Amendments proposed to the Utilities Bill - continued	House of Commons
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Mr Nick Gibb
Mrs Eleanor Laing

174

Clause     96,     page     104,     line     20,     at end insert—

    '(2A) The Council shall take appropriate steps to ensure that any investigation under this section is conducted in an objective and impartial manner.'.

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Mr Nick Gibb
Mrs Eleanor Laing

177

Clause     21,     page     17,     line     3,     at end insert—

    '(2A) The Council shall take appropriate steps, including the preparation and publication of guidance, to ensure that any investigation under this section is conducted in an objective and impartial manner.'.

   

Mrs Helen Liddell

197

Clause     21,     page     17,     line     46,     leave out 'the supply of electricity' and insert 'electricity conveyed by distribution systems'.

   

Mr Nick Gibb
Mrs Eleanor Laing

178

Clause     21,     page     18,     line     3,     at end insert—

    '(2A) The Council shall take appropriate steps, including the preparation and publication of guidance, to ensure that any investigation under this section is conducted in an objective and impartial manner.'.

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Mr Nick Gibb
Mrs Eleanor Laing

179

Clause     94,     page     102,     line     42,     at end insert—

    '(2A) The Council shall take appropriate steps, including the preparation and publication of guidance, to ensure that any investigation under this section is conducted in an objective and impartial manner.'.

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Mr Nick Gibb
Mrs Eleanor Laing

146

Clause     22,     page     18,     line     45,     after 'may', insert 'by notice in writing'.

   

Mr Nick Gibb
Mrs Eleanor Laing

147

Clause     22,     page     18,     line     47,     at end insert 'and any such notice shall specify—

(a)     the functions to which that information relates; and

(b)     the reasons for requiring its disclosure.'.

   

Mr Nick Gibb
Mrs Eleanor Laing

148

Clause     22,     page     19,     line     8,     at end insert—

    '(5A) The Authority or a licence holder shall not be required to comply with a notice under subsection (2) where—

(a) the information required does not exist substantially in the form requested and could only be provided at disproportionate cost to the Authority or licence holder; or

(b) the information is of a description which the Authority or licence holder could not be compelled to produce, or give in evidence, in civil proceedings before the court.'.

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Mr Nick Gibb
Mrs Eleanor Laing

158

Clause     93,     page     100,     line     27,     after 'may', insert 'by notice in writing'.

   

Mr Nick Gibb
Mrs Eleanor Laing

159

Clause     93,     page     100,     line     29,     at end insert 'and any such notice shall specify—

(a) the functions to which that information relates; and

(b) the reasons for requiring its disclosure.'.

   

Mr Nick Gibb
Mrs Eleanor Laing

160

Clause     93,     page     100,     line     40,     at end insert—

    '(5A) The Authority and any telecommunications operator shall not be required to comply with a notice under subsection (2) where—

(a) the information required does not exist substantially in the form requested and could only be provided at disproportionate cost to the Authority or operator, or

(b) the information is of a description which the Authority or operator could not be compelled to produce, or give in evidence, in civil proceedings before the court.'.

   

Mr Nick Gibb
Mrs Eleanor Laing

161

Clause     93,     page     101,     line     11,     after 'of', insert 'subsection (5A) or'.

   

Mr Nick Gibb
Mrs Eleanor Laing

162

Clause     93,     page     101,     line     45,     leave out 'seriously and'.

   

Mr Nick Gibb
Mrs Eleanor Laing

163

Clause     93,     page     102,     line     4,     after 'body', insert 'giving its reasons for considering such disclosure'.

   

Mr Nick Gibb
Mrs Eleanor Laing

164

Clause     93,     page     102,     line     5,     leave out 'have regard to any' and insert 'where asked to do so by that person or body, seek and have regard to the'.

   

Mr Nick Gibb
Mrs Eleanor Laing

165

Clause     93,     page     102,     line     10,     at end insert—

    '(5A) A person or body aggrieved by a decision by the Council to disclose any information about that person or body in pursuance of subsection (3)(c) may appeal against that decision under section 46B and that section shall be construed as if the Council and decisions under section 46H(3)(c) were specifically mentioned in subsection (1) of that section.'.

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Mr Brian White

26

Clause     58,     page     61,     line     12,     after 'heat', insert 'or chilled water.'.

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Mrs Helen Liddell

90

Clause     83,     page     90,     line     35,     at end insert—

' "electricity licence" means a licence under section 6 of the 1989 Act;

"gas licence" means a licence under section 7 or 7A of the 1986 Act;'.

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Mrs Helen Liddell

200

Schedule     5,     page     162,     line     18,     at end insert—

    '. In section 48(1) (interpretation of Part I)—

(a) before the definition of "gas" there is inserted—

"exemption" means an exemption under section 6A;"; and

(b) for the definition of "licence" there is substituted—

"licence" means a licence under section 7 or 7A and "licence holder" shall be construed accordingly;".'

   

Mrs Helen Liddell

201

Schedule     5,     page     162,     line     43,     leave out '66(1)' and insert '111(1)'.

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NEW CLAUSE

Combined heat and power

   

Mr Brian White

NC1

To move the following Clause:—

    '. In making an order and other arrangements under sections 50, 51, 52, 53 or 54 above the Secretary of State may also make provision for—

(a) electricity generated by combined heat and power stations

(b) heat or chilled water produced in association with electricity.'.

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Prepared 22 Feb 2000