Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Bill – in the House of Commons at 2:45 pm on 25 May 2022.
Amendments made: 4, page 58, line 41, after “operator” insert “or the relevant person”.
This amendment and Amendments 5, 6 and 7 ensure that a person from whom an operator is seeking a code agreement may, at any time, give the operator a notice stating that the person wishes to engage in alternative dispute resolution in relation to the prospective agreement.
Amendment 5, page 58, line 41, leave out “relevant person” and insert “other”.
See the explanatory statement for Amendment 4.
Amendment 6, page 58, line 42, after “operator” insert “or the relevant person (as the case may be)”.
See the explanatory statement for Amendment 4.
Amendment 7, page 58, line 43 [Clause 68], leave out “relevant person” and insert “other”.—(Julia Lopez.)
See the explanatory statement for Amendment 4.
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