S.C.B.
NOTICES OF AMENDMENTS
given up to and including
Tuesday 15th January 2002
New Amendments handed in are marked thus *
STANDING COMMITTEE B
PROCEEDS OF CRIME BILL
NOTE
The Amendments have been arranged in accordance with the Order of the Committee [13th November].
Mr Dominic Grieve
Mr Nick Hawkins
Mr David Wilshire
426
Clause 321, page 186, line 11, after 'he', insert 'knowingly'.
Mr Dominic Grieve
Mr Nick Hawkins
Mr David Wilshire
427
Clause 322, page 186, line 29, after 'he', insert 'knowingly'.
Mr Dominic Grieve
Mr Nick Hawkins
Mr David Wilshire
518
*Clause 322, page 186, line 39, at end add—
| '(d) | the amount of money involved in the arrangement or the value of the property does not exceed £1,000'. |
Mr Dominic Grieve
Mr Nick Hawkins
Mr David Wilshire
428
Clause 323, page 187, line 2, after 'he', insert 'knowingly'.
Mr Dominic Grieve
Mr Nick Hawkins
Mr David Wilshire
519
*Clause 323, page 187, line 14, at end insert—
| '(e) | the value of the property involved does not exceed £1,000'. |
Mr Dominic Grieve
Mr Nick Hawkins
Mr David Wilshire
486
Clause 323, page 187, line 21, leave out from 'provision' to end of line 22 and insert 'of goods or services provided by a person who knows or suspects that they may help another to carry out criminal conduct is not consideration'.
Mr Dominic Grieve
Mr Nick Hawkins
Mr David Wilshire
487
Clause 324, page 187, line 27, leave out from 'suspects' to end of line 28.
Mr Oliver Letwin
Mr Dominic Grieve
Mr Nick Hawkins
Mr David Wilshire
97
Clause 324, page 187, line 33, at end insert ', and he was directly involved in the activities by virtue of which the business is regulated.'.
Mr Oliver Letwin
Mr Dominic Grieve
Mr Nick Hawkins
Mr David Wilshire
99
Clause 324, page 187, line 35, after 'customs officer', insert 'Inland Revenue officer'.
Mr Oliver Letwin
Mr Dominic Grieve
Mr Nick Hawkins
Mr David Wilshire
98
Clause 324, page 187, line 40, after 'adviser', insert 'or chartered accountant or chartered taxation adviser'.
Mr Dominic Grieve
Mr Nick Hawkins
Mr David Wilshire
488
Clause 324, page 187, line 40, after 'and', insert 'believes'.
Mr Dominic Grieve
Mr Nick Hawkins
Mr David Wilshire
489
Clause 324, page 187, line 41, at end insert—
'(c) he is a tax adviser and the information or other matter came to him in relevant circumstances.'.
Mr Dominic Grieve
Mr Nick Hawkins
Mr David Wilshire
520
*Clause 324, page 187, line 41, at end insert—
| '(c) | the amount of money involved does not exceed £1,000'. |
Mr Dominic Grieve
Mr Nick Hawkins
Mr David Wilshire
490
Clause 324, page 187, line 42, leave out subsection (6).
Mr Dominic Grieve
Mr Nick Hawkins
Mr David Wilshire
491
Clause 324, page 188, line 6, leave out 'employer' and insert 'place of work'.
Mr Oliver Letwin
Mr Dominic Grieve
Mr Nick Hawkins
Mr David Wilshire
100
Clause 324, page 188, line 6, after 'employer', insert 'or, as the case may be, his firm, company or voluntary organisation.'.
Mr Dominic Grieve
Mr Nick Hawkins
Mr David Wilshire
492
Clause 324, page 188, line 8, leave out 'employment' and insert 'work'.
Mr Dominic Grieve
Mr Nick Hawkins
Mr David Wilshire
493
Clause 324, page 188, line 8, after 'employment', insert 'or, as the case may be, his activity with the firm, company or voluntary organisation'.
Mr Dominic Grieve
Mr Nick Hawkins
Mr David Wilshire
494
Clause 324, page 188, line 9, leave out 'employer' and insert 'place of work'.
Mr Dominic Grieve
Mr Nick Hawkins
Mr David Wilshire
495
Clause 324, page 188, line 9, after 'employer', insert 'or, as the case may be, his firm, company or voluntary organisation'.
Mr Dominic Grieve
Mr Nick Hawkins
Mr David Wilshire
496
Clause 324, page 188, line 18, at end insert—
'(8A) Information or other matter comes to a tax adviser in relevant circumstances if it is communicated or given to him—
| (a) | by a person to whom he is giving, or may be asked to give, advice on any matter relating to tax, or |
| (b) | by a representative of such a person.'. |
Mr Dominic Grieve
Mr Nick Hawkins
Mr David Wilshire
497
Clause 324, page 188, line 19, leave out 'subsection (8) does' and insert 'subsections (8) and (8A) do'.
