Clause 6 - Cancellation of certificate
Northern Ireland (Offences) Bill
7:15 pm
Peter Robinson (Belfast East, DUP)
I note that the Minister attempts to rest his case on the second of two conditions, without mentioning the first. Can he please tell the Committee in what circumstances the Secretary of State would not revoke the certificate of someone who had not met the conditions set out in clause 3(3)? Are there any circumstances in which the Secretary of State would allow individuals to hold on to a certificate if they had either wrongly been given that certificate or provided inaccurate information? Surely the Secretary of State must revoke the certificate in those circumstances, whatever might be said about the second set of circumstances.