Moved by
Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
57: Clause 29, page 20, line 6, leave out “the appropriate” and insert “that”
58: Clause 29, page 20, line 10, leave out paragraph (b) and insert—
“(b) considers that it is appropriate to give the direction, having regard to—
(i) the purpose of the EU provision which relates to persons in that list (see subsections (4) and (5) below), and
(ii) the likely significant effects of the direction on the person to whom it relates (as they appear to that Minister to be on the basis of the information that the Minister has).”
59: Clause 29, page 20, line 40, at end insert—
“(7A) Regulations made under subsection (7) must, in relation to any case where a direction under section 28 has been given, require the appropriate Minister who gave the direction (“the Minister”) to take without delay such steps as are reasonably practicable—
(a) to inform the person to whom it relates that the direction has been given, and
(b) where the direction is under section 28(3)(a), to include with that information 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 give the direction.
(7B) The regulations may authorise the statement required by virtue of subsection (7A)(b) to exclude matters 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 such statement).”
60: Clause 29, page 20, line 42, leave out “any such direction” and insert “a direction under section 28 ”