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Serious Crime Bill [HL]

We support these amendments. The amendments that we consider to be most important apply to Clauses 17 and 18. I invite the noble Baroness now to look at those clauses. The effect of using ““significantly”” is that Clause 17(5) states: "““The court must not entertain an application””," to vary an order, "““unless it considers that … the person is significantly adversely affected by the order””." Similarly, in Clause 18, relating to discharge, the same words appear— "““significantly adversely affected by the order””." We want to know why variation and discharge by someone else who is not the subject of the order has to be subject to the qualification that they must be ““significantly adversely affected””. What is meant by that? It is an entirely vague expression and I would be grateful for enlightenment.