'voting'.

   

Mr David Heathcoat-Amory
Mr Howard Flight
Mr Tim Loughton
Sir Nicholas Lyell
Mr Andrew Tyrie
Mr Keith Simpson

153

Clause     149,     page     73,     leave out lines 43 and 44 and insert—

    '(5) In this section, a person shall not be regarded as being able to exercise or control the exercise of voting powers if he cannot do so in his own discretion.'.

 
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