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Company Law Reform Bill [HL]

moved, as an amendment to Amendment No. 79, Amendment No. 79A:"Line 1, leave out ““have regard (amongst other matters) to”” and insert ““take account of””" The noble Lord said: My Lords, I will briefly explain what might otherwise look a little strange. The wording of Amendments Nos. 79A to 79F is nearly but not totally identical to that of Amendments Nos. 80 to 86. That is because of the potential problem of pre-emption whereby if Amendment No. 79 were agreed to—as it is likely to be—Amendments Nos. 80 to 86 could not be voted on in their present form. Therefore, the provisions in those amendments should be made in amendments to Amendment No. 79. That is the origin of Amendment No. 79A. My noble friend Lady Thornton will explain the substance of the later amendments. I beg to move.