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House of Commons

Tuesday 27 January 2009

Public Bill Committee

New Amendments handed in are marked thus

Amendments which will comply with the required notice period at their next appearance

Business Rate Supplements Bill

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Note

The amendments have been arranged in accordance with the Order of the

Committee [20 January].

Dan Rogerson

Lorely Burt

1

Clause  1,  page  1,  line  7,  leave out ‘is’ and insert ‘and the majority of the affected

business community are’.

Robert Neill

Mr Philip Dunne

Mr Brian Binley

Mr Mark Field

Mr Lee Scott

22

Clause  2,  page  1,  leave out lines 17 to 20.

Public Bill Committee: 27 January 2009

26

Business Rate Supplements Bill, continued

Robert Neill

Mr Philip Dunne

Mr Brian Binley

Mr Mark Field

Mr Lee Scott

23

Clause  2,  page  2,  leave out lines 1 to 5.

Robert Neill

Mr Philip Dunne

Mr Brian Binley

Mr Mark Field

Mr Lee Scott

46

Clause  3,  page  2,  line  10,  at end insert ‘, and

(c)	which promotes the economic well-being of its area, including the

provision of transport infrastructure and the promotion of employment

and employment skills, investment, regeneration, business efficiency and

competitiveness.’.

Dan Rogerson

Lorely Burt

2

Clause  3,  page  2,  line  18,  at beginning insert ‘primary and secondary’.

Dan Rogerson

Lorely Burt

3

Clause  3,  page  2,  line  26,  leave out ‘The Greater London Authority’ and insert ‘A

levying authority’.

Dan Rogerson

Lorely Burt

4

Clause  3,  page  2,  line  27,  leave out ‘the Greater London Authority’ and insert ‘a

levying authority’.

Robert Neill

Mr Philip Dunne

Mr Brian Binley

Mr Mark Field

Mr Lee Scott

24

Clause  3,  page  2,  leave out lines 44 and 45.

Public Bill Committee: 27 January 2009

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Business Rate Supplements Bill, continued

Robert Neill

Mr Philip Dunne

Mr Brian Binley

Mr Mark Field

Mr Lee Scott

25

Clause  4,  page  3,  line  21,  leave out from beginning to second ‘ballot’ and insert ‘a’.

Dan Rogerson

Lorely Burt

5

Clause  4,  page  3,  line  21,  leave out ‘where there is to be’.

Dan Rogerson

Lorely Burt

6

Clause  4,  page  3,  line  21,  leave out ‘, the ballot’.

Dan Rogerson

Lorely Burt

7

Clause  4,  page  3,  line  24,  at end insert—

‘(2)	Subsection (1)(c) does not apply in relation to Crossrail.’.

Robert Neill

Mr Philip Dunne

Mr Brian Binley

Mr Mark Field

Mr Lee Scott

38

Clause  5,  page  3,  line  29,  leave out subsection (2).

Dan Rogerson

Lorely Burt

8

Clause  5,  page  3,  line  35,  after ‘office’, insert ‘, and the principal offices of any

relevant billing authority,’.

Robert Neill

Mr Philip Dunne

Mr Brian Binley

Mr Mark Field

Mr Lee Scott

39

Clause  5,  page  3,  line  36,  leave out subsection (4).

Public Bill Committee: 27 January 2009

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Business Rate Supplements Bill, continued

Robert Neill

Mr Philip Dunne

Mr Brian Binley

Mr Mark Field

Mr Lee Scott

35

Schedule  1,  page  22,  line  16,  at end insert—

‘11A	A description of the arrangement by which persons paying the BRS shall be

represented upon the governing body of any organisation set up for the purpose

of delivering the objectives of the BRS, or if, such organisation is not to be set

up, how such persons are to be involved in the oversight of the delivery of

those objectives.’.

Dan Rogerson

57

Schedule  1,  page  22,  line  24,  leave out paragraph 14.

Robert Neill

Mr Philip Dunne

Mr Brian Binley

Mr Mark Field

Mr Lee Scott

36

Schedule  1,  page  22,  line  36,  leave out sub-paragraphs (a) and (b) and insert ‘the

arrangements for the ballot’.

