Clause 1 - Purpose
Legislative and Regulatory Reform Bill
9:00 am
Nicholas Winterton (Macclesfield, Conservative)
With this we are taking the following:
Amendment No. 55, in clause 18, page 9, line 30, at end insert—
“‘reforming” means repealing, simplifying or clarifying or making better provision for achieving its purposes;’.
Amendment No. 61, in clause 18, page 9, line 35, at end add—
‘(2) In section 1, ”changes” means only those changes that are reasonably related to developments in the common law since the date of the Law Commission’s Recommendation.’.
New clause 2—Reserved areas of competence—
‘(1) Schedule [Reserved areas of competence] shall have effect.
(2) A Minister may not make an order under section 1 containing provisions relating to the reserved areas of competence as set out in Schedule [Reserved areas of competence].
(3) A Minister of the Crown may, subject to a resolution of both Houses of Parliament, amend by order the reserved areas of competence in Schedule [Reserved areas of competence].’.
New schedule 1—Reserved areas of competence—
‘For the purposes of this Act, the reserved areas of competence are those relating to—
(a) provisions incompatible with the European Convention on Human Rights;
(b) the Human Rights Act 1998 (c. 42);
(c) Parliament;
(d) the Civil Service;
(e) the courts;
(f) the registration and funding of political parties;
(g) international relations;
(h) defence;
(i) treason;
(j) terrorism; and
(k) national security.’.