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Mr Oliver Heald 87 Clause 22, page 15, line 40, at end add—'(5) Emergency regulations may not amend any provision of the Human Rights Act 1988 or any past legislation which makes up the statutory framework of the British Constitution.'.
Mr Oliver Heald 128 Clause 23, page 16, line 10, at end insert—'(d) competence and demonstration of said competence'.
Mr Richard Allan 121 Clause 25, page 17, line 11, at end insert ', or(c) when a senior Minister of the Crown determines that the conditions specified in section 20 are no longer satisfied.'.
Mr Richard Allan 122 Clause 25, page 17, line 12, leave out from end to beginning of line 14.
Mr Richard Allan 123 Clause 25, page 17, line 14, leave out 'affect anything' and insert 'render unlawful'.
Mr Oliver Heald 105 Clause 25, page 17, line 15, at end add—'(3) Where emergency regulations are made and thereafter new regulations are made, the series of regulations shall lapse after 90 days and new regulations shall not be made thereafter under this Part in respect of the emergency.'.
Mr Oliver Heald 113 Clause 26, page 17, line 18, leave out paragraph (a) and insert—
Mr Richard Shepherd
Mr Oliver Heald 33 Clause 26, page 17, line 39, at end insert—'(3A) Paragraph (1) of House of Commons Standing Order No. 16 (Proceedings under an Act or on European Union Documents) shall not apply to proceedings in the House of Commons under this section.'.
Mr Oliver Heald 106 Clause 26, page 17, line 40, at beginning insert 'Subject to section 25(3) of this Act'.
Mr Richard Allan 124 Clause 26, page 17, line 40, leave out from end to beginning of line 42.
Mr Oliver Heald 129 Clause 26, page 17, line 41, leave out paragraph (a).
Mr Richard Allan 125 Clause 26, page 17, line 42, leave out 'affect anything' and insert 'render unlawful'.
Mr Oliver Heald 130 Clause 26, page 17, line 42, leave out 'affect anything' and insert 'render unlawful'.
Mr Douglas Alexander 114 Clause 29, page 18, line 36, at end insert—'(2) Emergency regulations shall be treated for the purposes of the Human Rights Act 1998 (c.42) as subordinate legislation and not primary legislation (whether or not they amend primary legislation).'.
Mr Douglas Alexander 65 Schedule 3, page 27, second column, leave out lines 34 to 37 and insert—
NEW CLAUSESPerformance of functions and jurisdiction of the courts
Mr William Cash NC1 To move the following Clause:—'Where Her Majesty, a Minister of the Crown or other person or any of them performs functions under Part 2 of this Act they shall carry out those functions only in circumstances in which they have reasonable cause to believe that the exercise of those functions are essential in the national interest and nothing in this Act shall be construed as ousting the jurisdiction of any court in determining that or any other matter arising under this Act.'.
Confidentiality
Mr Oliver Heald NC2 To move the following Clause:—'Regulations under section 2(5)(iii), section 4(4)(b) (to the extent that they make provisions of a kind permitted under section 2(5)(i)) and section 6(1) or (2) shall make suitable provision to protect the confidentiality of information provided or disclosed under those regulations, including an appropriate enforcement mechanism.'.
Compensation
Mr Richard Allan NC3 To move the following Clause:—'(1) Nothing in this Part shall affect existing rights under common law or under enactment to claim compensation. (2) (a) Compensation shall be given for any loss or damage incurred as a consequence of any regulation passed under this Part if the regulations—
(4) The Secretary of State may by regulations make such provision as he considers necessary for the purposes of determining compensation.'.
NEW SCHEDULE
Mr Richard Allan NS1 'Enactments Not to be Modified by Emergency Regulation
ORDER OF THE HOUSE [19TH JANUARY 2004]That the following provisions shall apply to the Civil Contingencies Bill:
Committal 1. The Bill shall be committed to a Standing Committee.
Proceedings in Standing Committee 2. Proceedings in the Standing Committee shall (so far as not previously concluded) be brought to a conclusion on 10th February 2004.3. The Standing Committee shall have leave to sit twice on the first day on which it meets.
Consideration and Third Reading 4. Proceedings on consideration shall (so far as not previously concluded) be brought to a conclusion one hour before the moment of interruption on the day on which those proceedings are commenced.5. Proceedings on Third Reading shall (so far as not previously concluded) be brought to a conclusion at the moment of interruption on that day.
Programming Committee 6. Sessional Order B (programming committees) made on 28th June 2001 shall not apply to proceedings on consideration and Third Reading.
Programming of proceedings 7. All other proceedings on the Bill (including any proceedings on consideration of Lords Amendments or on any further messages from the Lords) may be programmed.
ORDER OF THE COMMITTEE [27th JANUARY 2004]That— (1) during proceedings on the Civil Contingencies Bill the Standing Committee shall meet when the House is sitting on Tuesdays at 9.30 a.m. and 2.30 p.m. and on Thursdays at 2.30 p.m;(2) 8 sittings shall be allotted to the consideration of the Bill by the Committee; (3) the proceedings shall be taken in the order shown in the Table below and shall (so far as not previously concluded) be brought to a conclusion at the time specified in the second column of the Table.
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