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Digital Economy Bill

Proceeding contribution from Lord Ashton of Hyde (Conservative) in the House of Lords on Monday, 20 March 2017. It occurred during Debate on bills on Digital Economy Bill.

Moved by

Lord Ashton of Hyde

28DW: Clause 52, page 50, line 28, after “section” insert “and in Schedule (Specified persons for purposes of the fraud provisions)”

28DX: Clause 52, page 50, line 37, leave out “The reference in subsection (1) to” insert “For the purposes of this section and Schedule (Specified persons for purposes of the fraud provisions)”

28DY: Clause 52, page 51, line 2, leave out from “in” to end of line and insert “Schedule (Specified persons for purposes of the fraud provisions)”

28EA: Clause 52, page 51, line 3, leave out subsection (6) and insert—

“(6) The appropriate national authority may by regulations amend Schedule (Specified persons for purposes of the fraud provisions) so as to add, remove or modify an entry relating to a person or description of person.

(6A) Regulations under subsection (6) may add an entry relating to a person or a description of person to Schedule (Specified persons for purposes of the fraud provisions) only if the following conditions are satisfied.

(6B) The first condition is that—

(a) the person is a public authority or (as the case may be) each person of that description is a public authority, or

(b) the person provides services to a public authority or (as the case may be) each person of that description provides services to a public authority.

(6C) The second condition is that the person or (as the case may be) a person of that description (“P” in either case)—

(a) requires information from a public authority or a person providing services to a public authority to improve P’s ability to identify or reduce the risk of fraud against P or a public authority to which P provides services,

(b) has information which, if shared with a public authority or a person providing services to a public authority, has the potential to improve that authority’s or that person’s ability to identify or reduce the risk of fraud against that authority, or

(c) has functions of taking action in connection with fraud against a public authority, the exercise of which may be improved by the disclosure of information by or to P.”

28EB: Clause 52, page 51, line 10, leave out “(5)” and insert “(6)”

28EC: Clause 52, page 51, line 15, leave out from “which” to “, whether” in line 16 and insert “remove a person from Schedule (Specified persons for purposes of the fraud provisions)”

28ED: Clause 52, page 51, line 19, leave out “(5)” and insert “(6)”

28EE: Clause 52, page 51, line 24, leave out “(5)” and insert “(6)”

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
782 cc123-4 
Session
2016-17
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
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