Clause 139 - Rules
Gambling Bill
3:00 pm
Mr Malcolm Moss (Shadow Minister, Home Affairs; North East Cambridgeshire, Conservative)
I beg to move amendment No. 267, in clause 139, page 61, line 40, leave out subsection (3).
Subsection (3) deals with rules providing for certain situations. It allows a summary conviction to be imposed if an individual fails to comply with a specified requirement imposed by the rules. Such a failure may not be material; there are no specified time limits. The provision appears draconian and should be deleted or replaced with a power for the tribunal to give direction or vary the provision of the rules. It is a probing amendment designed to seek justification from the Minister as to why subsection (3) is included.