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S.C.F.

Amendment Paper as at
Tuesday 10th February 2004

STANDING COMMITTEE F


CIVIL CONTINGENCIES BILL

NOTE

The Amendments have been arranged in accordance with the Order of the Committee [27th January].

   

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).

   

Mr Richard Allan
Mr Alistair Carmichael

116

Clause     21,     page     14,     line     44,     at beginning insert 'subject to section 22 (5)'.

   

Mr Richard Allan
Mr Alistair Carmichael

117

Clause     21,     page     14,     line     44,     leave out '(other than a provision of this Part)'.

   

Mr Oliver Heald
Patrick Mercer
Mr Nigel Evans
Mr Richard Allan
Mr Alistair Carmichael

81

Clause     21,     page     14,     line     44,     after 'Part', insert 'or a provision of the Health and Safety at Work Etc. Act 1974'.

   

Mr Oliver Heald
Patrick Mercer
Mr Nigel Evans
Mr Richard Allan
Mr Alistair Carmichael

82

Clause     21,     page     14,     line     44,     after 'Part', insert 'or a provision of the Human Rights Act 1998'.

   

Mr Oliver Heald
Patrick Mercer
Mr Nigel Evans

83

Clause     21,     page     14,     line     46,     leave out from 'function' to end of line 49 and insert 'subject to proper remuneration or compensation being payable'.

   

Mr Oliver Heald
Patrick Mercer
Mr Nigel Evans

60

Clause     21,     page     14,     line     48,     leave out 'or compensation'.

   

Mr Oliver Heald
Patrick Mercer
Mr Nigel Evans

61

Clause     21,     page     14,     line     49,     at end insert 'provided that such function is reasonable and proportional to the risk or risks in respect of which regulations are being made'.

   

Mr Richard Allan
Mr Alistair Carmichael

101

Clause     21,     page     15,     line     1,     leave out paragraph (l).

   

Mr Richard Allan
Mr Alistair Carmichael

102

Clause     21,     page     15,     line     6,     after 'tribunal' insert 'of qualified persons'.

   

Mr Richard Allan
Mr Alistair Carmichael
Mr Oliver Heald
Patrick Mercer

118

Clause     21,     page     15,     line     12,     leave out paragraph (p).

   

Mr Richard Allan
Mr Alistair Carmichael
Mr Oliver Heald
Patrick Mercer

119

Clause     21,     page     15,     line     14,     leave out paragraph (q).

   

Mr Oliver Heald
Patrick Mercer
Mr Nigel Evans

62

Clause     21,     page     15,     line     15,     leave out subsection (4).


   

Mr Oliver Heald
Patrick Mercer

108

Clause     22,     page     15,     line     19,     leave out 'thinks' and insert 'believes on reasonable grounds'.

   

Mr Oliver Heald
Patrick Mercer

110

Clause     22,     page     15,     line     20,     after 'is', insert 'reasonable'.

   

Mr Oliver Heald
Patrick Mercer
Mr Nigel Evans

63

Clause     22,     page     15,     line     31,     at end insert 'with the exception of industrial action that would lead to the endangerment of human life or property, or cause illness or injury'.

   

Mr Richard Allan

104

Clause     22,     page     15,     line     31,     at end insert '; or—

    ( )   require a person, or enable a person to be required, to undergo any medical test, examination, treatment or vaccination if that person objects on the basis of his or her religious beliefs, but a person who objects to such a requirement on religious grounds may be placed in isolation or quarantine.'.

   

Mr Oliver Heald
Patrick Mercer

109

Clause     22,     page     15,     line     31,     at end insert—

      '(c) require a person to act in breach of human rights provided for by the Human Rights Act 1998.'.

   

Mr Richard Allan
Mr Alistair Carmichael

103

Clause     22,     page     15,     line     38,     leave out 'three' and insert 'one'.

   

Mr Richard Allan
Mr Alistair Carmichael

120

Clause     22,     page     15,     line     40,     after 'proceedings', insert—

    '(5)   Emergency regulations may not amend, display or modify any provision of this Part nor any enactment named in Schedule 5 (Enactments not to be modified by Emergency Regulations).'.

   

Mr Oliver Heald
Patrick Mercer

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
Patrick Mercer

128

Clause     23,     page     16,     line     10,     at end insert—

    '(d)   competence and demonstration of said competence'.


   

Mr Richard Allan
Mr Alistair Carmichael

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
Mr Alistair Carmichael

122

Clause     25,     page     17,     line     12,     leave out from end to beginning of line 14.

   

Mr Richard Allan
Mr Alistair Carmichael

123

Clause     25,     page     17,     line     14,     leave out 'affect anything' and insert 'render unlawful'.

   

Mr Oliver Heald
Patrick Mercer

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
Patrick Mercer

113

Clause     26,     page     17,     line     18,     leave out paragraph (a) and insert—

      '(a) these regulations shall be put to a Joint Committee of both Houses of Parliament consisting of members of the Privy Council chosen to reflect the political balance of the House of Commons (to be known as the Emergency Powers Committee), before their acceptance, to provide an initial parliamentary check.

      (aa) a senior Minister of the Crown shall then, as soon as is reasonably practicable, lay the regulations before Parliament, provided that he believes on reasonable grounds that he has used his best endeavours to consult the Emergency Powers Committee.

      (ab) a senior Minister of the Crown may dispense with the requirements of paragraph (a) above if he thinks it is necessary to do so by reason of urgency.'

   

Mr Richard Shepherd

Mr Oliver Heald
Patrick Mercer
Mr Nigel Evans

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
Patrick Mercer

106

Clause     26,     page     17,     line     40,     at beginning insert 'Subject to section 25(3) of this Act'.

   

Mr Richard Allan
Mr Alistair Carmichael

124

Clause     26,     page     17,     line     40,     leave out from end to beginning of line 42.

   

Mr Oliver Heald
Patrick Mercer

129

Clause     26,     page     17,     line     41,     leave out paragraph (a).

   

Mr Richard Allan
Mr Alistair Carmichael

125

Clause     26,     page     17,     line     42,     leave out 'affect anything' and insert 'render unlawful'.

   

Mr Oliver Heald
Patrick Mercer

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—

'The whole Act.'.


NEW CLAUSES

Performance of functions and jurisdiction of the courts

   

Mr William Cash
Patrick Mercer
Mr Oliver Heald

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.'.



 
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