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regulatory principles)(2) or (Power to implement Law Commission

10

recommendations)(2) (as the case may be);

 

(b)    

any relevant condition in section 3(2) is not satisfied in relation to any

 

provision of the draft order referred to in section 3(1); or

 

(c)    

the condition in section 3(4) is not satisfied in relation to any provision

 

of the draft order referred to in section 3(3).

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(4C)    

Where a recommendation is made by a committee of either House under

 

subsection (4A) in relation to a draft order, no proceedings may be taken in

 

relation to the draft order in that House under subsection (4) unless the

 

recommendation is, in the same Session, rejected by resolution of that House.’.

 

As Amendments to Hilary Armstrong’s proposed Amendment (No. 54):—

 

Mr Greg Knight

 

Rosemary McKenna

 

Sir Robert Smith

 

Mr Eric Illsley

 

Mr Christopher Chope

 

Ms Katy Clark

 

Mr Roger Gale

 

Lynne Jones

 

Mark Fisher

 

Kate Hoey                          Jeremy Corbyn                    

Kelvin Hopkins

 

Not called  (a)

 

Line  1,  leave out from ‘with’ to end of line 14 and insert ‘responsibility for this

 

matter may, at any time after the expiry of the 30-day period and before the

 

expiry of the 40-day period, recommend that no further proceedings be taken in

 

relation to the draft order.’.

 

Mr Oliver Heald

 

Mr Jonathan Djanogly

 

Mr Mark Harper

 

Not called  (b)

 

Line  5,  leave out from beginning to end of line 14.

 

Mr David Heath

 

David Howarth

 

Not called  (c)

 

Line  5,  leave out from beginning to end of line 18.

 

Andrew Miller

 

Not called  (e)

 

Line  16,  leave out from ‘no’ to ‘the recommendation’ in line 17 and insert ‘order

 

may be made under this Part in the terms of the draft order unless either—

 

(a)    

before the order is made—

 

(i)    

at least two years have passed since the recommendation was

 

made, and

 

(ii)    

the procedure to be observed under this Part has been observed

 

anew, or

 

(b)    

’.


 
 

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Mr Oliver Heald

 

Mr Jonathan Djanogly

 

Mr Mark Harper

 

Not called  (d)

 

Line  18,  at end add—

 

‘(4D)    

Where a draft order has been the subject of a recommendation under subsection

 

(4A) and no further proceedings have been taken in the same Session, a Minister

 

may not table a like draft Order within a period of two years after the day before

 

the draft order was laid before Parliament pursuant to section 12.’.

 

Hilary Armstrong

 

Agreed to  55

 

Page  9,  line  18  [Clause  16],  after subsection (6) insert—

 

‘(6A)    

However, a committee of either House charged with reporting on the revised draft

 

order may, at any time after the revised draft order is laid under subsection (5) and

 

before it is approved by that House under subsection (6), recommend under this

 

subsection that no further proceedings be taken in relation to the revised draft

5

order.

 

(6B)    

A recommendation under subsection (6A) may be made only if the committee

 

considers that—

 

(a)    

the provision made by the revised draft order does not serve the purpose

 

specified in section (Power to remove or reduce burdens)(2), (Power to

10

promote regulatory principles)(2) or (Power to implement Law

 

Commission recommendations)(2) (as the case may be);

 

(b)    

any relevant condition in section 3(2) is not satisfied in relation to any

 

provision of the revised draft order referred to in section 3(1); or

 

(c)    

the condition in section 3(4) is not satisfied in relation to any provision

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of the revised draft order referred to in section 3(3).

 

(6C)    

Where a recommendation is made by a committee of either House under

 

subsection (6A) in relation to a revised draft order, no proceedings may be taken

 

in relation to the revised draft order in that House under subsection (6) unless the

 

recommendation is, in the same Session, rejected by resolution of that House.’.

 

As Amendments to Hilary Armstrong’s proposed Amendment (No. 55):—

 

Mr Greg Knight

 

Rosemary McKenna

 

Sir Robert Smith

 

Mr Eric Illsley

 

Mr Christopher Chope

 

Ms Katy Clark

 

Mr Roger Gale

 

Lynne Jones                                                              

 

Mark Fisher

 

Kate Hoey

 

Jeremy Corbyn

 

Kelvin Hopkins

 

Not called  (a)

 

Line  1,  leave out from ‘with’ to end of line 15 and insert ‘responsibility for this

 

matter may, at any time after the expiry of the 30-day period and before the

 

expiry of the 40-day period, recommend that no further proceedings be taken in

 

relation to the draft order.’.


