My Lords, I am fairly new to this argument as unfortunately I was not able to be present as a member of the committee. Judges faced with the nature of this clause, in looking at the word “instructions”, would give the word a purposive meaning and would tend to look for a specific instruction as a necessary condition even if the words were not expressed in the Bill. For the avoidance of doubt, I respectfully suggest that the amendment moved by my noble kinsman has great force behind it. One would want to put the matter beyond doubt. For what it is worth, I support the amendment.
Intellectual Property (Unjustified Threats) Bill [HL]
Proceeding contribution from
Lord Hope of Craighead
(Crossbench)
in the House of Lords on Wednesday, 23 November 2016.
It occurred during Debate on bills on Intellectual Property (Unjustified Threats) Bill [HL].
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