Moved by
Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
31: Clause 10, page 10, line 10, leave out paragraph (b) and insert—
“(b) considers that the designation of that person is appropriate, having regard to—
(i) the purpose of the regulations as stated under section 1(3), and
(ii) the likely significant effects of the designation on that person (as they appear to the Minister to be on the basis of the information that the Minister has).”
32: Clause 10, page 10, line 31, at end insert—
“(7) The regulations must, in relation to any case where the Minister designates a person by name, require the information given under the provision made under section 9(3) to include a statement of reasons.
(8) In subsection (7) a “statement of reasons” means a brief statement of the matters that the Minister knows, or has reasonable grounds to suspect, in relation to that person which have led the Minister to make the designation.
(9) The regulations may authorise matters to be excluded from that statement where the Minister considers that they should be excluded—
(a) in the interests of national security or international relations,
(b) for reasons connected with the prevention or detection of serious crime in the United Kingdom or elsewhere, or
(c) in the interests of justice
(but the regulations may not authorise the Minister to provide no statement of reasons).”