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Notices of Amendments: 29th June 2007                  

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Mr Oliver Heald

 

Mr Jonathan Djanogly

 

Mr Henry Bellingham

 

Mr Tobias Ellwood

 

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Page  105,  line  41  [Clause  193],  leave out subsection (2).

 

Mr Oliver Heald

 

Mr Jonathan Djanogly

 

Mr Henry Bellingham

 

Mr Tobias Ellwood

 

24

 

Page  120,  line  6  [Schedule  1],  at end insert ‘with the concurrence of the Lord Chief

 

Justice’.

 

Mr Oliver Heald

 

Mr Jonathan Djanogly

 

Mr Henry Bellingham

 

Mr Tobias Ellwood

 

25

 

Page  120,  line  9  [Schedule  1],  at end insert ‘with the concurrence of the Lord Chief

 

Justice’.

 

Mr Oliver Heald

 

Mr Jonathan Djanogly

 

Mr Henry Bellingham

 

Mr Tobias Ellwood

 

26

 

Page  120,  line  15  [Schedule  1],  after ‘Chancellor’, insert ‘and Lord Chief Justice’.

 

Mr Oliver Heald

 

Mr Jonathan Djanogly

 

Mr Henry Bellingham

 

Mr Tobias Ellwood

 

27

 

Page  121,  line  17  [Schedule  1],  after ‘Chancellor’, insert ‘and Lord Chief Justice’.

 

Mr Oliver Heald

 

Mr Jonathan Djanogly

 

Mr Henry Bellingham

 

Mr Tobias Ellwood

 

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Page  122,  line  6  [Schedule  1],  after ‘Chancellor’, insert ‘with the concurrence of

 

the Lord Chief Justice’.

 

Mr Oliver Heald

 

Mr Jonathan Djanogly

 

Mr Henry Bellingham

 

Mr Tobias Ellwood

 

29

 

Page  122,  line  7  [Schedule  1],  after ‘Chancellor’, insert ‘and Lord Chief Justice’.


 
 

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Mr Oliver Heald

 

Mr Jonathan Djanogly

 

Mr Henry Bellingham

 

Mr Tobias Ellwood

 

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Page  122,  line  9  [Schedule  1],  leave out ‘is’ and insert ‘and Lord Chief Justice are’.

 

Mr Oliver Heald

 

Mr Jonathan Djanogly

 

Mr Henry Bellingham

 

Mr Tobias Ellwood

 

31

 

Page  122,  line  18  [Schedule  1],  at end insert—

 

‘(4A)    

Before removing the chairman under sub-paragraph (1)(b), the Lord Chancellor

 

must seek the approval of the Lord Chief Justice.’.

 

Mr Oliver Heald

 

Mr Jonathan Djanogly

 

Mr Henry Bellingham

 

Mr Tobias Ellwood

 

32

 

Page  122,  line  19  [Schedule  1],  leave out ‘removing’ and insert ‘the Lord

 

Chancellor and Lord Chief Justice remove’.

 

Mr Oliver Heald

 

Mr Jonathan Djanogly

 

Mr Henry Bellingham

 

Mr Tobias Ellwood

 

33

 

Page  122,  line  20  [Schedule  1],  after ‘Chancellor’, insert ‘and the Lord Chief

 

Justice’.

 

Mr Oliver Heald

 

Mr Jonathan Djanogly

 

Mr Henry Bellingham

 

Mr Tobias Ellwood

 

34

 

Page  122,  line  21  [Schedule  1],  after ‘Chancellor’, insert ‘and Lord Chief Justice’.

 

Mr Oliver Heald

 

Mr Jonathan Djanogly

 

Mr Henry Bellingham

 

Mr Tobias Ellwood

 

35

 

Page  7,  line  20  [Clause  15],  leave out subsection (6).

 

Mr Oliver Heald

 

Mr Jonathan Djanogly

 

Mr Henry Bellingham

 

Mr Tobias Ellwood

 

36

 

Page  7,  line  25  [Clause  15],  leave out ‘subject to that’.


 
 

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Mr Oliver Heald

 

Mr Jonathan Djanogly

 

Mr Henry Bellingham

 

Mr Tobias Ellwood

 

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Page  12,  line  12  [Clause  23],  leave out ‘an independent’ and insert ‘a’.

 

Mr Oliver Heald

 

Mr Jonathan Djanogly

 

Mr Henry Bellingham

 

Mr Tobias Ellwood

 

38

 

Page  189,  line  42  [Schedule  12],  leave out ‘an independent’ and insert ‘a’.

