S.C.F.
Amendment Paper as at
Tuesday 3rd February 2004
STANDING COMMITTEE F
New Amendments handed in are marked thus *
CIVIL CONTINGENCIES BILL
NOTE
The Amendments have been arranged in accordance with the Order of the Committee [27th January].
Mr Oliver Heald
Patrick Mercer
84
Clause 18, page 11, line 26, leave out subsection (1) and insert—
'In this Part, "emergency", means an event or situation that causes or is likely to cause—
| (a) | one or more individuals to die, be seriously injured or become seriously ill, or |
| (b) | serious harm to the environment (including the life and health of plants and animals).'. |
Mr Richard Allan
Mr Alistair Carmichael
89
Clause 18, page 11, line 26, leave out 'serious' and insert 'severe'.
Mr Richard Allan
Mr Alistair Carmichael
88
Clause 18, page 11, line 26, after 'serious', insert 'immediate'.
Mr Richard Allan
Mr Alistair Carmichael
90
Clause 18, page 11, line 31, after 'threatens', insert 'immediate'.
Mr Richard Allan
Mr Alistair Carmichael
91
Clause 18, page 11, line 36, leave out paragraph (d).
Mr Oliver Heald
Patrick Mercer
Mr Nigel Evans
78
Clause 18, page 11, line 38, leave out paragraph (f).
Mr Richard Allan
Mr Alistair Carmichael
92
Clause 18, page 11, line 41, after 'threatens', insert 'immediate'.
Mr Richard Allan
Mr Alistair Carmichael
93
Clause 18, page 12, line 4, leave out paragraph (b).
Mr Richard Allan
Mr Alistair Carmichael
94
Clause 18, page 12, line 6, after 'threaten', insert 'immediate'.
Mr Oliver Heald
Patrick Mercer
107
Clause 18, page 12, line 11, leave out subsections (5) and (6).
Mr Oliver Heald
Patrick Mercer
Mr Nigel Evans
37
Clause 19, page 12, line 35, leave out paragraphs (b) and (c) and insert 'or
(b) one of Her Majesty's principal Secretaries of State, whose sole responsibility relates to civil contingencies'.
Mr Richard Allan
Mr Alistair Carmichael
95
Clause 19, page 12, line 36, leave out paragraph (c).
Mr Richard Allan
Mr Alistair Carmichael
96
Clause 19, page 12, line 38, after 'serious', insert 'immediate'.
Mr Richard Allan
Mr Alistair Carmichael
97
Clause 19, page 13, line 10, at end insert—
| '(v) | is satisfied that the regulations are compatible with the provisions of the Human Rights Act 1998'. |
Mr Richard Allan
Mr Alistair Carmichael
98
Clause 20, page 13, line 23, leave out paragraph (b).
Mr Richard Allan
Mr Alistair Carmichael
99
Clause 20, page 13, line 31, leave out paragraph (b).
Mr Oliver Heald
Patrick Mercer
85
Clause 20, page 13, line 34, at end add—
'(7) The fourth condition is that subject to the conditions appertaining at that time the public be informed at the earliest possible opportunity of the type of emergency, the steps taken to mitigate its effect and its likely duration and the area affected by the emergency.'.
Mr Oliver Heald
Patrick Mercer
Mr Nigel Evans
38
Clause 21, page 13, line 37, leave out 'thinks' and insert 'believes on reasonable grounds'.
Mr Oliver Heald
Patrick Mercer
Mr Nigel Evans
39
Clause 21, page 13, line 39, leave out 'thinks' and insert 'believes on reasonable grounds'.
Mr Oliver Heald
Patrick Mercer
Mr Nigel Evans
40
Clause 21, page 13, line 44, leave out 'money'.
Mr Oliver Heald
Patrick Mercer
Mr Nigel Evans
41
Clause 21, page 14, line 1, leave out 'an electronic or other' and insert 'any'.
Mr Oliver Heald
Patrick Mercer
Mr Nigel Evans
42
Clause 21, page 14, line 4, leave out paragraph (h).
