Coroners and Justice Bill — Report (2nd Day) — 26 Oct 2009 at 16:33

Amendment 37

Moved by Lord Redesdale

37: After Clause 27, insert the following new Clause-

"Amendment of Treasure Act 1996

After section 8 of the Treasure Act 1996 (c. 24) (duty of finder to notify coroner) insert-

"8A Duty to notify coroner of acquisition of certain objects

(1) A person who-

(a) acquires property in an object, and

(b) believes or has reasonable grounds for believing-

(i) that the object is treasure, and

(ii) that notification in respect of the object has not been given under section 8(1) of this subsection,

must notify the Coroner for Treasure before the end of the notice period.

(2) The notice period is fourteen days beginning with-

(a) the day after he acquires property in the object; or

(b) if later, the day on which he first believes or has reason to believe-

(i) that the object is treasure; and

(ii) that notification in respect of the object has not been given under section 8(1) or subsection (1) of this section.

(3) Any person who fails to comply with subsection (1) is guilty of an offence if-

(a) notification in respect of the object has not been given under section 8(1) or subsection (1) of this section; and

(b) there has been no investigation in relation to the object.

(4) Any person guilty of an offence under this section is liable on summary conviction to-

(a) imprisonment for a term not exceeding the relevant maximum;

(b) a fine or an amount not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale; or

(c) both.

(5) In proceedings for an offence under this section, it is a defence for the defendant to show he had, and has continued to have, a reasonable excuse for failing to notify the Coroner for Treasure.

(6) If the office of Coroner for Treasure is vacant, notification under subsection (1) must be given to the Chief Coroner.

(7) In determining for the purposes of this section whether a person has acquired property in an object, section 4 is to be disregarded.

(8) In this section "investigation" means an investigation under section (Investigations concerning treasure) of the Coroners and Justice Act 2009.""

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Party Summary

Votes by party, red entries are votes against the majority for that party.

What is Tell? '+1 tell' means that in addition one member of that party was a teller for that division lobby.

What is Turnout? This is measured against the total membership of the party at the time of the vote.

PartyMajority (Content)Minority (Not-Content)Turnout
Con72 (+2 tell) 038.1%
Crossbench35 1426.5%
DUP1 033.3%
Independent Labour1 0100.0%
Lab0 108 (+2 tell)50.7%
LDem39 052.0%
UUP1 033.3%
Total:149 12240.6%

Rebel Voters - sorted by party

Lords for which their vote in this division differed from the majority vote of their party. You can see all votes in this division, or every eligible lord who could have voted in this division

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NamePartyVote
Lord Bew Crossbenchno
Baroness Boothroyd Crossbenchno
Lord Broers Crossbench (front bench)no
Lord Condon Crossbenchno
Lord Elis-Thomas Crossbench (front bench)no
Lord Elystan-Morgan Crossbenchno
Baroness Greenfield Crossbenchno
Lord Haskins Crossbenchno
Baroness Howarth of BrecklandCrossbench (front bench)no
Baroness O'Neill of BengarveCrossbenchno
Lord Ouseley Crossbenchno
Lord Patel of BradfordCrossbenchno
Lord Tanlaw Crossbenchno
Viscount Waverley Crossbenchno
Lord Wedderburn of CharltonCrossbenchno
Lord Wilson of TillyornCrossbenchno

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