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| | On Consideration of a Lords Reason for insisting on their Amendments to which the Commons have
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| | disagreed and for disagreeing to the Commons Amendment to the Bill in lieu
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| | | Lords Reasons Nos. 2A, 3A, 5A, 6A and 10B |
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| | Mr Gerry Sutcliffe | Agreed to on division |
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| | To move, That this House insists on its disagreement with the Lords in their Amendments Nos. |
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| | 2, 3, 5, 6 and 10 but does not insist on its Amendment 10A in lieu, and proposes the following |
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| | further Amendments to the Bill in lieu of the Lords Amendments:— |
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| | Page 2 , line 31 , leave out ‘subsection (1)’ and insert ‘this Act’. |
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| | Page 13 , line 3 , at end insert the following new Clause:— |
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| | | | ‘Power to extend meaning of “relevant duty of care” |
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| | | (1) | The Secretary of State may by order make amendments to this Act to the effect |
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| | | that a duty of care owed by an organisation under the law of negligence to a |
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| | | (a) | is in any specified form of custody or detention, or is otherwise on |
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| | | premises of a specified description or on premises in specified |
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| | | (b) | is by reason of that fact a person for whose safety the organisation is |
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| | | | is a “relevant duty of care”. |
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| | | (2) | An order under this section— |
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| | | (a) | may amend this Act so as to specify exceptions, or to restrict or disapply |
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| | | exceptions, as regards the application of any provision contained in this |
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| | | Act as a result of such an order; |
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| | | (b) | may make any amendment to this Act that is incidental or supplemental |
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| | | to, or consequential on, an amendment made by such an order. |
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