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Amendment Paper as at
Tuesday 9th May 2000

STANDING COMMITTEE H


New Amendments handed in are marked thus *

FINANCE BILL
(Except Clauses 1, 12, 30, 31, 59, 102 and 113)

NOTE

The Amendments have been arranged in accordance with the Order of the Committee [4th May] as follows:

Clauses 2 to 6, Schedule 1, Clauses 7 to 11, Clauses 13 to 15, Clause 28, Clauses 16 and 17, Schedule 2, Clauses 18 to 22, Schedule 3, Clause 23, Schedule 4, Clause 24, Schedule 5, Clauses 25 to 27, Clause 29, Schedules 6 and 7, Clauses 32 to 47, Schedule 8, Clause 48, Schedule 9, Clauses 49 to 55, Clause 134, Clause 56, Schedule 10, Clauses 57 and 58, Schedule 11, Schedule 12, Clause 60, Schedule 13, Clause 61, Schedule 14, Clause 62, Schedules 15 and 16, Clause 63, Schedule 17, Clause 64, Schedule 18, Clauses 65 to 67, Schedule 19, Clause 68, Schedules 20 and 21, Clauses 69 to 81, Schedule 22, Clauses 82 to 86, Schedule 23, Clauses 87 to 90, Schedule 24, Clause 91, Schedules 25 and 26, Clauses 92 to 96, Schedule 27, Clause 97, Schedule 28, Clauses 98 to 101, Schedule 29, Schedule 30, Clause 103, Schedule 31, Clauses 104 to 112, Clauses 114 and 115, Schedule 32, Clause 116, Schedule 33, Clauses 117 to 127, Schedule 34, Clauses 128 to 131, Schedule 35, Clause 132, Schedule 36, Clause 133, Clauses 135 to 138, Schedule 37, Clause 139, Schedule 38, Clauses 140 to 144, Schedule 39, Clauses 145 to 149, New Clauses, New Schedules, Clauses 150 and 151, Schedule 40, Clause 152.

   

Mr John Swinney
Mr Alex Salmond
Mr Alasdair Morgan
Mrs Margaret Ewing
Ms Roseanna Cunningham
Mr Andrew Welsh

2

Clause     4,     page     2,     line     31,     leave out subsection (1).


   

Mr David Heathcoat-Amory
Mr Richard Ottaway
Mr Oliver Letwin
Mr Howard Flight

6

Clause     14,     page     8,     leave out lines 40 to 46.

   

Mr David Heathcoat-Amory
Mr Richard Ottaway
Mr Oliver Letwin
Mr Howard Flight

8

Clause     14,     page     9,     leave out lines 14 to 21 and insert—

    '(5) No regulation under this section shall come into force until it has been published by a notice sent by post to all persons to whom (to the best of the Commissioners' knowledge) section 8H might apply.'.

   

Mr David Heathcoat-Amory
Mr Richard Ottaway
Mr Oliver Letwin
Mr Howard Flight

9

Clause     14,     page     9,     line     23,     leave out from 'under' to end of line 25 and insert 'regulations made under section 8C above.'.

   

Mr David Heathcoat-Amory
Mr Richard Ottaway
Mr Oliver Letwin
Mr Howard Flight

7

Clause     14,     page     10,     leave out lines 4 to 26.

   

Mr David Heathcoat-Amory
Mr Richard Ottaway
Mr Oliver Letwin
Mr Howard Flight

4

Clause     14,     page     11,     line     40,     leave out 'For' and insert 'Subject to the provisions of subsection (9) below, for'.

   

Mr David Heathcoat-Amory
Mr Richard Ottaway
Mr Oliver Letwin
Mr Howard Flight

5

Clause     14,     page     11,     line     44,     after 'them', insert—

    '(9) A person shall not be regarded as a manager of premises by reason only of being the landlord or superior landlord of such premises or a person entitled to the benefit of a restrictive or other covenant in relation to such premises or of being the agent or employee of such person.'.


   

Mr John Swinney
Mr Alex Salmond
Mr Alasdair Morgan
Mrs Margaret Ewing
Ms Roseanna Cunningham
Mr Andrew Welsh

3

Clause     19,     page     15,     line     20,     after 'from', insert 'or go to'.


   

Mr Oliver Letwin [R]

19

*Clause     25,     page     17,     leave out lines 22 to 41.

   

Mr Oliver Letwin [R]

20

*Clause     25,     page     18,     line     28,     at end add—

    '(6) No thing seized shall be copied, retained or used in any way if the thing seized is subject to legal professional privilege.'.


   

Mr Oliver Letwin [R]

21

*Clause     26,     page     18,     line     42,     after 'search', insert 'that, in any event, for not more than fifteen minutes'.


   

Mr Oliver Letwin [R]

22

*Page     19,     line     6,     leave out Clause 27.


   

Paul Flynn

1

Schedule     6,     page     139,     line     32,     at end insert—

'Exemption: Energy used in recycling

    17A.—(1) A supply of a taxable commodity is exempt from the levy where the supply is used in an installation for converting recyclate to recyled material.

    (2) The Treasury may by regulations specify the process or part process which qualifies for the exemption under sub-paragraph (1).'.


   

Mr Richard Ottaway

10

*Clause     32,     page     20,     line     28,     at end insert—

    '(4) After subsection (1), insert—

    "(1A) Where a taxpayer makes an election that he is taxable at the starting rate on income to which this section applies then subsection (1) shall have effect as if for the words 'lower rate' there were substituted 'starting rate'.".'.


   

Mr Richard Ottaway

11

*Clause     34,     page     21,     line     10,     leave out subsection (2) and insert—

    '(2) In section 257AA(5) of the Taxes Act 1988 (which specifies the year in which the children's tax credit is to start) for "2001-02" substitute "2000-01".

    (3) In section 257AA(6) of the Taxes Act 1988 for "2002-03" substitute "2001-02".

    (4) This section has effect for the year 2000-01 and subsequent years of assessment.'.


   

Mr Richard Ottaway

12

*Schedule     12,     page     277,     line     15,     at end insert—

      '(d) but, shall not apply if the worker or intermediary works for many different clients or as a sole trader as well as under a relevant engagement.'.

   

Mr Richard Ottaway

13

*Schedule     12,     page     277,     line     15,     at end insert—

      '(d) but, shall not apply where the intermediary contracts with a party other than the client such as an agency.'.

   

Mr Richard Ottaway

17

*Schedule     12,     page     277,     line     26,     at end insert—

    '(6) A worker, working through an intermediary, on a relevant engagement shall be entitled to the same benefits from the client as any employee of the client.'.

   

Mr Richard Ottaway

18

*Schedule     12,     page     277,     line     26,     at end insert—

    '(6) A worker, engaged by an intermediary, shall be entitled to unemployment benefit between contract.'.

   

Mr Richard Ottaway

14

*Schedule     12,     page     279,     line     25,     leave out '5%' and insert 'a sum equal to the running costs of the intermediary.'.

   

Mr Richard Ottaway

15

*Schedule     12,     page     279,     line     40,     leave out '1900 c.l.' and insert '1990 c.l.'.

   

Mr Richard Ottaway

16

*Schedule     12,     page     285,     line     29,     after 'woman', insert 'or a man and a woman and a woman'.


 
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