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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 19, at end insert ("; and
    (  )  to keep under review those parts of the Human Rights Act 1998 which it deems applicable to the elimination of discrimination against disabled people.")
 
  
Clause 4		 
  
BY THE LORD ASHLEY OF STOKE		 
     Page 2, line 44, at end insert--
 
    ("(  )  The Commission may include in a non-discrimination notice provisions requiring the person to whom the notice is addressed--
    (a)  to take steps with a view to avoiding the Commission by him of unlawful acts and to inform the Commission that he has taken such steps;
    (b)  to inform the Commission of any other steps which he needs to take in order to comply with the notice, and when he proposes to take them;
    (c)  to give the Commission any other information for the purpose of verifying that the notice has been complied with; and
    (d)  to take steps with a view to making available to other persons any information about the notice or the things it requires to be done.")
 
     Page 2, line 44, at end insert--
 
    ("(  )  A non-discrimination notice may specify a period within which any requirements included by virtue of the regulations are to be complied with.")		 
     Page 3, line 1, leave out subsections (4) and (5) 
  
Clause 10		 
  
BY THE LORD ASHLEY OF STOKE		 
     Page 8, leave out lines 9 to 17 and insert--
      ("(a)  such organisations representing employers as he considers appropriate;
      (b)  such organisations representing disabled persons as he considers appropriate; and
      (c)  once it has been established, the Disability Rights Commission.
        (4)  A consultation under subsection (3) shall be commenced on or before 1st January 2000.
        (5)  In the event that the Secretary of State decides to make an order under subsection (2) the order shall be made within six months of the completion of the consultation process under subsection (3)."")
 
     The Lord Ashley of Stoke gives notice of his intention to oppose the Question that Clause 10 stand part of the Bill. 
  
Schedule 1		 
  
BY THE LORD ASHLEY OF STOKE		 
     Page 10, leave out lines 16 and 17 
 
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