Food Standards Bill - Amendments to be debated in the House of Lords - continued |
House of Lords |
Clause 36 |
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BY THE BARONESS HAYMAN |
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90 | Page 19, leave out line 13 | ||
BY THE BARONESS BYFORD THE LORD LUKE |
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91 | Page 19, line 17, after ("State") insert ("for Health") | ||
BY THE BARONESS HAYMAN |
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92 |
Page 19, line 24, at end insert ("; and
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93 |
Page 19, line 29, leave out subsection (3) and insert-- ("(3) Expressions used--
have, unless the context otherwise requires, the same meaning in this Act as in that Act or that Order (except that in this Act "animal" includes any bird or fish).") |
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94 | Page 19, line 33, after ("order)") insert (", or under the corresponding provision of Article 2(2) of the 1991 Order,") | ||
Clause 37 |
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BY THE BARONESS HAYMAN |
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95 | Page 19, line 40, leave out subsection (2) | ||
Clause 39 |
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BY THE BARONESS HAYMAN |
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96 | Page 20, line 45, leave out ("enactment") and insert ("Act") | ||
BY THE VISCOUNT THURSO THE LORD CLEMENT-JONES |
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97 |
Page 21, line 9, at end insert-- ("( ) Any funding made available to enforcement authorities for enforcing relevant legislation (as defined in section 15) shall be designated as being used by enforcement authorities for that purpose only.") |
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BY THE BARONESS HAYMAN |
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98 | Page 21, line 44, leave out ("the Northern Ireland Act 1998") and insert ("any Act") | ||
Clause 40 |
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BY THE BARONESS HAYMAN |
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99 |
Page 22, line 4, at end insert-- ("(2A) The National Assembly for Wales (Transfer of Functions) Order 1999 shall have effect, in relation to any Act mentioned in Schedule 1 to the Order, as if any provision of this Act amending that Act was in force immediately before the Order came into force.") |
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Clause 41 |
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BY THE BARONESS HAYMAN |
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100 | Page 22, line 15, leave out ("Food Safety (Northern Ireland) Order 1991") and insert ("1991 Order") | ||
Clause 42 |
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BY THE BARONESS HAYMAN |
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101 |
Page 23, line 11, leave out paragraph (b) and insert--
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Clause 43 |
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BY THE BARONESS HAYMAN |
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102 | Page 23, line 14, after ("section") insert ("and paragraph 4(2) of Schedule 5)") | ||
103 |
Page 23, line 19, at end insert-- ("(3A) Until the day appointed under section 3(1) of the Northern Ireland Act 1998, this Act has effect with the substitution--
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Schedule 2 |
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BY THE VISCOUNT THURSO THE LORD CLEMENT-JONES |
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104 |
Page 25, line 43, at end insert-- ("( ) Before appointing a person as chairman or member of the advisory committee, the authority making the appointment shall have regard to the desirability of securing that a variety of skills and experience is available among the members of the committee (including experience in matters related to food safety and standards including nutrition and labelling or other interests of consumers in relation to food).") |
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BY THE BARONESS BYFORD THE LORD LUKE |
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105 | Page 26, line 9, leave out ("5(2)") and insert ("5(1)") | ||
BY THE VISCOUNT THURSO THE LORD CLEMENT-JONES |
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106 |
Page 26, line 11, at end insert-- ("( ) Before appointing a person as chairman or member of the advisory committee, the authority making the appointment shall have regard to the desirability of securing that a variety of skills and experience is available among the members of the committee (including public interest representation).") |
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107 |
Page 26, line 11, at end insert-- ("( ) Before appointing a person as chairman or member of the advisory committee, the authority making the appointment shall have regard to the desirability of securing that a variety of skills and experience is available among the members of the committee (including experience in matters related to food safety and standards including nutrition and labelling or other interests of consumers in relation to food).") |
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BY THE BARONESS BYFORD THE LORD LUKE |
