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Notices of Amendments: 11th October 2007                

1750

 

Legal Services Bill [Lords], continued

 
 

amendments relating to Clauses 71 to 111; amendments relating to Schedules

 

10 to 14; new Clauses relating to Part 6; amendments relating to Clauses 112

 

to 161; amendments relating to Schedule 15; remaining new Clauses;

 

amendments relating to Clauses 162 to 214; new Schedules; amendments to

 

Schedules 16 to 24; remaining proceedings on consideration.

 

3.    

Proceedings on consideration shall (so far as not previously concluded) be

 

brought to a conclusion at 9 p.m. at this day’s sitting.

 

4.    

Proceedings on Third Reading shall (so far as not previously concluded) be

 

brought to a conclusion at 10 p.m. at this day’s sitting.

 

 

NOTICES WITHDRAWN

 

The following Notices have been withdrawn:

 

Nick Herbert

 

Mr Jonathan Djanogly

 

Mr Henry Bellingham

 

Mr Nick Hurd

 

20

 

Page  59,  line  33  [Clause  108],  at end insert—

 

‘(3A)    

The ownership condition for B satisfying the management condition set out in

 

paragraph 2(b) is that shares and voting power in B are only held by authorised

 

persons or members of recognised professional bodies.’.

 

Nick Herbert

 

Mr Jonathan Djanogly

 

Mr Henry Bellingham

 

Mr Nick Hurd

 

21

 

Page  59,  line  36  [Clause  108],  at end insert—

 

‘“recognised professional body” means a body (other than an approved

 

regulator), incorporated by Royal Charter, which makes provision for—

 

(a)    

testing the competence of those seeking admission to

 

membership of the body as a condition for such admission; and

 

(b)    

imposing and maintaining professional and ethical standards for

 

its members, as well as imposing sanctions for non-compliance

 

with those standards.’.

 

Nick Herbert

 

Mr Jonathan Djanogly

 

Mr Henry Bellingham

 

Mr Nick Hurd

 

22

 

Page  59,  line  36  [Clause  108],  at end add—

 

‘(5)    

For the purposes of subsection (4)—

 

“member” means a member or member firm as defined by the appropriate

 

rules of such a body.’.


 
 

Notices of Amendments: 11th October 2007                

1751

 

Legal Services Bill [Lords], continued

 
 

Nick Herbert

 

Mr Jonathan Djanogly

 

Mr Henry Bellingham

 

Mr Nick Hurd

 

18

 

Page  59,  line  21  [Clause  108],  leave out subsection (2) and insert—

 

‘(2)    

The management condition is that—

 

(a)    

the number of managers of the body who are non-authorised persons is

 

less than 10% of the total number of managers; or

 

(b)    

the managers who are non-authorised persons who provide services

 

directly or indirectly to clients within their own professional training, are

 

members of one or more recognised professional bodies.’.

 

Nick Herbert

 

Mr Jonathan Djanogly

 

Mr Henry Bellingham

 

Mr Nick Hurd

 

19

 

Page  59,  line  23  [Clause  108],  leave out subsection (3) and insert—

 

‘(3)    

The ownership condition for B satisfying the management condition set out in

 

subsection (2) is that—

 

(a)    

the proportion of shares in B in which non-authorised non managers have

 

an interest is less than 10%, and

 

(b)    

the proportion of the voting power in B which non-authorised non

 

managers are entitled to exercise, or control the exercise of, is less than

 

10%, and

 

(c)    

if B has a parent undertaking (“P”)—

 

(i)    

the proportion of shares in P in which non-authorised non-

 

managers have an interest is less than 10%, and

 

(ii)    

the proportion of the voting power in P which non-authorised

 

non-managers are entitled to exercise, or control the exercise of,

 

is less than 10%.’.

 

Low risk and professional bodies

 

Nick Herbert

 

Mr Jonathan Djanogly

 

Mr Henry Bellingham

 

Mr Nick Hurd

 

nc4

 

To move the following Clause:—

 

‘(1)    

A licensing authority may apply to the Board to determine the status of a

 

recognised professional body if it is in any doubt as to whether that professional

 

body meets the criteria set down in this Act.

 

(2)    

A licensing authority may apply to the Board to determine whether a body “B”,

 

which is “low risk” under section 108(2)(b) should not be treated as low risk if it

 

considers the services to be offered by B are inconsistent with the “professional

 

principles” set out in section 1(3).’.


 
 

Notices of Amendments: 11th October 2007                

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Legal Services Bill [Lords], continued

 
 

Mr David Heath

 

David Howarth

 

146

 

Page  120,  line  6  [Schedule  1],  after ‘Chancellor’, insert ‘with the approval of the

 

Lord Chief Justice’.

 

Mr Oliver Heald

 

Mr Jonathan Djanogly

 

Mr Henry Bellingham

 

Mr Tobias Ellwood

 

54

 

Page  57,  line  24  [Clause  105],  leave out ‘an independent’ and insert ‘a’.

 

Mr Oliver Heald

 

Mr Jonathan Djanogly

 

Mr Henry Bellingham

 

Mr Tobias Ellwood

 

55

 

Page  57,  line  26  [Clause  105],  leave out ‘an independent’ and insert ‘a’.

 


 
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