Clause 31 - Non-completion of statutory procedure: adjustment of awards
Employment Bill
10:30 am
Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede and Weybridge, Conservative)
Clause 31 deals with a penalty system for failure to comply with statutory procedures and a number of issues arise which I am sure Members on both sides will want to explore. That is probably best done on clause stand part.
I suspect that the amendments have been grouped for reasons of economy, not because there is a clear link between them. Amendment No. 54 seeks to leave out clause 31(5)(d), which says that the Secretary of State may by regulations
''make provision about circumstances in which a person is to be treated as not subject to, or as having complied with, such a requirement'',
that is, the requirement to undertake the statutory procedure. The amendment was tabled to probe the Minister as to the circumstances in which he intends to designate a person as being ''not subject to'' such a provision, or as ''having complied with'' it.