S.C.A.
Amendment Paper as at
Thursday 8th June 2000
STANDING COMMITTEE A
LOCAL GOVERNMENT BILL [LORDS]
NOTE
The Amendments have been arranged in accordance with the Order of the Committee [2nd May], as follows:
Clauses 1 to 8, new Clauses relating to Part I, new Schedules so relating, Clauses 9 to 22, Schedule 1, Clauses 23 to 38, Schedule 2, Clauses 39 to 44, new Clauses relating to Part II, new Schedules so relating, Clauses 88 to 90, Clauses 45 to 52, Clause 75, Clause 53, Schedule 3, Clauses 54 to 74, Clauses 76 and 77, new Clauses relating to Part III, new Schedules so relating, Clauses 84 and 85, Clauses 78 to 83, new Clauses relating to Part IV, new Schedules so relating, Clauses 86 and 87, Clauses 91 to 94, Schedules 4 and 5, Clauses 95 and 96, remaining new Clauses, remaining new Schedules.
Hilary Armstrong
345
Clause 45, page 27, line 14, leave out 'local government' and insert 'relevant authorities'.
Hilary Armstrong
346
Clause 45, page 27, line 21, leave out 'local government' and insert 'relevant authorities'.
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347
Clause 45, page 27, line 33, at end insert—
'( ) the Metropolitan Police Authority,
( ) the London Fire and Emergency Planning Authority,'.
Hilary Armstrong
348
Clause 46, page 28, line 10, at end insert 'of conduct'.
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349
Clause 46, page 28, line 13, at end insert 'of conduct.
( ) The power under subsection (1) or (2) to issue a model code of conduct includes power to revise any such model code which has been issued.'.
Hilary Armstrong
350
Clause 46, page 28, line 14, at end insert 'of conduct'.
Hilary Armstrong
351
Clause 46, page 28, line 24, leave out 'representative of local government in England' and insert 'body'.
Mr Nigel Waterson
Mr Tim Loughton
Mr David Curry
Sir Paul Beresford
Mr Peter Atkinson
575
Clause 46, page 28, line 24, leave out 'representative' and insert 'representatives'.
Hilary Armstrong
352
Clause 46, page 28, line 26, at end insert 'of conduct or proposed revisions to such a model code'.
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353
Clause 46, page 28, line 28, at end insert—
'( ) may be made to more than one body,
( ) may be limited to particular descriptions of authority,'.
Hilary Armstrong
354
Clause 46, page 28, line 29, leave out 'code is' and insert 'proposals are'.
Mr Nigel Waterson
Mr Tim Loughton
Mr David Curry
Sir Paul Beresford
Mr Peter Atkinson
577
Clause 46, page 28, line 31, leave out subsection (c).
Hilary Armstrong
355
Clause 46, page 28, line 31, leave out 'codes, or different provisions of a code' and insert 'proposals'.
Hilary Armstrong
356
Clause 46, page 28, line 33, leave out 'the representative concerned' and insert 'any body to which the invitation is made'.
Mr Nigel Waterson
Mr Tim Loughton
Mr David Curry
Sir Paul Beresford
Mr Peter Atkinson
576
Clause 46, page 28, line 33, leave out 'representative' and insert 'representatives'.
Hilary Armstrong
357
Clause 47, page 28, line 35, leave out 'each' and insert 'a'.
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358
Clause 47, page 28, line 36, leave out 'an' and insert 'the first'.
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359
Clause 47, page 28, line 40, leave out from 'conduct)' to end of line 41 and insert—
'(1A) It is the duty of a relevant authority, before the end of the period of six months beginning with the day on which any subsequent order under section 46 which applies to them is made, to pass a resolution—
(a) adopting a code of conduct in place of their existing code of conduct under this section, or
(b) revising their existing code of conduct under this section.'.
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360
Clause 47, page 28, line 42, after 'resolution' insert—
'( ) adopt a code of conduct in place of their existing code of conduct under this section, or
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361
Clause 47, page 29, line 2, after 'code' insert 'of conduct'.
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362
Clause 47, page 29, line 7, leave out 'in subsection (1)' and insert 'under subsection (1) or (1A)'.
Hilary Armstrong
363
Clause 47, page 29, line 11, after 'code' insert 'of conduct'.
Mr Nigel Waterson
Sir Paul Beresford
Mr David Curry
Mr Peter Atkinson
Mr Tim Loughton
67
Clause 47, page 29, line 20, after 'newspapers' insert 'widely'.
Hilary Armstrong
364
Clause 47, page 29, line 24, leave out 'their principal office' and insert 'an office of the authority'.
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365
Clause 47, page 29, line 26, leave out 'their principal office' and insert 'that office'.
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366
Clause 47, page 29, line 31, at end insert—
'( ) Where a relevant authority themselves publish a newspaper, the duty to publish a notice under subsection (5)(b) is to be construed as a duty to publish that notice in their newspaper and at least one other newspaper circulating in their area.'.
Hilary Armstrong
367
Clause 47, page 29, line 35, leave out subsection (7).
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369
Clause 47, page 29, line 39, at end insert '(and accordingly, in the case of a relevant authority to which section 101 of the Local Government Act 1972 applies, is not to be a function to which that section applies)'.
Hilary Armstrong
370
Clause 47, page 29, line 40, leave out subsection (9).
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371
Clause 48, page 29, line 43, after '(1)' insert 'A person who is a member or co-opted member of a relevant authority at a time when the authority adopts a code of conduct under section 47 for the first time—
( ) must, before the end of the period of two months beginning with the date on which the code of conduct is adopted, give to the authority a written undertaking that in performing his functions he will observe the authority's code of conduct for the time being under section 47, and
( ) if he fails to do so, is to cease to be a member or co-opted member at the end of that period.
( )'.
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372
Clause 48, page 29, line 46, leave out 'existing code of conduct' and insert 'code of conduct for the time being'.
Hilary Armstrong
373
Clause 48, page 30, line 1, leave out subsection (2).
Mr Nigel Waterson
Sir Paul Beresford
Mr David Curry
Mr Peter Atkinson
Mr Tim Loughton
40
Clause 48, page 30, line 9, at end insert 'subject to subsections (9) to (11)'.
Hilary Armstrong
374
Clause 48, page 30, line 10, leave out 'elected as' and insert 'who becomes'.
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375
Clause 48, page 30, line 11, after 'apply' insert 'at any time after the authority has adopted a code of conduct under section 47 for the first time'.
Hilary Armstrong
376
Clause 48, page 30, line 13, leave out 'existing code of conduct' and insert 'code of conduct for the time being'.
Hilary Armstrong
377
Clause 48, page 30, line 14, leave out subsection (4).
Mr Nigel Waterson
Sir Paul Beresford
Mr David Curry
Mr Peter Atkinson
Mr Tim Loughton
41
Clause 48, page 30, line 22, at end insert 'subject to subsections (9) to (11)'.
Hilary Armstrong
378
Clause 48, page 30, line 23, leave out 'Any person appointed as' and insert 'A person who becomes'.
Hilary Armstrong
379
Clause 48, page 30, line 23, at end insert 'at any time after the authority has adopted a code of conduct under section 47 for the first time'.