Mr Bob Ainsworth
515
Schedule 6, page 265, line 3, leave out from beginning to end of line 43 on page 266 and insert—
'Part 1
Regulated sector
| 1 | (1) | A business is in the regulated sector to the extent that it engages in any of the following activities— |
(a) accepting deposits by a person with permission under Part 4 of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (c. 8) to accept deposits (including, in the case of a building society, the raising of money from members of the society by the issue of shares);
(b) the business of the National Savings Bank;
(c) business carried on by a credit union;
(d) any home-regulated activity carried on by a European institution in respect of which the establishment conditions in paragraph 13 of Schedule 3 to the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (c. 8), or the service conditions in paragraph 14 of that Schedule, are satisfied;
(e) any activity carried on for the purpose of raising money authorised to be raised under the National Loans Act 1968 (c.13) under the auspices of the Director of Savings;
(f) the activity of operating a bureau de change, transmitting money (or any representation of monetary value) by any means or cashing cheques which are made payable to customers;
(g) any activity falling within sub-paragraph (2);
(h) any of the activities in points 1 to 12 or 14 of Annex 1 to the Banking Consolidation Directive, ignoring an activity described in any of sub-paragraphs (a) to (g) above;
(i) business which consists of effecting or carrying out contracts of long term insurance by a person who has received official authorisation pursuant to Article 6 or 27 of the First Life Directive.
| (2) | An activity falls within this sub-paragraph if it constitutes any of the following kinds of regulated activity in the United Kingdom— |
(a) dealing in investments as principal or as agent;
(b) arranging deals in investments;
(c) managing investments;
(d) safeguarding and administering investments;
(e) sending dematerialised instructions;
(f) establishing (and taking other steps in relation to) collective investment schemes;
(g) advising on investments.
| (3) | Paragraphs (a) and (i) of sub-paragraph (1) and sub-paragraph (2) must be read with section 22 of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (c. 8), any relevant order under that section and Schedule 2 to that Act. |
| 2 | (1) | This paragraph has effect for the purposes of paragraph 1. |
| (2) | "Building society" has the meaning given by the Building Societies Act 1986. |
| (3) | "Credit union" has the meaning given by the Credit Unions Act 1979 (c. 34) or the Credit Unions (Northern Ireland) Order 1985 (S.I. 1985/1205 (N.I. 12)). |
| (4) | "European institution" means an EEA firm of the kind mentioned in paragraph 5(b) or (c) of Schedule 3 to the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (c. 8) which qualifies for authorisation for the purposes of that Act under paragraph 12 of that Schedule. |
| (5) | "Home-regulated activity" in relation to a European institution, means an activity— |
(a) which is specified in Annex 1 to the Banking Consolidation Directive and in respect of which a supervisory authority in the home State of the institution has regulatory functions, and
(b) if the institution is an EEA firm of the kind mentioned in paragraph 5(c) of Schedule 3 to the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (c. 8), which the institution carries on in its home State.
| (6) | "Home State", in relation to a person incorporated in or formed under the law of another member State, means that State. |
| (7) | The Banking Consolidation Directive is the Directive of the European Parliament and Council relating to the taking up and pursuit of the business of credit institutions (No. 2000/12 EC). |
| (8) | The First Life Directive is the First Council Directive on the co-ordination of laws, regulations and administrative provisions relating to the taking up and pursuit of the business of direct life assurance (No. 79/267/EEC). |
| 3 | | A business is not in the regulated sector to the extent that it engages in any of the following activities— |
(a) the issue of withdrawable share capital within the limit set by section 6 of the Industrial and Provident Societies Act 1965 by a society registered under that Act;
(b) the acceptance of deposits from the public within the limit set by section 7(3) of that Act by such a society;
(c) the issue of withdrawable share capital within the limit set by section 6 of the Industrial and Provident Societies Act (Northern Ireland) 1969 by a society registered under that Act;
(d) the acceptance of deposits from the public within the limit set by section 7(3) of that Act by such a society;
(e) activities carried on by the Bank of England;
(f) any activity in respect of which an exemption order under section 38 of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (c. 8) has effect if it is carried on by a person who is for the time being specified in the order or falls within a class of persons so specified.
Part 2
Supervisory authorities
| 4 | (1) | Each of the following is a supervisory authority— |
(b) the Financial Services Authority;
(c) the Council of Lloyd's;
(d) the Director General of Fair Trading;
(e) a body which is a designated professional body for the purposes of Part 20 of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (c. 8).
| (2) | The Secretary of State is also a supervisory authority in the exercise, in relation to a person carrying on a business in the regulated sector, of his functions under the enactments relating to companies or insolvency or under the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (c. 8). |
| (3) | The Treasury are also a supervisory authority in the exercise, in relation to a person carrying on a business in the regulated sector, of their functions under the enactments relating to companies or insolvency or under the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (c. 8).'. |
