Right of Reply and Press Standards Bill

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Right of Reply and Press Standards Bill

Right of Reply and Press Standards Bill
Schedule 2 — Consequential amendments
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Schedule 2
Section 32

Consequential amendments
Public records
1
In Schedule 1 to the Public Records Act 1958 (c. 51) (definition of public
records), in Part 2 of the Table at the end of paragraph 3, at the appropriate
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place, insert the following entry—
“Press Standards Board.”
Investigation by Parliamentary Commissioner
2
In Schedule 2 to the Parliamentary Commissioner Act 1967 (c. 13)
(departments and authorities subject to investigation), at the appropriate
10
place, insert the following entry—
“Press Standards Board.”
House of Commons Disqualification
3
In Part 2 of Schedule 1 to the House of Commons Disqualification Act 1975
(c. 24) (bodies of which all members are disqualified), at the appropriate
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place, insert the following entry—
“Press Standards Board.”
Northern Ireland Assembly Disqualification
4
In Part 2 of Schedule 1 to the Northern Ireland Assembly Disqualification
Act 1975 (c. 25) (bodies of which all members are disqualified), at the
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appropriate place, insert the following entry—
“Press Standards Board.”
Race relations: general statutory duty
5
In Schedule 1A to the 1976 Act (bodies subject to general statutory duty),
under the heading “Other Bodies, Etc.”, at the appropriate place, insert the
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following entry—
“The Press Standards Board.”
Freedom of Information
6
In Part 6 of Schedule 1 to the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (c. 36) (public
authorities), at the appropriate place, insert the following entry—
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“Press Standards Board.”
Bankruptcy
7     (1)
Paragraphs 5(1)(b), (2) and (3) of Schedule 1 shall be taken to be within the
definition of “provision” in section 268 of the Enterprise Act 2002 (c. 40)
(power to remove bankruptcy disqualifications under pre-8th November
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2002 provisions or extend them to, or replace them with disqualifications of,
persons subject to bankruptcy restrictions regimes).

Right of Reply and Press Standards Bill
Schedule 2 — Consequential amendments
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      (2)
In its application by virtue of sub-paragraph (1), section 268 of the Enterprise
Act 2002 (c. 40) shall have effect with the following modifications—
(a)
subsections (5)(d), (6) to (8) and (15) (power to make application of
disqualification provision subject to person’s discretion) are omitted,
and
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(b)
for subsection (13) (order under section to be made by statutory
instrument after parliamentary approval of a draft) there is
substituted—
“(13)
An order under this section—
(a)
must be made by statutory instrument,
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(b)
shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a
resolution of either House of Parliament.”