Amendments proposed to the Constitutional Reform Bill [Lords] - continued	House of Commons
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Mr Christopher Leslie

279

Clause     80,     page     35,     line     29,     leave out 'Minister' and insert 'Lord Chancellor'.

   

Mr Christopher Leslie

614

Clause     80,     page     35,     line     32,     leave out '75' and insert '(Request for selection (No. 3))'.

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Mr Christopher Leslie

280

Clause     81,     page     35,     line     34,     leave out 'Minister' and insert 'Lord Chancellor'.

   

Mr Christopher Leslie

281

Clause     81,     page     35,     line     37,     leave out 'Minister' and insert 'Lord Chancellor'.

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Mr Christopher Leslie

615

Page     36,     line     1,     leave out Clause 82.

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Mr Christopher Leslie

616

Clause     83,     page     36,     line     17,     leave out '75(6)' and insert '(Request for selection (No. 3))(2)'.

   

Mr Christopher Leslie

617

Clause     83,     page     36,     line     18,     at end insert—

'(ba)

section (Duty to identify persons for future requests)(3);'.

   

Mr Christopher Leslie

618

Clause     83,     page     36,     line     19,     leave out paragraph (c) and insert—

'(c)	section (Withdrawal and modification of requests)(2)(a), (b) or (c);

(d)	section (Effect of acceptance of selection)(4)(a).'.

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Mr Christopher Leslie

285

Clause     84,     page     36,     line     30,     leave out 'Minister' and insert 'Lord Chancellor'.

   

Mr Christopher Leslie

286

Clause     84,     page     36,     line     32,     leave out 'Minister' and insert 'Lord Chancellor'.

   

Mr Christopher Leslie

287

Clause     84,     page     36,     line     35,     leave out 'Minister' and insert 'Lord Chancellor'.

   

Mr Christopher Leslie

288

Clause     84,     page     37,     line     4,     leave out 'Minister' and insert 'Lord Chancellor'.

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Mr Christopher Leslie

289

Clause     85,     page     37,     line     17,     leave out 'Minister' and insert 'Lord Chancellor'.

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Mr Christopher Leslie

290

Clause     86,     page     37,     line     27,     leave out 'Minister' and insert 'Lord Chancellor'.

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Mr Christopher Leslie

291

Clause     87,     page     37,     line     33,     leave out 'Minister' and insert 'Lord Chancellor'.

   

Mr Christopher Leslie

292

Clause     87,     page     37,     line     36,     leave out 'Minister's' and insert 'Lord Chancellor's'.

   

Mr Christopher Leslie

293

Clause     87,     page     38,     line     2,     leave out 'Minister' and insert 'LordChancellor'.

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Mr Christopher Leslie

294

Clause     88,     page     38,     line     25,     leave out 'Minister' and insert 'Lord Chancellor'.

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Mr Christopher Leslie

295

Clause     89,     page     38,     line     35,     leave out 'Minister' and insert 'Lord Chancellor'.

   

Mr Christopher Leslie

296

Clause     89,     page     38,     line     38,     leave out 'Minister' and insert 'Lord Chancellor'.

   

Mr Christopher Leslie

297

Clause     89,     page     39,     line     2,     leave out 'Minister' and insert 'Lord Chancellor'.

   

Mr Christopher Leslie

298

Clause     89,     page     39,     line     3,     leave out 'Minister' and insert 'Lord Chancellor'.

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Mr Christopher Leslie

299

Clause     90,     page     39,     line     11,     leave out 'Minister' and insert 'Lord Chancellor'.

   

Mr Christopher Leslie

300

Clause     90,     page     39,     line     15,     leave out 'Minister' and insert 'Lord Chancellor'.

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Mr Christopher Leslie

301

Clause     91,     page     39,     line     23,     leave out 'Minister' and insert 'Lord Chancellor'.

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Mr Christopher Leslie

302

Clause     93,     page     40,     line     17,     leave out 'Minister' and insert 'Lord Chancellor'.

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Mr Christopher Leslie

303

Clause     96,     page     42,     line     17,     leave out 'Minister' and insert 'Lord Chancellor'.

   

Mr Christopher Leslie

626

Clause     96,     page     42,     line     18,     after 'in', insert '— (a)'.

   

Mr Christopher Leslie

627

Clause     96,     page     42,     line     21,     leave out subsections (2) and (3) and insert—

'(b)	reviews and investigations (including the making of applications or references) under sections (Applications to the Ombudsman) to (Reports on reviews).'.