Mr Oliver Heald
Patrick Mercer
Mr Nigel Evans
43
Clause 21, page 14, line 15, leave out paragraph (n).
Mr Richard Allan
Mr Alistair Carmichael
100
Clause 21, page 14, line 17, leave out 'or by the exercise of the Royal Prerogative'.
Mr Oliver Heald
Patrick Mercer
Mr Nigel Evans
44
Clause 21, page 14, line 21, leave out 'or on any other specified person'.
Mr Oliver Heald
Patrick Mercer
Mr Nigel Evans
45
Clause 21, page 14, line 25, leave out 'whether written or oral' and insert 'in writing to the Emergency Powers Committee.'.
Mr Oliver Heald
Patrick Mercer
Mr Nigel Evans
46
Clause 21, page 14, line 26, leave out 'or without compensation' and insert 'full compensation except in the occasion that the property being confiscated is being used to commit an offence'.
Mr Oliver Heald
Patrick Mercer
Mr Nigel Evans
79
Clause 21, page 14, line 27, leave out 'or without'.
Mr Oliver Heald
Patrick Mercer
Mr Nigel Evans
47
Clause 21, page 14, line 28, leave out paragraph (c).
Mr Oliver Heald
Patrick Mercer
Mr Nigel Evans
80
Clause 21, page 14, line 29, leave out 'or without'.
Mr Oliver Heald
Patrick Mercer
Mr Nigel Evans
49
Clause 21, page 14, line 30, leave out 'specified place' and insert 'place specified as being at risk of, or under, an emergency as defined in section 18'.
Mr Oliver Heald
Patrick Mercer
Mr Nigel Evans
48
Clause 21, page 14, line 31, at end insert 'save that the movement of honourable Members to or from a place at which Parliament is assembled shall be enabled or protected.'.
Mr Oliver Heald
Patrick Mercer
Mr Nigel Evans
50
Clause 21, page 14, line 32, leave out 'specified place' and insert 'place specified as being at risk of, or under, an emergency as defined in section 18.'.
Mr Oliver Heald
Patrick Mercer
Mr Nigel Evans
52
Clause 21, page 14, line 35, leave out 'specified places or at specified times' and insert 'places or times of emergency'.
Mr Oliver Heald
Patrick Mercer
Mr Nigel Evans
51
Clause 21, page 14, line 35, at end insert 'save that the movement of honourable Members shall not be prohibited, but shall be protected'.
Mr Oliver Heald
Patrick Mercer
111
Clause 21, page 14, line 35, at end insert 'save that the assembly of honourable Members in Parliament shall not be prohibited but shall be protected'.
Mr Oliver Heald
Patrick Mercer
Mr Nigel Evans
53
Clause 21, page 14, line 36, at end insert 'save for the travel of honourable Members, which shall not be prohibited'.
Mr Oliver Heald
Patrick Mercer
Mr Nigel Evans
54
Clause 21, page 14, line 36, leave out 'at specified times' and insert 'to and from places of emergency, at times of emergency'.
Mr Oliver Heald
Patrick Mercer
Mr Nigel Evans
56
Clause 21, page 14, line 37, leave out paragraph (h).
Mr Oliver Heald
Patrick Mercer
Mr Nigel Evans
55
Clause 21, page 14, line 37, at end insert 'save for the activities or business of honourable Members, which shall continue, and be protected'.
Mr Oliver Heald
Patrick Mercer
112
Clause 21, page 14, line 37, at end insert 'save for the Parliamentary activities or business of honourable Members, which shall continue, and be protected'.
Mr Oliver Heald
Patrick Mercer
Mr Nigel Evans
57
Clause 21, page 14, line 39, at beginning insert 'knowingly'.
Mr Oliver Heald
Patrick Mercer
Mr Nigel Evans
58
Clause 21, page 14, line 40, at beginning insert 'knowingly'.
Mr Oliver Heald
Patrick Mercer
Mr Nigel Evans
59
Clause 21, page 14, line 42, at beginning insert 'knowingly'.
Mr Oliver Heald
Patrick Mercer
86
Clause 21, page 14, line 44, leave out paragraph (j).
