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Amendment Paper as at
Tuesday 23rd January 2001

STANDING COMMITTEE D


New Amendments handed in are marked thus *

HOMES BILL

NOTE

The Amendments have been arranged in accordance with the Order of the Committee [16th January].

   

Mr Archie Norman
Mr Nigel Waterson
Mr Tim Loughton
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown

5

Clause     7,     page     5,     line     44,     at end insert 'save that these shall not include local authority searches.'.

   

Mr Don Foster
Mr Tom Brake

19

Clause     7,     page     5,     line     44,     at end insert 'or—

    ( ) a valuation of the property.'.

   

Mr Nigel Waterson
Mr Tim Loughton
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown
Mr Archie Norman
Mr David Curry

27

Clause     7,     page     5,     line     44,     at end insert—

    '(ca) the energy efficiency of the building, identifying the presence of existing measures for improving energy efficiency and those which may reasonably be expected to be added;'.

   

Mr Archie Norman
Mr Nigel Waterson
Mr Tim Loughton
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown

6

Clause     7,     page     6,     line     2,     at end insert 'save that these shall not include a survey report or home condition report.'.

   

Mr Archie Norman
Mr Nigel Waterson
Mr Tim Loughton
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown

7

Clause     7,     page     6,     line     2,     at end insert 'and the term "characteristics" shall include information about risk of flooding.'.

   

Mr Don Foster
Mr Tom Brake

20

Clause     7,     page     6,     line     2,     at end insert—

    '( ) an account of the suitability of the property for occupation by disabled persons.'.

   

Mr Don Foster
Mr Tom Brake
Mr Alan Simpson
Mr David Chaytor
Mr Gwyn Prosser
Mr Bill Etherington
Mr Derek WyattFrank CookMr Andrew Mackinlay
Laura Moffatt

23

Clause     7,     page     6,     line     2,     at end insert—

    '(da) the energy efficiency of the property, including

            (i) the presence or absence in the dwelling of specified measures for improving energy efficiency, and

            (ii) measures which could be taken for the purpose of improving energy efficiency.'.

   

Mr Archie Norman
Mr Nigel Waterson
Mr Tim Loughton
Mr David Curry
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown

40

Clause     7,     page     6,     line     3,     after 'the', insert 'physical structure of the property.'

   

Mr Nigel Waterson
Mr Tim Loughton
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown
Mr Archie Norman
Mr David Curry

28

Clause     7,     page     6,     line     8,     at end insert—

    '(aa) a report on the energy efficiency of the property, identifying energy efficient aspects of the structure, ranked with comparable properties, and including advice on improvement measures which it is feasible to make;'.

   

Mr Don Foster
Mr Tom Brake
Mr Alan Simpson
Mr David Chaytor
Mr Gwyn Prosser
Mr Bill Etherington
Mr Derek WyattFrank CookMr Andrew Mackinlay
Laura Moffatt

24

Clause     7,     page     6,     line     10,     at end insert—

    '(ba) an energy efficiency report containing advice on measures to improve the energy efficiency of the property, and an indication of the cost and pay-back period of each of these measures.'.

   

Mr Archie Norman
Mr Nigel Waterson
Mr Tim Loughton
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown

8

Clause     7,     page     6,     line     22,     leave out from 'provision' to the end of line 24.

   

Mr Archie Norman
Mr Nigel Waterson
Mr Tim Loughton
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown

9

Clause     7,     page     6,     line     24,     at end add—

    '(9) All the documents and information contained in the sellers' packs shall be confidential to the seller, a person acting on his behalf as an estate agent, and any bona fide buyer or potential buyer.'.

   

Mr Archie Norman
Mr Nigel Waterson
Mr Tim Loughton
Mr David Curry
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown

29

Clause     7,     page     6,     line     24,     at end add—

    '(8A) The regulations may specify that a property may be marketed with an incomplete pack in circumstances where reasonable efforts have been made to gather the missing information.'.

   

Mr Archie Norman
Mr Nigel Waterson
Mr Tim Loughton
Mr David Curry
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown

36

Clause     7,     page     6,     line     24,     at end add—

    '( ) Before making regulations for the purposes described in subsection (1) the Secretary of State shall consult with representatives of those bodies likely to have an interest in or be affected by the proposals.'.


