HC Deb 15 June 1972 vol 838 cc1936-7

CRIMINAL BANKRUPTCY ORDERS AGAINST CONVICTED PERSONS

Amendments made: No. 10, in page 5, line 32, leave out from 'that' to 'the' in line 36 and insert:

  1. (a) as a result of the offence, or of that offence taken together with any other relevant offence or offences, loss or damage (not attributable to personal injury) has been suffered by one or more persons whose identity is known to the court, and
  2. (b) the amount, or aggregate amount, of the loss or damage exceeds £15,000.

No. 11, in line 37, leave out 'that person' and insert 'the offender'.

No. 12, in page 6, line 1, leave out from 'sentence' to end of line 2.

No. 13, in line 5, leave out 'been caused by' and insert 'resulted from'.—[Mr. Carlisle.]

Mr. Carlisle

I beg to move Amendment No. 14, in page 6, line 24, at end insert 'and shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament'. The effect of the Amendment is to ensure that, should the Home Secretary choose to lower the threshold figure of £15,000 at which criminal bankruptcy proceedings begin to bite, any order to lower that figure should be subject to the negative Resolution procedure.

At this stage, all I need add is that it arises out of an undertaking which I gave in Committee to ensure that the appropriate Amendment would be made.

Amendment agreed to.

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