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Amendment Paper as at
Tuesday 10th February 2004

STANDING COMMITTEE E


HOUSING BILL

NOTE

The Amendments have been arranged in accordance with the Order of the Committee [20th January].

RESOLUTION OF THE PROGRAMMING SUB-COMMITTEE

The Programming Sub-Committee appointed by the Speaker in respect of the Bill agreed the following Resolution at its meeting on Monday 9th February (Sessional Order C relating to Programming): That the Order of the Committee of 20th January (as amended by the Order of 3rd February) be amended by, in the Table—     (a)   leaving out "11.25 a.m. on Tuesday 10th February" in the second column and inserting "6.55 p.m. on Tuesday 10th February";

    (b)   leaving out the entry beginning "Clauses 147 to 154" in the first column, the related entry in the second column, the entry "Remaining proceedings on the Bill" in the first column and the related entry in the second column and inserting—

"Clauses 147 to 154, Clauses 158 to 164, Clause 146, Clauses 155 to 157, Clauses 165 to 169, Schedule 8, new Clauses and new Schedules relating to Part 6, Clauses 170 to 190, Clauses 196 to 199, Schedule 10, Clause 200, Schedule 11, Clauses 201 to 204, new Clauses and new Schedules relating to Part 7 and remaining proceedings on the Bill6.55 p.m. on Tuesday 24th February".

Mr Keith Hill has given notice of his intention to move a motion in the terms of the resolution of the Programming Sub-Committee [Sessional Order C(9) relating to programming].


   

Mr John Hayes
Mr Robert Syms [R]
Mr Mark Field

443

Clause     127,     page     86,     line     20,     leave out 'the duty of a responsible' and insert 'a matter of voluntary discretion for a'.

   

Mr John Hayes
Mr Robert Syms [R]
Mr Mark Field

405

Clause     127,     page     86,     line     21,     after 'control', insert ', seven working days after the property was first put on the market'.

   

Mr Edward Davey

Matthew Green

Richard Younger-Ross

345

Clause     127,     page     86,     line     21,     leave out 'home information pack,' insert 'energy efficiency report'.

   

Mr Edward Davey

Matthew Green

Richard Younger-Ross

346

Clause     127,     page     86,     line     22,     at end insert 'unless the property is explicitly advertised as being sold without a home information pack.'.

   

Mr John Hayes
Mr Robert Syms [R]
Mr Mark Field

406

Clause     127,     page     86,     line     22,     at end insert 'within a permitted period of 14 days of the property being placed on the market'.

   

Mr John Hayes
Mr Robert Syms [R]
Mr Mark Field

444

Clause     127,     page     86,     line     22,     at end insert—

    '( )   The seller, when marketing the property, is obliged to specify whether or not a home information pack is to be provided'.

   

Mr John Hayes
Mr Robert Syms [R]
Mr Mark Field

445

Clause     127,     page     86,     line     23,     leave out subsection (2).

   

Mr David Kidney

373

Clause     127,     page     86,     line     29,     at end insert—

    '(3)   A person has a home information pack under his control for the purposes of subsection (1) of this section if he has the ability to access an electronic version of the information required to be assembled in a home information pack, whether on the internet or otherwise, which shall hereafter be referred to as an "electronic home information pack".

    (4)   References in this Act to a "document" shall include reference to an electronic document unless the contrary is required by the Act and references in this Act to providing information shall include the making available of information in an electronic form unless the contrary is required.'.

   

Mr Edward Davey
Matthew Green
Richard Younger-Ross

1

Page     86,     line     19,     leave out Clause 127.


   

Mr Edward Davey

Matthew Green

Richard Younger-Ross

347

Clause     128,     page     86,     line     31,     after first 'a', insert 'registered'.

   

Mr John Hayes
Mr Robert Syms [R]
Mr Mark Field

446

Clause     128,     page     86,     line     32,     after 'which', insert ', where available,'.

   

Mr Edward Davey

Matthew Green

Richard Younger-Ross

348

Clause     128,     page     86,     line     37,     leave out 'as it stands'.

   

Mr Edward Davey

Matthew Green

Richard Younger-Ross

349

Clause     128,     page     86,     line     38,     leave out 'at the time'.

   

Mr David Kidney

374

Clause     128,     page     87,     line     1,     after 'document' add 'or makes such a document available electronically'.

   

Mr John Hayes
Mr Robert Syms [R]
Mark Field
Sir Sydney Chapman

426

Clause     128,     page     87,     line     5,     leave out subsections (4) and (5).

   

Mr Edward Davey

Matthew Green

Richard Younger-Ross

352

Clause     128,     page     87,     line     10,     leave out paragraph (c) and insert—

      '(c) is a person to whom the seller has indicated that he is not prepared to sell the property.'.

   

Mr Edward Davey
Matthew Green
Richard Younger-Ross

392

Clause     128,     page     87,     line     11,     at end insert—

      '(d) presents a threat to the security or privacy of the seller.'.

   

Mr David Kidney

375

Clause     128,     page     87,     line     26,     at the beginning insert 'Save where the seller makes available an electronic home information pack,'.

   

Mr David Kidney

376

Clause     128,     page     87,     line     34,     leave out subsection 9 and insert—

    '(9)   A person shall be entitled to comply with the duty under subsection (1) by providing access to an electronic home information pack unless he reasonably believes that the prospective buyer is unable to access information in that form.'.

   

Mr Edward Davey

Matthew Green

Richard Younger-Ross

353

Clause     128,     page     87,     line     36,     at end add—

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

   

Mr Edward Davey
Matthew Green
Richard Younger-Ross

394

Clause     128,     page     87,     line     36,     at end add—

    '(10)   The meaning of "registered potential buyer" shall be provided in regulations made by the Secretary of State'.

   

Mr Edward Davey
Matthew Green
Richard Younger-Ross

2

Page     86,     line     30,     leave out Clause 128.


   

Mr John Hayes
Mr Robert Syms [R]
Mr Mark Field

407

Clause     129,     page     87,     line     41,     after 'duty', insert 'to take all reasonable care'.


   

Mr John Hayes
Mr Robert Syms [R]
Mr Mark Field

408

Clause     130,     page     88,     line     19,     after 'behalf,', insert 'within a permitted period of 14 days of the property being placed on the market'.


   

Mr Edward Davey

Matthew Green

Richard Younger-Ross

354

Clause     131,     page     89,     line     4,     after 'possession' insert 'or to properties in areas of low housing demand'.


   

Mr Edward Davey

Matthew Green

Richard Younger-Ross

355

Clause     133,     page     89,     line     19,     at end insert—

    '(1A)   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 Edward Davey
Matthew Green
Richard Younger-Ross

356

Clause     133,     page     89,     line     19,     at end insert—

      '(d) that a property may be marketed with an incomplete pack in circumstances where reasonable efforts have been made to get the missing information'.

   

Mr Edward Davey
Matthew Green
Richard Younger-Ross

357

Clause     133,     page     89,     line     19,     at end insert—

      '(e) A Statutory Instrument which contains regulations is not to be made unless a draft of the instrument has been laid before and approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament'.

   

Mr John Hayes
Mr Robert Syms [R]
Mr Mark Field

409

Clause     133,     page     89,     line     19,     at end insert—

      '(c) the core elements of the pack which must be made available before any marketing of a residential property may take place'.

   

Mr John Hayes
Mr Robert Syms [R]
Mark Field
Sir Sydney Chapman

427

Clause     133,     page     89,     line     25,     leave out subsection (4) and insert—

    '(4)   A responsible person shall not commit an offence if he excludes a relevant document from the home information pack, provided the document does not detract from the value of the property'.

 
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