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Regulatory Enforcement and Sanctions Bill [HL]

My Lords, I hope that something can be done about the language of new subsection (1). It reads like a translation from German. It states: "““Where power is conferred on a regulator under or by virtue of this Part to impose a civil sanction in relation to an offence, the provision conferring the power must, subject to this section, secure the result in subsection (2)””." Could it not be written in straightforward English? If one exercises a power, one has to publish reports that say A, B and C—but the subsection is drafted in the most extraordinary manner. On new subsection (3), I take the point that the sanction imposed might have been overturned on appeal, but I do not see why the report should not state that fact. It would be quite an interesting fact for people to know—““sanctions imposed 1,000 times and half of those overturned on appeal”” or whatever.