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Company Law Reform Bill [HL]

moved Amendment No. 42:"Page 17, line 33, leave out ““Commissioners”” and insert ““Commission””" The noble Lord said: After the heavy legal artillery of Foss v Harbottle and the Romney and Hythe sheep breeders, I am reluctant to even get to my feet at this point. Amendment No. 42 is a drafting point concerning the use of the term ““Charity Commissioners””. I come fresh from the Charities Bill, if 60 hours in Committee can be described as fresh. In that Bill it was decided that the Charities Commissioners would cease to exist and would instead become directors of the Charity Commission. So I find it odd that the Bill uses the old version, which, by the time the Bill is passed, will immediately be out of date. I dare say that the Minister’s speaking note will say that they are the Charity Commissioners now and that we are drafting for the present position. I draw his attention to Clause 64, page 25, line 32 which refers to the ““Charity Commission””. So, it is either the Charity Commission or the Charity Commissioners, but it surely cannot be both. Perhaps he can tell us which one it is. I beg to move.