 

Mr Oliver Heald

 

Mr Jonathan Djanogly

 

Mr Henry Bellingham

 

Mr Tobias Ellwood

 

39

 

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

 

40

 

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

 

Mr Oliver Heald

 

Mr Jonathan Djanogly

 

Mr Henry Bellingham

 

Mr Tobias Ellwood

 

41

 

Page  57,  line  29  [Clause  106],  leave out ‘an independent’ and insert ‘a’.

 

Mr Oliver Heald

 

Mr Jonathan Djanogly

 

Mr Henry Bellingham

 

Mr Tobias Ellwood

 

42

 

Page  117,  line  9  [Clause  207],  leave out from ‘independent’ to ‘Act’ in line 11.

 

Mr Oliver Heald

 

Mr Jonathan Djanogly

 

Mr Henry Bellingham

 

Mr Tobias Ellwood

 

43

 

Page  117,  line  26  [Clause  207],  leave out ‘an independent’ and insert ‘a’.

 

Mr Oliver Heald

 

Mr Jonathan Djanogly

 

Mr Henry Bellingham

 

Mr Tobias Ellwood

 

44

 

Page  117,  line  40  [Clause  207],  at end insert ‘“trade union” means a trade union for


 
 

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the time being included in the list of trade unions kept under section 2 of the Trade Union

 

and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992 (c. 52).’.

 

Mr Oliver Heald

 

Mr Jonathan Djanogly

 

Mr Henry Bellingham

 

Mr Tobias Ellwood

 

45

 

Page  383  [Schedule  23],  leave out line 21.

 

Mr Oliver Heald

 

Mr Jonathan Djanogly

 

Mr Henry Bellingham

 

Mr Tobias Ellwood

 

46

 

Page  385,  line  10  [Schedule  23],  at end insert ‘trade union       |      section 207’.

 

Mr Oliver Heald

 

Mr Jonathan Djanogly

 

Mr Henry Bellingham

 

Mr Tobias Ellwood

 

47

 

Page  16,  line  3  [Clause  31],  leave out ‘one or more of the regulatory objectives’

 

and insert ‘the regulatory objectives taken as a whole’.

 

Mr Oliver Heald

 

Mr Jonathan Djanogly

 

Mr Henry Bellingham

 

Mr Tobias Ellwood

 

48

 

Page  16,  line  32  [Clause  32],  leave out from ‘have’ to end of line 33 and insert ‘, a

 

significant adverse impact on the regulatory objectives taken as a whole,’.

 

Mr Oliver Heald

 

Mr Jonathan Djanogly

 

Mr Henry Bellingham

 

Mr Tobias Ellwood

 

49

 

Page  18,  line  5  [Clause  35],  leave out from ‘have’ to ‘and’ in line 6 and insert ‘a

 

significant adverse impact on the regulatory objectives taken as a whole, and’.

 

Mr Oliver Heald

 

Mr Jonathan Djanogly

 

Mr Henry Bellingham

 

Mr Tobias Ellwood

 

50

 

Page  21,  line  27  [Clause  41],  leave out from ‘have’ to ‘and’ in line 28 and insert ‘a

 

significant adverse impact on the regulatory objectives taken as a whole, and’.

 

Mr Oliver Heald

 

Mr Jonathan Djanogly

 

Mr Henry Bellingham

 

Mr Tobias Ellwood

 

51

 

Page  24,  line  5  [Clause  45],  leave out from ‘have’ to ‘and’ in line 6 and insert ‘a


 
 

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significant adverse impact on the regulatory objectives taken as a whole, and’.

 

Mr Oliver Heald

 

Mr Jonathan Djanogly

 

Mr Henry Bellingham

 

Mr Tobias Ellwood

 

52

 

Page  27,  line  19  [Clause  49],  leave out subsections (3) and (4) and insert—

 

‘( )    

Any statement of policy issued by the Board must—

 

(a)    

respect the principle that primary responsibility for regulation rests with

 

the approved regulators;

 

(b)    

ensure that the Board exercises its powers only where it considers that the

 

action or inaction of an approved regulator is not an approach which the

 

approved regulator could reasonably have taken;

 

(c)    

provide that, save where there is an imminent risk of significant damage

 

to the regulatory objectives, the Board will seek to resolve matters

 

informally with the approved regulator before seeking its powers.’.

