Civil Service (Special Advisers) Bill Marshalled List of Amendments Further Consideration Stage Monday 20 May 2013
Amendments tabled up to Thursday, 16 May 2013 and selected for debate
Amendment 1
Clause 2 , Page 1, Line 13
Leave out ‘Commissioners’ and insert ‘Department of Finance and Personnel’
Mr Jim Allister
Amendment 2
Clause 2 , Page 1
Leave out subsections (4) and (5)
Mr Dominic Bradley
Mr Alban Maginness
Amendment 3
Clause 2 , Page 1, Line 22
Leave out ‘Commissioners’ and insert ‘Department’
Mr Jim Allister
Amendment 4
Clause 3 , Page 2
Leave out lines 4 to 11 and insert -
‘(1) This section applies where an appointment, or proposed appointment, of a person as a special adviser is referred to the Department under section 2(2) or (5).
(2) The Department must, within 14 days of the referral, establish a review panel and refer the matter to it.
(3) The review panel must determine whether the person is eligible for appointment as, or to continue to hold appointment as, a special adviser.
(4) The person is only eligible if the review panel is’
Mr Jim Allister
Amendment 5
Clause 3 , Page 2, Line 6
Leave out from ‘or’ to end of line 7
Mr Dominic Bradley
Mr Alban Maginness
Amendment 6
Clause 3 , Page 2, Line 9
Leave out ‘, or to continue to hold appointment as,’
Mr Dominic Bradley
Mr Alban Maginness
Amendment 7
Clause 3 , Page 2, Line 11
Leave out ‘, or to continue to hold appointment as,’
Mr Dominic Bradley
Mr Alban Maginness
Amendment 8
Clause 3 , Page 2, Line 17
Leave out from ‘contrition’ to the end of line 18 and insert -
‘regret for and acknowledgement of, and accepts the gravity and consequences of, the offence to which the serious criminal conviction relates,’
Mr Dominic Bradley
Mr Alban Maginness
Amendment 9
Clause 3 , Page 2, Line 19
Leave out paragraph (b) and insert -
‘(b) whether the person has demonstrated, where applicable, a commitment to non-violence and exclusively peaceful and democratic means for political change,’
Mr Dominic Bradley
Mr Alban Maginness
Amendment 10
Clause 3 , Page 2, Line 23
At end insert -
‘, in consultation with the Commissioner for Victims and Survivors.’
Mr Dominic Bradley
Mr Alban Maginness
Amendment 11
Clause 3 , Page 2, Line 23
At end insert -
‘(d) any information which the proposed appointee wishes to submit in writing.’
Mr Dominic Bradley
Mr Alban Maginness
Amendment 12
Clause 3 , Page 2, Line 24
Leave out ‘Commissioners’ and insert ‘Department’
Mr Jim Allister
Amendment 13
Clause 3 , Page 2, Line 26
At end insert -
‘(5) The Department must—
(a) appoint independent persons to be members of the review panel,
(b) pay those persons such fees, allowances or expenses as appear appropriate,
(c) provide the review panel with staff, accommodation or other facilities as appear appropriate.
(6) A review panel may regulate its own procedure.
(7) A review panel only remains in existence for so long as is necessary for it to exercise its functions.’
Mr Jim Allister
Amendment 14
Clause 4 , Page 2, Line 28
Leave out ‘the Commissioners’ and insert ‘a review panel’
Mr Jim Allister
Amendment 15
Clause 4 , Page 2, Line 32
Leave out ‘Commissioners’ and insert ‘review panel’
Mr Jim Allister
Amendment 16
Clause 4 , Page 2, Line 34
Leave out ‘Commissioners’ and insert ‘review panel’
Mr Jim Allister
Amendment 17
Clause 10 , Page 4
Leave out lines 28 and 29
Mr Jim Allister
Amendment 18
Clause 11 , Page 4
Leave out clause 11
Mr Dominic Bradley
Mr Alban Maginness
Amendment 19
Clause 12 , Page 5, Line 2
Leave out ‘Sections 2(5), 3, 7, 8’ and insert ‘Sections 1, 2(5), 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9’
Mr Jim Allister
Amendment 20
The Schedule , Page 6
Leave out the Schedule
Mr Dominic Bradley
Mr Alban Maginness