 
 

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Mr Oliver Heald

 

Mr Jonathan Djanogly

 

Mr Mark Harper

 

Not called  (b)

 

Line  6,  leave out from beginning to end of line 15.

 

Mr David Heath

 

David Howarth

 

Not called  (c)

 

Line  6,  leave out from beginning to end of line 19.

 

Andrew Miller

 

Alison Seabeck

 

Not called  (e)

 

Line  17,  leave out from ‘no’ to ‘ the recommendation’ in line 17 and insert ‘order

 

may be made under this Part in the terms of the revised draft order unless

 

either—

 

(a)    

before the order is made—

 

(i)    

at least two years have passed since the recommendation was

 

made, and

 

(ii)    

the procedure to be observed under this Part has been observed

 

anew, or

 

(b)    

’.

 

Mr Oliver Heald

 

Mr Jonathan Djanogly

 

Mr Mark Harper

 

Not called  (d)

 

Line  19,  at end add—

 

‘(6D)    

Where a draft order has been the subject of a recommendation under subsection

 

(6A) and no further proceedings have been taken in the same Session, a Minister

 

may not table a like draft Order within a period of two years after the day before

 

the draft order was laid before Parliament pursuant to section 12.’.

 

Andrew Miller

 

Alison Seabeck

 

Not called  103

 

Page  9,  line  23  [Clause  16],  at end add—

 

‘(9)    

This section is subject to section (Extension of periods).’.

 

Mr David Heath

 

David Howarth

 

Not called  76

 

Page  9,  line  27  [Clause  17],  leave out from ‘which’ to ‘either’ in line 28.

 

Hilary Armstrong

 

Agreed to  56

 

Page  9,  line  30  [Clause  18],  leave out ‘section 1’ and insert ‘this Part’.

 

Hilary Armstrong

 

Agreed to  57

 

Page  9,  line  35  [Clause  18],  leave out ‘section 1’ and insert ‘this Part’.


 
 

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Hilary Armstrong

 

Agreed to  58

 

Page  9  [Clause  19],  leave out line 40.

 


 

Hilary Armstrong

 

Agreed to  59

 

Page  10,  line  7  [Clause  19],  leave out ‘section 1(4)’ and insert ‘section (Power to

 

implement Law Commission recommendations)(3)’.

 

Mr David Heath

 

David Howarth

 

Not called  77

 

Page  10,  line  19  [Clause  20],  leave out subsection (3).

 

Hilary Armstrong

 

Agreed to  82

 

Page  10,  line  24  [Clause  21],  after ‘must’ insert ‘, except in a case where

 

subsection (2A) applies,’.

 

Hilary Armstrong

 

Agreed to  83

 

Page  10,  line  25  [Clause  21],  leave out ‘the exercise of’ and insert ‘determining

 

any general policy or principles by reference to which the person exercises’.

 

Hilary Armstrong

 

Agreed to  84

 

Page  10,  line  25  [Clause  21],  at end insert—

 

‘(2A)    

Any person exercising a regulatory function to which this section applies which

 

is a function of setting standards or giving guidance generally in relation to the

 

exercise of other regulatory functions must have regard to the code in the exercise

 

of the function.’.

 

Hilary Armstrong

 

Agreed to  85

 

Page  10,  line  26  [Clause  21],  leave out ‘duty in subsection (2) is’ and insert ‘duties

 

in subsections (2) and (2A) are’.

 

Hilary Armstrong

 

Agreed to  86

 

Page  10,  line  28  [Clause  21],  leave out subsection (4).

 


 

Mr Oliver Heald

 

Mr Jonathan Djanogly

 

Mr Mark Harper

 

Not called  80

 

Page  11,  line  9  [Clause  22],  leave out subsections (5) and (6) and insert—


 
 

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‘(5)    

If, within the 40-day period beginning with the day on which it is laid before

 

Parliament, the draft code is approved by a resolution of each House of

 

Parliament, the Minister may issue the code (or revised code) in the form of the

 

draft, and it shall come into force on such date as the Minister may, by order made

 

by statutory instrument, appoint.’.

 

Hilary Armstrong

 

Agreed to  87

 

Page  11,  line  9  [Clause  22],  leave out subsections (5) to (7) and insert—

 

‘(4A)    

Where the draft laid before Parliament under subsection (4) is approved by

 

resolution of each House of Parliament, the Minister may issue the code (or

 

revised code).

