Amendments proposed to the Utilities Bill - continued House of Commons

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Mr Nick Gibb
Mrs Eleanor Laing
Mr Ian Bruce [R]

262

Clause     97,     page     105,     line     43,     at end insert—

    '(2A) No penalty shall be imposed until a provisional order shall have been confirmed or a final order shall have been made under section 16'.

   

Mr Nick Gibb
Mrs Eleanor Laing
Mr Ian Bruce [R]
Mr Christopher Chope
Mr Christopher Fraser

335

Clause     97,     page     105,     line     43,     at end insert—

    '(2A) In deciding whether to impose a penalty under subsection (1) the Authority shall have regard to—

      (a) the statement of policy it has published in accordance with section 18B; and

      (b) the principle that the purpose of a penalty is to deter any similar contravention or failure by the operator in the future.'.

   

Mr Nick Gibb
Mrs Eleanor Laing
Mr Ian Bruce [R]

263

Clause     97,     page     106,     line     7,     after 'penalty', insert ', the desired effect of the penalty upon the operations of the relevant operator,'.

   

Mr Nick Gibb
Mrs Eleanor Laing
Mr Ian Bruce [R]

264

Clause     97,     page     106,     line     35,     after 'penalty' insert, 'the desired effect of the penalty upon the operations of the relevant operator,'.

   

Mr Nick Gibb
Mrs Eleanor Laing
Mr Ian Bruce [R]

266

Clause     97,     page     107,     leave out lines 30, to 46 and insert—

    '(18B) "The Secretary of State may make regulations with respect to the imposition of penalties and the determination of their amount, having consulted with—

      (a) the Authority;

      (b) the Council;

      (c) licensed operators: and

      (d) such other persons as the Secretary of state considers it appropriate to consult in relation to these matters".'.

   

Mr Nick Gibb
Mrs Eleanor Laing
Mr Ian Bruce [R]

265

Clause     97,     page     107,     line     30,     after 'prepare' insert, 'following consultation with appropriate persons including licensed operators'.

   

Mr Nick Gibb
Mrs Eleanor Laing
Mr Ian Bruce [R]

267

Clause     97,     page     108,     line     1,     leave out from '18C' to 'where' in line 8.

   

Mr Nick Gibb
Mrs Eleanor Laing
Mr Ian Bruce [R]

268

Clause     97,     page     108,     line     37,     leave out 'or'.

   

Mr Nick Gibb
Mrs Eleanor Laing
Mr Ian Bruce [R]

269

Clause     97,     page     108,     line     40,     at end insert 'or (d) any other matter,'.

   

Mr Nick Gibb
Mrs Eleanor Laing
Mr Ian Bruce [R]

270

Clause     97,     page     108,     line     41,     leave out 'court' and insert 'the Penalty Appeals Body'.

   

Mr Nick Gibb
Mrs Eleanor Laing
Mr Ian Bruce [R]

271

Clause     97,     page     108,     line     44,     leave out '42' and insert '52'.

   

Mr Nick Gibb
Mrs Eleanor Laing
Mr Ian Bruce [R]

272

Clause     97,     page     108,     line     48,     leave out '42' and insert '52'.

   

Mr Nick Gibb
Mrs Eleanor Laing
Mr Ian Bruce [R]

273

Clause     97,     page     109,     line     1,     leave out 'court' and insert 'the Penalty Appeals Body'.

   

Mr Nick Gibb
Mrs Eleanor Laing
Mr Ian Bruce [R]

274

Clause     97,     page     109,     line     4,     leave out 'court' and insert 'the Penalty Appeals Body'.

   

Mr Nick Gibb
Mrs Eleanor Laing
Mr Ian Bruce [R]
Mr Christopher Chope
Mr Christopher Fraser

336

Clause     97,     page     109,     line     14,     at end insert—

      '(aa) that, having regard to all the circumstances, it was unreasonable for the Authority to impose a penalty or a penalty of the amount so imposed;'.

   

Mr Nick Gibb
Mrs Eleanor Laing
Mr Ian Bruce [R]

275

Clause     97,     page     109,     line     27,     leave out 'court' and insert 'the Penalty Appeals Body'.