Robert Neill

Mr Philip Dunne

Mr Brian Binley

Mr Mark Field

Mr Lee Scott

37

Schedule  1,  page  22,  line  39,  leave out sub-paragraphs (a) and (b) and insert ‘the

result of the ballot’.

Dan Rogerson

Lorely Burt

9

Clause  6,  page  4,  line  6,  at end insert—

‘(d)	any parish council in the affected area.’.

Public Bill Committee: 27 January 2009

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Business Rate Supplements Bill, continued

Robert Neill

Mr Philip Dunne

Mr Brian Binley

Mr Mark Field

Mr Lee Scott

26

Clause  6,  page  4,  line  21,  leave out ‘think’ and insert ‘consider’.

Dan Rogerson

Lorely Burt

Robert Neill

Mr Philip Dunne

Mr Brian Binley

Mr Mark Field

Mr Lee Scott

10

Clause  7,  page  4,  line  32,  leave out from ‘BRS’ to end of line 42.

Dan Rogerson

Lorely Burt

11

Clause  7,  page  5,  line  8,  at end insert—

‘(6)	This section does not apply to Crossrail.’.

Robert Neill

Mr Philip Dunne

Mr Brian Binley

Mr Mark Field

Mr Lee Scott

27

Clause  7,  page  5,  line  8,  at end add—

‘(6)	This section does not apply to the Crossrail project promoted by the Greater

London Authority.’.

Dan Rogerson

Lorely Burt

12

Clause  8,  page  5,  line  10,  leave out ‘If a ballot on the imposition of a BRS is held,’.

Public Bill Committee: 27 January 2009

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Business Rate Supplements Bill, continued

Dan Rogerson

Lorely Burt

13

Clause  9,  page  5,  line  25,  leave out ‘may’ and insert ‘must within 90 days of the

coming into force of this section’.

Dan Rogerson

Lorely Burt

14

Clause  9,  page  5,  line  27,  leave out ‘may’ and insert ‘must’.

Dan Rogerson

Lorely Burt

15

Clause  10,  page  6,  line  11,  after ‘persons’, insert ‘as specified in section 6(1)’.

Robert Neill

Mr Philip Dunne

Mr Brian Binley

Mr Mark Field

Mr Lee Scott

28

Clause  10,  page  6,  line  12,  leave out from beginning to second ‘a’ in line 13.

Robert Neill

Mr Philip Dunne

Mr Brian Binley

Mr Mark Field

Mr Lee Scott

29

Clause  10,  page  6,  line  46,  leave out from ‘BRS’ to end of line 13 on page 7.

Dan Rogerson

47

Clause  11,  page  7,  line  29,  leave out ‘or 45’.

Dan Rogerson

48

Clause  11,  page  7,  line  34,  leave out ‘But’.

Dan Rogerson

49

Clause  11,  page  7,  line  35,  leave out from ‘BRS’ to end of line 39.

Public Bill Committee: 27 January 2009

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Business Rate Supplements Bill, continued

Dan Rogerson

50

Clause  11,  page  8,  line  16,  leave out subsection (9).

Dan Rogerson

Lorely Burt

16

Clause  12,  page  8,  line  21,  leave out ‘prescribed by regulations’ and insert

‘specified in subsection (1A).

(1A)	The amount is £50,000.

(1B)	The amount in subsection (1A) may be amended by regulations.’.

Dan Rogerson

51

Clause  13,  page  10,  line  4,  leave out subsection (6).

Dan Rogerson

52

Clause  13,  page  10,  line  15,  leave out ‘or 45(4A)’.

Dan Rogerson

53

Clause  14,  page  10,  line  28,  leave out from ‘Act’ to end of line 29.

Dan Rogerson

54

Clause  14,  page  11,  line  6,  leave out subsections (9) and (10).

Robert Neill

Mr Philip Dunne

Mr Brian Binley

Mr Mark Field

Mr Lee Scott

30

Clause  16,  page  11,  line  37,  leave out subsection (1) and insert—

‘(1)	Where a person is, by reference to a hereditament, liable for BID levy in respect

of all or part of a financial year in respect of which the person is, in relation to that

hereditament, subject to a BRS imposed by the authority, the chargeable amount

payable in relation to the BRS shall be offset in accordance with subsection (2).’.

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Revised 27 January 2009