 

(4B)    

A code (or revised code) issued under subsection (4A) shall come into force on

 

such date as the Minister may by order made by statutory instrument appoint.’.

 


 

Hilary Armstrong

 

Agreed to  60

 

Page  12,  line  17,  leave out Clause 24.

 


 

Hilary Armstrong

 

Agreed to  88

 

Page  13,  line  25  [Clause  26],  leave out from beginning to ‘[The date’ in line 26 and

 

insert ‘modified or supplemented from time to time.’.

 


 

Hilary Armstrong

 

Agreed to  89

 

Page  16,  line  16  [Clause  29],  at the end insert—

 

‘(aa)    

the instrument so far as containing that provision is by virtue of any

 

enactment required to be laid before Parliament after being made and

 

to be approved by resolution of each House of Parliament in order to

 

come into or remain in force;’.

 

Hilary Armstrong

 

Agreed to  90

 

Page  16,  line  17  [Clause  29],  after ‘paragraph (a)’ insert ‘or (aa)’.

 

Hilary Armstrong

 

Agreed to  91

 

Page  16,  line  20  [Clause  29],  leave out from ‘made’ to the end of line 22.

 

Hilary Armstrong

 

Agreed to  92

 

Page  16,  line  23  [Clause  29],  after ‘instrument’ insert ‘or a draft of the instrument’.


 
 

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Hilary Armstrong

 

Agreed to  93

 

Page  16,  line  24  [Clause  29],  after ‘required’ insert ‘at any time’.

 

Hilary Armstrong

 

Agreed to  94

 

Page  16  [Clause  29],  leave out line 25.

 

Hilary Armstrong

 

Agreed to  95

 

Page  16,  line  35  [Clause  29],  at end insert—

 

‘(ba)    

in a case where the condition in sub-paragraph (2)(aa) above is

 

satisfied, the instrument is not required to be laid before Parliament

 

after being made (and accordingly any requirement that the instrument

 

be approved by each House of Parliament in order for it to come into

 

or remain in force does not apply); and’.

 


 

Hilary Armstrong

 

Agreed to  96

 

Page  17,  line  13  [Clause  29],  after ‘instrument’ insert ‘or a draft of the instrument’.

 

Hilary Armstrong

 

Agreed to  97

 

Page  17,  line  14  [Clause  29],  after ‘required’ insert ‘at any time’.

 

Hilary Armstrong

 

Agreed to  98

 

Page  17  [Clause  29],  leave out line 15.

 

Hilary Armstrong

 

Agreed to  99

 

Page  17,  line  37  [Clause  29],  leave out ‘10(2)’ and insert ‘11’.

 


 

Hilary Armstrong

 

Agreed to  61

 

Page  18,  line  33  [Clause  31],  leave out ‘section 1’ and insert ‘section (Power to

 

remove or reduce burdens) or (Power to promote regulatory principles)’.

 

Hilary Armstrong

 

Agreed to  62

 

Page  18,  line  40  [Clause  32],  at end insert—

 

‘“regulatory function” means—

 

(a)    

a function under any enactment of imposing requirements,

 

restrictions or conditions, or setting standards or giving

 

guidance, in relation to any activity;


 
 

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(b)    

a function which relates to the securing of compliance with, or

 

the enforcement of, requirements, restrictions, conditions,

 

standards or guidance which under or by virtue of any enactment

 

relate to any activity,

 

but does not include any function of conducting criminal or civil

 

proceedings.

 

(2)    

In subsection (1), in the definition of “regulatory function”—

 

(a)    

the references to a function include a function exercisable by or on behalf

 

of the Crown;

 

(b)    

the references to an activity include—

 

(i)    

providing any goods or services;

 

(ii)    

employing or offering employment to any person.’.

 


 

Hilary Armstrong

 

Agreed to  63

 

Page  19,  line  2  [Clause  34],  leave out from ‘under’ to the end of the line and insert

 

‘Part 1 which amends or repeals any enactment’.

 

Mr David Heath

 

David Howarth

 

Not called  78

 

Page  19,  line  3  [Clause  34],  leave out ‘extending outside England and Wales,

 

Scotland and Northern Ireland’.

 

Hilary Armstrong

 

Agreed to  64

 

Page  19,  line  4  [Clause  34],  leave out ‘legislation’ and insert ‘enactment’.

 


 

Hilary Armstrong

 

Agreed to  65

 

Title,  line  1,  leave out ‘reforming legislation’ and insert ‘removing or reducing burdens

 

resulting from legislation, promoting regulatory principles’.

 

Bill read the third time, and passed.

 


 
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