Consumers, Estate Agents and Redress Bill [HL]

My Lords, I am most grateful to the noble Baroness, Lady Wilcox, and the noble Lord, Lord Razzall, for their support for the amendment. You haven’t got a Jones but you’ve got an Evans, is all I can say. We will read with care the points that the noble Baroness feels ought to be passed on to the department. On Question, Motion agreed to. 2: Page 26, line 3, leave out ““may make regulations prescribing”” and insert ““must by regulations prescribe”” 3: Page 26, line 14, at end insert- ““(5A) If a date is prescribed in relation to a regulator for the purposes of this subsection, from that date subsection (1) has effect in relation to that regulator as if, in that subsection, for ““must”” there were substituted ““may””. (5B) In subsection (5A) ““prescribed”” means prescribed by order made by the Secretary of State under this section. (5C) Before prescribing a date in relation to a regulator for the purposes of subsection (5A), the Secretary of State must consult- (a) the regulator, (b) the Council, and (c) such other persons as the Secretary of State considers appropriate.”” 4: Page 26, line 28, leave out paragraph (a) and insert- ““(a) set out the standards the regulator proposes to prescribe,””