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Here you can browse the Marshalled List of Amendments to the Disability Rights Commission Bill [H.L.] to be moved on Third Reading in the House of Lords.

[Amendments marked * are new or have been altered]

Amendment
No.

Clause 2

BY THE BARONESS BLACKSTONE

1      Page 1, line 16, leave out from ("persons") to end of line 17 and insert--
("(ba)  to take such steps as it considers appropriate with a view to encouraging good practice in the treatment of disabled persons; and")

BY THE BARONESS BLATCH

2*      Page 1, line 19, at end insert ("; and
(  )  to encourage good practice regarding the treatment of disabled persons in any field of activity.")

BY THE BARONESS BLACKSTONE

3      Page 1, line 20, leave out subsection (2)

Clause 5

BY THE BARONESS BLATCH

4      Page 3, line 38, at beginning insert ("to suspend or")

Clause 8

BY THE BARONESS BLATCH

5      Page 7, line 6, at end insert--
    ("(10)  An order under subsection (6)(c) shall be made by statutory instrument; and no such statutory instrument shall be made until it has been laid in draft before, and approved by resolution of, each House of Parliament."")

Schedule 1

BY THE BARONESS BLACKSTONE

6      Page 12, line 22, leave out ("and (b) and (2)") and insert ("to (ba)")

Schedule 3

BY THE BARONESS BLATCH

7      Page 16, line 7, at end insert--

    ("(5)  Where the Commission refuses to receive oral representations under sub-paragraph (4), it shall give reasons for that refusal in writing to the parties concerned.")

8      Page 17, line 6, at end insert--

    ("(  )  The Commission shall arrange for the removal of a non-discrimination notice from the register when the action required by the notice has been complied with.")

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	[Amendments marked are new or have been altered*]
Amendment No.
	Clause 2
	BY THE BARONESS BLACKSTONE
1	Page 1, line 16, leave out from ("persons") to end of line 17 and insert-- ("(ba) to take such steps as it considers appropriate with a view to encouraging good practice in the treatment of disabled persons; and")
	BY THE BARONESS BLATCH
2*	Page 1, line 19, at end insert ("; and ( ) to encourage good practice regarding the treatment of disabled persons in any field of activity.")
	BY THE BARONESS BLACKSTONE
3	Page 1, line 20, leave out subsection (2)
	Clause 5
	BY THE BARONESS BLATCH
4	Page 3, line 38, at beginning insert ("to suspend or")
	Clause 8
	BY THE BARONESS BLATCH
5	Page 7, line 6, at end insert-- ("(10) An order under subsection (6)(c) shall be made by statutory instrument; and no such statutory instrument shall be made until it has been laid in draft before, and approved by resolution of, each House of Parliament."")
	Schedule 1
	BY THE BARONESS BLACKSTONE
6	Page 12, line 22, leave out ("and (b) and (2)") and insert ("to (ba)")
	Schedule 3
	BY THE BARONESS BLATCH
7	Page 16, line 7, at end insert-- ("(5) Where the Commission refuses to receive oral representations under sub-paragraph (4), it shall give reasons for that refusal in writing to the parties concerned.")
8	Page 17, line 6, at end insert-- ("( ) The Commission shall arrange for the removal of a non-discrimination notice from the register when the action required by the notice has been complied with.")