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Amendments to the Disability Rights Commission Bill [H.L.]

Disability Rights Commission Bill [H.L.] -
Amendments to be debated in the House of Lords

Here you can browse the Amendments to the Disability Rights Commission Bill [H.L.] to be moved in Committee in the House of Lords.

  
Clause 2
 
  
BY THE LORD ASHLEY OF STOKE
 
     Page 1, line 25, at end insert ("or government programme") 
     Page 2, line 7, at end insert--
 
    ("(  )  The Commission shall have the power to initiate proceedings in its own name or to apply to intervene in proceedings if it believes that an unlawful act has occurred or is about to occur under the 1995 Act.")
 
     Page 2, line 7, at end insert--
 
    ("(  )  The Commission shall have the power to set up regional offices as it deems necessary in pursuance of its duties under this Act.")
 
  
Clause 3
 
  
BY THE LORD ASHLEY OF STOKE
 
     Page 2, line 15, at end insert--
 
    ("A formal investigation may include an investigation of the activities of one or more named persons.")
 
  
Clause 4
 
  
BY THE LORD ASHLEY OF STOKE
 
     Page 2, line 42, at end insert--
 
    ("(  )  A non-discrimination notice may include directions for the abandonment, or for the modification in accordance with any instructions given in the directions, of any practice or for the substitution or adoption of new practices specified by the Commission.")
 
  
Clause 6
 
  
BY THE LORD ASHLEY OF STOKE
 
     Page 4, line 33, at end insert ("and
    (c)  proceedings under the Human Rights Act 1998 where the proceedings would be in pursuance of the duties imposed on the Commission under section 2(1) of this Act.")
 
  
Schedule 1
 
  
BY THE LORD ASHLEY OF STOKE
 
     Page 10, line 36, at end insert--
    ("(  )  shall be appointed for a period of not more than five years and not less than four years,")
 
 
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