 

Mr Oliver Heald

 

Mr Jonathan Djanogly

 

Mr Henry Bellingham

 

Mr Tobias Ellwood

 

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Page  49,  line  13  [Clause  83],  at end insert—

 

‘(da)    

appropriate provision requiring the licensing authority to consider the

 

likely impact of a proposed application on access to justice when

 

determining the application,’.

 

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’.

 

Mr Oliver Heald

 

Mr Jonathan Djanogly

 

Mr Henry Bellingham

 

Mr Tobias Ellwood

 

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Page  69,  line  14  [Clause  133],  at end insert—

 

‘(ha)    

for an ombudsman to award costs against the respondent in favour of the

 

OLC for the purpose of providing a contribution to resources deployed in

 

dealing with the complaint if—

 

(i)    

the complaint against the respondent is determined or otherwise

 

resolved substantially in favour of the complainant, or


 
 

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(ii)    

in the ombudsman’s opinion the respondent failed to deal with

 

the complaint in accordance with the regulatory arrangements

 

which the relevant approved regulator has made under section

 

112’.

 

Mr Oliver Heald

 

Mr Jonathan Djanogly

 

Mr Henry Bellingham

 

Mr Tobias Ellwood

 

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Page  69,  line  48  [Clause  136],  after ‘(3)(h),’, insert ‘(ha),’.

 

Mr Oliver Heald

 

Mr Jonathan Djanogly

 

Mr Henry Bellingham

 

Mr Tobias Ellwood

 

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Page  70,  line  44  [Clause  163],  at end insert—

 

‘(1A)    

The rules must provide for the OLC to reduce or waive a charge in circumstances

 

where—

 

(a)    

the complaint relates to activity undertaken otherwise than for reward, or

 

(b)    

it appears to the OLC that the amount of a charge, unless reduced or

 

waived, would be disproportionate having regard to the gravity or nature

 

of the complaint, the value (if any) of the subject matter of the activity to

 

which it relates, or the consideration payable for the services used by the

 

complainant which consist of or include that activity, or

 

(c)    

it appears to the OLC that the amount of a charge, unless reduced or

 

waived, would cause the respondent undue hardship.

 

(1B)    

The rules must also provide for the refund of the whole or part of a charge where

 

circumstances coming to the OLC’s attention since the charge was paid are such

 

that it appears to the OLC that the amount of the charge, unless wholly or partly

 

refunded—

 

(a)    

is disproportionate having regard to the gravity or nature of the

 

complaint, the value (if any) of the subject matter of the activity to which

 

it relates, or the consideration payable for the services used by the

 

complainant which consist of or include that activity, or

 

(b)    

causes the respondent undue hardship.

 

(1C)    

Scheme rules must provide that any charge in relation to a complaint shall not

 

become payable by a respondent unless the complaint is determined or otherwise

 

resolved substantially in favour of the complainant.’.

 

Mr Oliver Heald

 

Mr Jonathan Djanogly

 

Mr Henry Bellingham

 

Mr Tobias Ellwood

 

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Page  71,  line  2  [Clause  136],  after ‘case’, insert ‘(other than one to which rules

 

pursuant to subsection (2) apply)’.


 
 

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Mr Oliver Heald

 

Mr Jonathan Djanogly

 

Mr Henry Bellingham

 

Mr Tobias Ellwood

 

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Page  71,  line  5  [Clause  136],  after ‘circumstances’, insert ‘(other than

 

circumstances in which rules pursuant to subsection (3) apply)’.

 

Mr Oliver Heald

 

Mr Jonathan Djanogly

 

Mr Henry Bellingham

 

Mr Tobias Ellwood

 

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Page  82,  line  16  [Clause  157],  at end insert ‘, unless in relation to a complaint

 

which is determined by an approved regulator pursuant to a direction made under section

 

143’.

 

Mr Oliver Heald

 

Mr Jonathan Djanogly

 

Mr Henry Bellingham

 

Mr Tobias Ellwood

 

62

 

Page  82,  line  19  [Clause  157],  at end insert ‘and except as permitted by subsection

 

(1).’.

 

Mr Oliver Heald

 

Mr Jonathan Djanogly

 

Mr Henry Bellingham

 

Mr Tobias Ellwood

 

63

 

Page  117,  line  9  [Clause  207],  leave out ‘independent trade union’.

 

Mr Oliver Heald

 

Mr Jonathan Djanogly

 

Mr Henry Bellingham

 

Mr Tobias Ellwood

 

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Page  14,  line  20  [Clause  28],  leave out ‘, so far as is reasonably practicable,’.

 


 
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