Charities Bill Marshalled List of Amendments Consideration Stage
Tuesday 20 November 2012
Amendments tabled up to 9.30am Thursday, 15 November 2012 and selected for debate
The Bill will be considered in the following order-
Clauses, Schedules and Long Title
Amendment 1 [Made]
New Clause
After clause 2 insert -
‘Debt relief orders, debt relief restrictions orders and bankruptcy restrictions orders
2A.-(1) The 2008 Act shall be amended as follows.
(2) In section 33 (power to act for protection of charities), in subsection (4)(a) at the end of sub-paragraph (ii) there shall be added “or
(iii) having previously been the subject of a debt relief order, has been discharged from all the qualifying debts under the debt relief order;”.
(3) In section 86 (persons disqualified for being trustees of a charity)-
(a) in subsection (1)-
(i) in paragraph (b), after the word “discharged” there shall be inserted the words “or D is the subject of a bankruptcy restrictions order”;
(ii) after paragraph (g) there shall be added the following paragraph-
“(h) D is subject to—
(i) a moratorium period under a debt relief order; or
(ii) a debt relief restrictions order.”;
(b) in subsection (2)-
(i) in paragraph (b), for the words “or the sequestration” there shall be substituted the words “, the sequestration or the making of the bankruptcy restrictions order”;
(ii) in paragraph (d), for “(g) there shall be substituted “(h)”;
(c) in subsection (3), after “subsection (1)(b)” insert “or (h)”.
(4) In section 87 (person acting as charity trustee while disqualified), in subsection (2)(b) for “or (g)” there shall be substituted “,(g) or (h)”.’
Minister for Social Development
Clause 3 [Clause Removed]
The Minister for Social Development gives notice of his intention to oppose the question that clause 3 stand part of the Bill.
Minister for Social Development
Amendment 2 [Made]
Clause 6, Page 3, Line 35
Leave out ‘and section 5(2) or, as the case may be, section 5(1)’ and insert ‘or, as the case may be, subsection (1) or (2) of section 5’
Minister for Social Development
Amendment 3 [Made]
Clause 9, Page 4, Line 21
At end insert -
‘(5) Any other order under this section is subject to negative resolution.’
Minister for Social Development
