Moved by
Baroness Neville-Rolfe
13: Clause 11, page 10, line 22, leave out subsections (5) and (6) and insert—
“(5) Before making regulations under this section, the Secretary of State must consult—
(a) the Small Business Commissioner (unless that office is vacant),
(b) such other persons as appear to the Secretary of State to be persons affected by the regulations, and
(c) such other persons as the Secretary of State considers appropriate.
(6) If, as a result of consultation under subsection (5), the Secretary of State considers it appropriate to change the whole or part of the proposed regulations, the Secretary of State must carry out such further consultation with respect to the changes as seems appropriate.”