Second Chamber of Parliament Bill

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Second Chamber of Parliament Bill
Schedule 5 — Consequential Amendments
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(c)
send copies of the statements to the Comptroller and Auditor
General before the end of the August following the end of the
financial year to which they relate.
      (2)
The Comptroller and Auditor General must—
(a)
examine, certify and report on any statement submitted to him under
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this paragraph, and
(b)
lay copies before each House of Parliament.
Payment of amounts
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Any amount payable under this Schedule shall be charged on and issued out of the
Consolidated Fund.
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Schedule 5
Section 21(1)

Consequential Amendments
Mental Health Act 1983
1     (1)
Section 141 of the Mental Health Act 1983 (c. 20) (Members of Parliament
suffering from mental illness) is amended as follows.
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      (2)
In subsection (1)—
(a)
for the first appearance of the words “the House of Commons”,
substitute the words “either House of Parliament”; and
(b)
for the words “Speaker of the House of Commons”, substitute the
words “Speaker of that House”.
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      (3)
In subsection (2), omit the words “of Commons”.
      (4)
In subsection (6), after the first word “member”, insert the words “of the
House of Commons”.
      (5)
After subsection (6), insert—
“(6A)
If the second report is that the member of the Second Chamber is
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suffering from mental illness and authorised to be detained as
mentioned in subsection (4) above, the Speaker shall forthwith lay
both reports before that House.
(6B)
In subsection (6A), “Second Chamber” has the meaning given by
section 1(1) of the Second Chamber of Parliament Act 2005.”
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Insolvency Act 1986
2
The Insolvency Act 1986 (c. 45) is amended as follows.
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In section 426A (disqualification from Parliament (England and Wales)—
(a)
for subsection (1)(b) substitute—
“(b)
for being elected or appointed to, or sitting or voting
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in, the Second Chamber,”;
(b)
omit subsection (4);

Second Chamber of Parliament Bill
Schedule 6 — Repeals
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(c)
in subsections (5) and (6), for the words “House of Lords”, substitute
the words “Second Chamber”; and
(d)
after subsection (6), insert—
“(7)
In this section and section 427, “Second Chamber” has the
meaning given by section 1(1) of the Second Chamber of
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Parliament Act 2005.”
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In section 427 (disqualification from Parliament (Scotland and Northern
Ireland)—
(a)
for subsection (1)(a) substitute—
“(a)
for being elected or appointed to, or sitting or voting
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in, the Second Chamber,”;
(b)
omit subsection (3); and
(c)
in subsection (5)—
(i)
for the words “any lord of Parliament”, substitute the words
“any member of the Second Chamber”; and
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(ii)
for the words “House of Lords”, substitute the words
“Second Chamber”.
Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000
5     (1)
The Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000 (c. 41) is amended
as follows.
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      (2)
In section 5(2) (elections in relation to which the Electoral Commission shall
prepare reports), after paragraph (e), insert—
“(f)
an election under Part 2 of the Second Chamber of Parliament
Act 2005.”
      (3)
In section 145 (Commission function with respect of monitoring compliance
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with controls), in the definition of “election” in subsection (7), at the end,
insert the words “or an election under Part 2 of the Second Chamber of
Parliament Act 2005;”.
Schedule 6
Section 21(2)

Repeals
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Short title and chapter
Extent of repeal

Peerage Act 1963 (c. 48)
The whole Act.

House of Lords Act 1999 (c. 34)
The whole Act.