Moved by
Baroness Randerson
23: Clause 15, page 11, line 18, at end insert—
“( ) Before regulations are made under this section, the Secretary of State must lay before Parliament a report outlining—
(a) the functions the regulations will confer on the appointed person;
(b) the appointed person’s capacity to undertake the proposed functions;
(c) whether additional funds should be made available to ensure the appointed person can undertake the proposed functions; and
(d) whether the Government is intending to confer in the near future any other functions, separate to those relating to this Act, that may affect the appointed person’s capacity to exercise the functions proposed in the regulations.”
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