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Terrorist Asset-Freezing (Temporary Provisions) Bill

8: After Clause 2, insert the following new Clause— ““Report on operation of Act (1) Within 28 days of the date of the coming into force of this Act, the Treasury must lay before Parliament a report about the exercise prior to that date of the powers conferred or purported to be conferred on him by the Orders referred to in section 1(2). (2) Within 28 days after the end of each reporting period, the Treasury must lay before Parliament a report about the exercise during that period of the powers conferred on them by this Act. (3) The reporting periods are— (a) the period beginning with the day on which this Act comes into force and ending with the last day of the third month during any part of which this Act has been in force; (b) each succeeding period of three months. (4) Each report shall include information regarding designations made, licences granted (whether general or to a category of persons or to a particular person), and proceedings taken for an offence””.