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58

Page 32, line 32, leave out “only” and insert “and

 

(b)    

on every subsequent occasion on which it appears to the Secretary

 

of State that the power is being exercised for purposes that are not

 

confined to the modification of existing fees to take account of

 

changes in the value of money,

 

    

only”

Clause 40

59

Page 35, line 2, leave out “authorised by this section which modifies” and insert

 

“that he is authorised to make by this section for modifying”

60

Page 35, line 4, at end insert—

 

“( )    

A statutory instrument containing an order which—

 

(a)    

contains provisions that the Secretary of State is authorised to make

 

by this section, and

 

(b)    

is not an order a draft of which is required to have been laid before

 

Parliament and approved by a resolution of each House,

 

    

shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House

 

of Parliament.”

Clause 41

61

Page 35, line 18, leave out from beginning to “be” in line 19 and insert—

 

“(3)    

A statutory instrument containing regulations which—

 

(a)    

contain provisions that the Secretary of State is authorised to make

 

by this Act, and

 

(b)    

are not regulations a draft of which is required to have been laid

 

before Parliament and approved by a resolution of each House,

 

    

shall”

62

Page 35, line 21, leave out “Subject to subsection (8),”

63

Page 35, line 22, after “regulations” insert “(other than the power of the Secretary

 

of State to make an order under section 45(3))”

64

Page 36, line 8, leave out subsection (8)

Clause 43

65

Page 37, line 19, after “resides”” insert “and cognate expressions”

66

Page 37, line 22, leave out from “State” to end of line 23

67

Page 38, line 3, leave out paragraph (e) and insert—

 

“(e)    

the acceptance or acknowledgment of the conduct of an individual

 

as compliance by that individual with a requirement imposed on

 

him by or under an enactment, or the receipt of any notification or

 

information provided by an individual for the purpose of

 

complying with such a requirement.”

Clause 45

68

Page 39, line 12, at beginning insert “Subject to section (Commencement: report on

 

costs and benefits),”


 
 

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69

Page 39, line 12, after “section” insert “, section (Commencement: report on costs and

 

benefits),”

After Clause 45

70

Insert the following new Clause—

 

“Commencement: report on costs and benefits

 

(1)    

No provision of this Act, except sections 38, 39, 45 and this section, shall be

 

brought into force until the Secretary of State has laid before Parliament a

 

report in accordance with subsection (2) and that report has been approved

 

by the House of Commons.

 

(2)    

The report shall contain—

 

(a)    

a detailed estimate of the revenue and capital costs arising from this

 

Act (“the cost estimate”); and

 

(b)    

a statement of the expected benefits of this Act.

 

(3)    

The cost estimate shall cover costs incurred by the bodies specified in

 

subsection (6) and shall comprise—

 

(a)    

a statement in the format of resource accounts as defined in the

 

Government Resources and Accounts Act 2000 (c. 20);

 

(b)    

a statement of cash expenditures;

 

(c)    

a statement setting out the material assumptions that have been

 

made in preparing the cost estimate.

 

(4)    

The cost estimate shall include—

 

(a)    

the actual costs incurred in the period from 26th April 2004 to the

 

date to which the cost estimate is prepared; and

 

(b)    

the costs that are estimated to be incurred during a period of 10

 

years after the date to which the estimate is prepared or such longer

 

future period as shall be determined by the Secretary of State.

 

(5)    

The cost estimate shall be analysed into each of the financial years ending

 

31st March covered by the cost estimate.

 

(6)    

The bodies referred to in subsection (3) are—

 

(a)    

all Government departments or agencies;

 

(b)    

any other person who carries out functions under this Act;

 

    

and for the avoidance of doubt it is hereby declared that “Government

 

departments or agencies” includes any Northern Ireland department and

 

the National Assembly for Wales.

 

(7)    

The cost estimate shall be examined by the Comptroller and Auditor

 

General who shall prepare a report on it and shall lay the report before

 

Parliament.”

Schedule 1

71

Page 40, line 13, after “Kingdom” insert “or elsewhere”

72

Page 40, line 17, at end insert “(showing the features of the face)”


 
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