Rehabilitation of Offenders (Amendment) Bill [HL]

Lord Dholakia Excerpts

Friday 15th July 2011 Lords Chamber

Moved by

[Lord Dholakia]

Clause 1, page 1, leave out lines 9 and 10

[Lord Dholakia]

My Lords, this is purely a drafting amendment to correct a drafting error in the Bill. It deletes paragraph (d) of new Section 5(1) of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act which the Bill would insert into the principal Act. Paragraph (d) refers to the new subsection (9A) which an earlier version of the Bill would have inserted but which is no longer in the Bill. This reference to the subsection was inadvertently left in the current version of the Bill. I beg to move.

[Baroness Gale]

My Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Dholakia, for tabling the amendment and for his explanation. We fully support him and look forward to hearing what the Minister has to say.