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Public Bodies Bill [HL]

As an amendment to the Motion that this House do agree with the Commons in their Amendment 49, leave out from ““agree”” to end and insert ““disagree with the Commons in their Amendment 49 but do propose Amendment 49B in lieu””. 49B: After Clause 5, insert the following new Clause— ““Conditions on the exercise of powers under sections 2 to 5 (1) Unless the conditions in subsection (2) of this section are met, a Minister may not make any order— (a) under section 2 to merge the Administrative Justice and Tribunals Council and the Civil Justice Council; (b) under section 3 to modify the constitutional arrangements of the Civil justice Council; (c) under section 4 to modify the funding arrangements of the Civil Justice Council; or (d) under section 5 to modify or transfer functions of the Civil Justice Council. (2) The conditions are that— (a) the Minister has laid before both Houses of Parliament a report setting out in detail how the Government proposes that the functions of the Administrative Justice and Tribunals Council and the Civil Justice Council will be carried out in future; (b) 60 days have elapsed between the laying of a report under paragraph (a) and the laying of any order for any of the purposes set out in subsection (1) above; (c) the Minister has laid before Parliament a response to any report of any Committee of either House of Parliament on the Administrative Justice and Tribunals Council or the Civil Justice Council published within two years of this Act coming into force; and (d) two years have passed since the coming into force of this Act.””