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[Note:
The Bill was presented under S.O. No. 50.] |
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provide
finance for payments in cases where persons have been adversely
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affected by maladministration
in the regulation before December 2001 of the |
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Equitable Life Assurance
Society; and for connected purposes. |
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Be
it enacted by the Queen’s most Excellent Majesty,
by and with the advice and |
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consent of the Lords Spiritual
and Temporal, and Commons, in this present |
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Parliament assembled,
and by the authority of the same, as follows:— |
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(1) |
Expenditure
incurred by the Treasury for or in connection with the making
of |
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payments
to which this section applies may be paid out of money provided
by |
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(2) |
This
section applies to any payments that the Treasury authorise
in cases where |
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persons
have been adversely affected by maladministration in the regulation
before |
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December
2001 of the Equitable Life Assurance Society. |
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(3) |
The Treasury may make
provision by order made by statutory instrument for |
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a payment to which this
section applies to be disregarded to any extent for the |
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purposes of any of these— |
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(b) |
entitlement to a tax credit; |
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(c) |
liability to make a payment
in respect of the provision under an |
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enactment of goods or services
(including accommodation); |
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(d) |
a requirement to provide
a document or information for purposes |
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connected with anything
within paragraphs (a) to (c). |
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(4) |
Different provision may
be made under subsection (3) for different purposes. |
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(5) |
A statutory instrument
containing an order under subsection (3) may not be |
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made unless a draft has
been laid before and approved by resolution of each |
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(6) |
In this section “enactment”
includes an enactment contained in subordinate |
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legislation (within the
meaning of the Interpretation Act 1978) and an |
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enactment contained in,
or in an instrument made under, any of these— |
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