THE CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS

HC Deb 11 November 1997 vol 300 c811

Lords amendment: No. 4, in page 2, line 41, at beginning insert ("The requirement specified in this subsection is that")

Ms Armstrong

I beg to move, That this House doth agree with the Lords in the said amendment.

Mr. Deputy Speaker

With this, it will be convenient to discuss Lords amendments Nos. 5 to 7.

Ms Armstrong

The amendments clarify a point about the certification requirements referred to in clause 3, and ensure that the requirements for certifying contracts will operate as intended. As long as a certificate states that it has been copied to any persons prescribed in regulations, and confirms that requirements imposed by regulations concerning the issue of the certificate have been complied with, the contractor can be satisfied that the certificate will not be invalidated if it becomes evident that the authority has not in fact done those things.

Lords amendment agreed to.

Lords amendments Nos. 5 to 7 agreed to.