   

Mr Archie Norman
Mr Nigel Waterson
Mr Tim Loughton
Mr David Curry
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown

44

Clause     8,     page     6,     line     25,     leave out 'may' and insert 'shall'.

   

Mr Don Foster
Mr Tom Brake
Mr Alan Simpson
Mr David Chaytor
Mr Gwyn Prosser
Mr Bill Etherington
Mr Derek WyattFrank CookMr Andrew Mackinlay
Laura Moffatt

25

Clause     8,     page     6,     line     26,     after 'section 7(5)(d)', add 'and (da)'.

   

Mr Don Foster
Mr Tom Brake

22

Clause     8,     page     6,     line     30,     at end insert—

    '( ) Regulations under section 7 shall ensure that the home condition report is required to be of a standard likely to be acceptable to mortgage lenders.'.

   

Mr Archie Norman
Mr Nigel Waterson
Mr Tim Loughton
Mr David Curry
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown

45

Clause     8,     page     6,     line     31,     leave out 'may' and insert 'shall'.

   

Mr Archie Norman
Mr Nigel Waterson
Mr Tim Loughton
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown

11

Clause     8,     page     7,     line     2,     at end insert ', being a minimum of £500,000 in the first instance.'.

   

Mr Archie Norman
Mr Nigel Waterson
Mr Tim Loughton
Mr David Curry
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown

37

Clause     8,     page     7,     line     3,     after first 'the', insert 'effective'.

   

Mr Archie Norman
Mr Nigel Waterson
Mr Tim Loughton
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown

12

Clause     8,     page     7,     line     4,     after 'sellers', insert ', lenders'.

   

Mr Nick Raynsford

56

Clause     8,     page     7,     line     12,     leave out 'affects' and insert 'limits'.

   

Mr Archie Norman
Mr Nigel Waterson
Mr Tim Loughton
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown

13

Clause     8,     page     7,     line     13,     at end insert—

    '(8) Sellers, buyers and lenders shall be entitled to bring proceedings in respect of a home condition report upon which they have relied in any transaction.'.

   

Mr Archie Norman
Mr Nigel Waterson
Mr Tim Loughton
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown

10

Page     6,     line     25,     leave out Clause 8.


   

Mr Archie Norman
Mr Nigel Waterson
Mr Tim Loughton
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown

14

Clause     9,     page     7,     line     15,     leave out subsection (1).

   

Mr Archie Norman
Mr Nigel Waterson
Mr Tim Loughton
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown

15

Clause     9,     page     7,     line     19,     leave out 'by officers of local weights and measures authorities.'.

   

Mr Archie Norman
Mr Nigel Waterson
Mr Tim Loughton
Mr David Curry
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown

30

Clause     9,     page     7,     line     21,     at end add—

    '( ) The Secretary of State shall provide resources to cover additional training and operational requirements that local weights and measures authorities may require for the enforcement of this Part.'.


   

Mr Archie Norman
Mr Nigel Waterson
Mr Tim Loughton
Mr David Curry
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown

46

Clause     11,     page     7,     line     41,     leave out subsection (1) and insert—

    '( ) Any offence under this Part committed by a person in the course of his employment shall be treated as committed by his employer as well as by him, whether or not it was done with the employer's knowledge or approval, unless the employer shows that he took such steps as were reasonably practicable to prevent the employee from committing that act, or from doing in the course of his employment acts of that description.

    ( ) Any offence under this Part committed by a person as agent for another person with the authority (whether express or implied, and whether precedent or subsequent) of that person shall be treated as having been committed by that other person as well as by him.'.

   

Mr Nick Raynsford

57

Clause     11,     page     7,     leave out lines 43 and 44 and insert 'also guilty of the offence and liable to be proceeded against and punished accordingly.'

   

Mr Nick Raynsford

58

Clause     11,     page     8,     line     3,     leave out from 'he' to end of line 6 and insert 'is also guilty of the offence and liable to be proceeded against and punished accordingly.

   

Mr Nick Raynsford

59

Clause     11,     page     8,     line     16,     leave out from 'he' to 'guilty' and insert 'is also'.

 
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