Moved by
Baroness Meacher
34: Clause 7, page 9, line 25, at end insert—
“(13) A specified authority is not subject to a duty in subsections (1) to (3) if or to the extent that compliance with the duty—
(a) would be incompatible with any other duty of the authority imposed by an enactment, or
(b) would otherwise have an adverse effect on the exercise of the authority’s functions.
(14) In determining whether subsection (12) applies to an authority, the cumulative effect of complying with duties under this section must be taken into account.”
Member’s explanatory statement
This ensures that public bodies are only obligated to comply with the serious violence duty to the extent it does not conflict with their other statutory duties.