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Regulatory Enforcement and Sanctions Bill [HL]

moved Amendment No. 156: 156: Clause 51, page 23, line 28, leave out ““section 40”” and insert ““sections 37, 40 and 48”” The noble Viscount said: This is a genuine query. The Bill’s draftsman talks of ““provisions”” and ““orders””. The provision in Clause 51 relates to Clause 40 and Clause 40 talks about provisions being made. I wonder whether the costs arrangements will be applied to fixed penalty notices, to all discretionary sanctions and to the stop notices. All these things cost time and money to get right, particularly if the person at the wrong end of the process is able to appeal. Could the noble Baroness explain whether the costs provision will apply across the board when local authorities have to use these new powers? I hope that they will. I beg to move.