   

Mr Nick Gibb
Mrs Eleanor Laing
Mr Ian Bruce [R]

276

Clause     97,     page     109,     line     31,     leave out 'court' and insert 'the Penalty Appeals Body'.

   

Mr Nick Gibb
Mrs Eleanor Laing
Mr Ian Bruce [R]

277

Clause     97,     page     109,     line     40,     leave out from 'the' to end of line 43 and insert, 'Penalty Appeals Body means a panel of three persons with relevant expertise constituted by the Secretary of State for the purpose of hearing any appeal made under section 18E.'.


   

Norman Baker
Mr Andrew Stunell

246

Clause     50,     page     53,     line     3,     leave out 'may' and insert 'shall, within one year of the entering into force of this Act,'.


   

Mrs Helen Liddell

357

Clause     51,     page     55,     line     29,     leave out subsection (2).


   

Mr Nick Gibb
Mrs Eleanor Laing
Mr Ian Bruce [R]
Mr Christopher Chope
Mr Christopher Fraser

380

Clause     56,     page     57,     leave out lines 4 to 12 and insert—

    '15A.—(1) Where it is necessary or expedient to modify—

      (a) the conditions of any licence granted under section 6; or

      (b) any standard conditions of licences of any type,

    in order to implement or facilitate the effective operation of new electricity trading arrangements ("the new arrangements"), the Secretary of State may make such modifications as he considers appropriate in accordance with the provisions of this section.'.

   

Mr Nick Gibb
Mrs Eleanor Laing
Mr Ian Bruce [R]
Mr Christopher Chope
Mr Christopher Fraser

381

Clause     56,     page     57,     line     16,     leave out from 'including' to end of line 17 and insert ', but only to the extent that the new arrangements apply to them, matters connected with the transmission or distribution of electricity).'.

   

Mr Nick Gibb
Mrs Eleanor Laing
Mr Ian Bruce [R]
Mr Christopher Chope
Mr Christopher Fraser

382

Clause     56,     page     57,     line     30,     leave out 'two years' and insert 'one year'.

   

Mr Nick Gibb
Mrs Eleanor Laing
Mr Ian Bruce [R]
Mr Christopher Chope
Mr Christopher Fraser

383

Clause     56,     page     57,     line     31,     at end insert—

    '(7) In this section, "new electricity trading arrangements", in relation to a licence holder, means arrangements for the trading of electricity in bulk that are designed to modify, revoke, or replace, whether in whole or in part, any such arrangements which he is required by a condition of his licence to comply with immediately before this section comes into force.'.


   

Norman Baker
Mr Andrew Stunell

247

Clause     58,     page     59,     line     22,     at end insert—

    '(1A) In specifying those targets, the Secretary of State shall have regard to any national greenhouse gas emission reduction targets, including in particular that of a reduction of 20 per cent. in carbon dioxide emissions by 2010 compared to 1990 levels'.

   

Mr Brian White

26

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


   

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;'.


   

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

359

Schedule     5,     page     162,     line     31,     leave out from '(8)' to end of line 35 and insert ', for the words "or section 40(3), 41(3), 42A or 42B below" there is substituted ", or sections 32 to 32C, section 40, 40A, 41A, 42A, 42B, 42C, 43A or 43B below or section 22 of the Utilities Act 2000".'.

   

Mrs Helen Liddell

201

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


   

Mrs Helen Liddell

360

Schedule     6,     page     166,     line     33,     at end insert—

'Consultation by Consumer Councils before establishing regional committees

    .—(1) The requirements in paragraph 11(2) to (4) of Schedule 2 to this Act do not apply to any regional committee of the Gas and Electricity Consumer Council which is established within the period of two months beginning with the day on which section 16(2) of this Act comes into force.

    (2) The requirements in paragraph 11(2) to (4) of Schedule 1B to the Telecommunications Act 1984 (as inserted by section 85(2) of this Act) do not apply to any regional committee of the Telecommunications Consumer Council which is established within the period of two months beginning with the day on which subsection (2) of section 46C of that Act (as inserted by section 92 of this Act) comes into force.'

 
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