Part of Proceeds of Crime Bill – in a Public Bill Committee am 4:30 pm ar 24 Ionawr 2002.
Mr George Foulkes
Minister of State, Scottish Office, Minister of State (Scotland Office)
4:30,
24 Ionawr 2002
I beg to move Amendment No. 289, in page 191, line 6, leave out subsection (8) and insert—
'(8) Property is all property wherever situated and includes—
(a) money;
(b) all forms of property, real or personal, heritable or moveable;
(c) things in action and other intangible or incorporeal property.'.
The amendment is technical. It will have no effect on what is meant by property under part 7. Its purpose is to avoid unnecessary confusion if the definition under part 7 is compared with the definitions of property under parts 6 and 8.
Amendment agreed to.
Amendments made: No. 267, in page 191, line 19, leave out 'but excluding a lease which is not a long lease'.—[Mr. Foulkes.]
No. 514, in page 191, line 30, at end insert—
'(10A) For the purposes of a disclosure to a nominated officer—
(a) references to a person's employer include any body, association or organisation (including a voluntary organisation) in connection with whose activities the person exercises a function (whether or not for gain or reward), and
(b) references to employment must be construed accordingly.'—[Mr. Bob Ainsworth.]
Clause 329, as amended, ordered to stand part of the Bill.
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