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108 | Page 26, line 15, leave out ("5(2)") and insert ("5(1)") | ||
BY THE VISCOUNT THURSO THE LORD CLEMENT-JONES |
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109 |
Page 26, line 21, at end insert-- ("( ) Before appointing a person as chairman or member of the advisory committee, the authority making the appointment shall have regard to the desirability of securing that a variety of skills and experience is available among the members of the committee (including public interest representation).") |
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110 |
Page 27, line 10, at end insert-- ("( ) One of the authorities shall be designated as the lead authority.") |
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Schedule 3 |
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BY THE BARONESS BYFORD THE LORD LUKE |
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111* | Page 27, line 34, at end insert-- | ||
("Sections 37, 38, 39 (appeals) | |||
. The decisions of the agency when acting as an enforcement authority shall be subject to the appeals procedure.") | |||
112* |
Page 28, line 6, at end insert-- ("( ) When making an order under section 42, the Secretary of State must specify the period for which the Agency is empowered to exercise the default powers.") |
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113* |
Page 28, line 6, at end insert-- ("( ) The Agency shall recover in full from the food authority the actual costs it has incurred when acting in default.") |
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114* | Page 28, line 6, at end insert-- | ||
("Section 45 (regulations as to charges) | |||
. No regulations to which this section applies shall be made (whether alone or with other regulations) by or in connection with the Agency unless a draft of the statutory instrument containing the regulations has been laid before, and approved by a resolution of, each House of Parliament.") | |||
BY THE BARONESS HAYMAN |
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115 | Page 28, line 10, at end insert-- | ||
("Part IA | |||
Functions under the 1991 Order | |||
7A. This Part has effect for conferring functions under the 1991 Order on the Agency (and references to Articles are to Articles of the 1991 Order). | |||
Article 12 (emergency control orders) | |||
7B. The Agency may grant consent under paragraph (3), and give directions under paragraph (5), of Article 12. | |||
Article 26 (enforcement) | |||
7C. The
Agency--
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Article 39 (codes of practice) | |||
7D.--(1) The
Agency may, after consulting the Department of Health and
Social Services for Northern Ireland--
(2) The Agency may undertake consultation with representative organisations regarding proposals for codes of practice under Article 39. |
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Article 40 (information from district councils) | |||
7E. The Agency may exercise the power to require returns or other information from district councils under Article 40. | |||
Article 41 (default powers) | |||
7F. The Agency may be empowered by an order under Article 41 to discharge any duty of a district council. | |||
Article 47 (regulations and orders) | |||
7G. The Agency may undertake consultation with representative organisations required by Article 47 regarding proposals for regulations or orders under the 1991 Order.") | |||
116 | Page 28, line 38, leave out ("The Ministers") and insert ("A licensing authority") | ||
117 | Page 28, line 39, leave out ("they contemplate") and insert ("the authority contemplates") | ||
BY THE VISCOUNT THURSO THE LORD CLEMENT-JONES |
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118 | Page 28, line 41, leave out ("from time to time") and insert ("regularly") | ||
BY THE BARONESS HAYMAN |
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119 | Page 28, line 42, leave out ("them") and insert ("the authority") | ||
BY THE VISCOUNT THURSO THE LORD CLEMENT-JONES |
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120 | Page 29, line 7, leave out ("from time to time") and insert ("regularly") | ||
121 | Page 29, line 18, leave out ("from time to time") and insert ("regularly") | ||
BY THE BARONESS HAYMAN |
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122 | Page 30, line 23, at end insert-- | ||
("Genetically Modified Organisms (Northern Ireland) Order 1991 (S.I. 1991/1714 (N.I. 19)) | |||
11A. In
Article 5(7) and Article 8(7) of the Genetically Modified
Organisms (Northern Ireland) Order 1991 (grant of
exemptions) after the word "Department" there
shall be inserted the words ", or by the Department
and the Food Standards Agency acting jointly,". 11B.--(1) For Article 22 of that Order (exercise of certain functions relating to genetically modified organisms jointly by the Department of the Environment and the Department of Agriculture) there shall be substituted the following Article-- |
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(2) In consequence of sub-paragraph (1), in the definition of "the Department" in Article 2(2) of that Order, after the word "means" there shall be inserted the words "(subject to Article 22)".") |
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