Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Bill — Clause 48 — Powers for Ministers to Amend or Revoke Acts of Parliament — 1 May 2018 at 18:14

The majority of MPs voted to allow ministers to amend, or revoke, Acts of Parliament in the interests of implementing internationally agreed sanctions and in the interests of tackling money laundering, terrorist financing and threats to the international financial system.

MPs were considering the Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Bill^[1].

The amendment rejected in this vote was:

• Amendment:21, page 36, line 8, leave out paragraph (a).

Had it not been rejected the amendment would have deleted paragraph (a) from clause 48(2)^[2] which began:

• Regulations under this Act may make supplemental, incidental, consequential, transitional or saving provision, including—
• (a) in the case of regulations under section 1 or 44, provision amending, repealing or revoking enactments (whenever passed or made), and

the paragraph the rejected amendment sought to delete provided for ministers to be empowered amend, repeal, or revoke, Acts of Parliament in the interests of implementing internationally agreed sanctions^[3] and in the interests of preventing money laundering, preventing terrorist financing, and combating threats to the integrity of the international financial system.^[4]

The rejected amendment was accompanied by the following explanatory statement:

• This amendment would remove paragraph 2(a) from Clause 48, which enables the appropriate Minister to amend, repeal or revoke enactments for regulations under section 1 or 44 using Henry VIII powers.

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• [1] Parliament's webpage on the Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Bill
• [2] Clause 48 of the Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Bill as at the time of the vote
• [3] Clause 48 of the Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Bill as at the time of the vote
• [4] Clause 44 of the Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Bill as at the time of the vote

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