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Mr Christopher Leslie

628

Clause     97,     page     42,     line     27,     leave out '96' and insert '96(a)'.

   

Mr Christopher Leslie

304

Clause     97,     page     42,     line     39,     leave out 'Minister' and insert 'Lord Chancellor'.

   

Mr Christopher Leslie

305

Clause     97,     page     43,     line     6,     leave out 'Minister' and insert 'Lord Chancellor'.

   

Mr Christopher Leslie

629

Clause     97,     page     43,     line     7,     leave out subsection (3).

   

Mr Christopher Leslie

630

Clause     97,     page     43,     line     9,     leave out 'the regulations' and insert 'regulations under section 96(a)'.

   

Mr Christopher Leslie

307

Clause     97,     page     43,     line     14,     leave out 'Minister' and insert 'Lord Chancellor'.

   

Mr Christopher Leslie

631

Clause     97,     page     43,     line     16,     leave out 'The regulations may' and insert—

    '( )   Regulations under section 96 may—

(a)	provide for any prescribed requirement not to apply if the Lord Chief Justice and the Lord Chancellor so agree;

(b)

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Mr Christopher Leslie

308

Clause     98,     page     43,     line     21,     leave out 'Minister' and insert 'Lord Chancellor'.

   

Mr Christopher Leslie

632

Clause     98,     page     43,     line     24,     after 'section', insert '94(7) or (8) or'.

   

Mr Christopher Leslie

309

Clause     98,     page     43,     line     26,     leave out 'Minister' and insert 'Lord Chancellor'.

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Mr Christopher Leslie

310

Clause     99,     page     43,     line     28,     leave out 'Minister' and insert 'Lord Chancellor'.

   

Mr Christopher Leslie

311

Clause     99,     page     43,     line     30,     leave out 'Minister' and insert 'Lord Chancellor'.

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Mr Christopher Leslie

633

Page     43,     line     35,     leave out Clause 100.

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Mr Christopher Leslie

634

Page     44,     line     19,     leave out Clause 101.

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Mr Christopher Leslie

635

Page     44,     line     31,     leave out Clause 102.

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Mr Christopher Leslie

636

Page     45,     line     9,     leave out Clause 103.

   

Mr Christopher Leslie

619

Clause     104,     page     45,     line     33,     at end insert—

'"High Court" means the High Court in England and Wales;'.

   

Mr Christopher Leslie

620

Clause     104,     page     45,     line     38,     at end insert—

'"Lord Justice of Appeal" means a Lord Justice of Appeal in England and Wales;'.

   

Mr Christopher Leslie

637

Clause     104,     page     46,     line     1,     after 'or' insert ', subject to section 98(2),'

   

Mr Christopher Leslie

621

Clause     104,     page     46,     line     2,     at end insert—

'"vacancy" in relation to an office to which one of sections (Duty to fill vacancies), (Duty to fill vacancies (No. 2)) and (Duty to fill vacancies (No. 3)) applies, means a vacancy arising on a holder of the office vacating it at any time after the commencement of that section.'.

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NEW CLAUSES RELATING TO PART 4

Duty to fill vacancies

   

Mr Christopher Leslie

NC11

To move the following Clause:—

    '(1)   The Lord Chancellor must make a recommendation to fill any vacancy in the office of Lord Chief Justice.

    (2)   The Lord Chancellor must make a recommendation to fill any vacancy in any other office listed in section 60(1).

    (3)   Subsection (2) does not apply to a vacancy while the Lord Chief Justice agrees that it may remain unfilled.'.

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Request for selection

   

Mr Christopher Leslie

NC12

To move the following Clause:—

    '(1)   The Lord Chancellor may make a request to the Commission for a person to be selected for a recommendation to which this section applies.

    (2)   Before making a request the Lord Chancellor must consult the Lord Chief Justice.

    (3)   Subsection (2) does not apply where the office of Lord Chief Justice is vacant or where the Lord Chief Justice is incapacitated for the purposes of section (Functions of the Lord Chief Justice during vacancy or incapacity) (functions during vacancy or incapacity).'.

    (4)   Sections 61 to 66 apply where the Lord Chancellor makes a request under this section.

    (5)   Those sections are subject to section (Withdrawal and modification of requests) (withdrawal and modification of requests).'.

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Prepared 1 Mar 2005