COMMISSION FOR VICTIMS AND SURVIVORS BILL

MARSHALLED LIST OF AMENDMENTS
CONSIDERATION STAGE
Tuesday 8th April 2008

Amendments tabled up to and including Thursday, 03 April 2008

The Bill will be considered in the following order-
Clauses, Schedules and Long Title

Amendment 1

Schedule 1, Page 2, Line 28

Leave out ‘such members as are’ and insert ‘not more than four members’

Mrs Naomi Long
Mrs Dolores Kelly
Mr David Ford

Amendment 2

Schedule 1, Page 2, Line 29

At end insert -

‘(1A) The First Minister and the deputy First Minister acting jointly shall appoint one of the members as Chief Commissioner.’

Mrs Naomi Long
Mrs Dolores Kelly
Mr David Ford

Amendment 3

Schedule 1, Page 3, Line 40

At end insert -

‘(6A) All employees of the Commission shall be subject to the direction of the Chief Commissioner’

Mrs Naomi Long
Mrs Dolores Kelly
Mr David Ford

Amendment 4

Schedule 1, Page 4, Line 33

Leave out from ‘by’ to end of line 33 and insert ‘by a majority of not less than two-thirds of the members’

Mrs Naomi Long
Mr David Ford

Amendment 5

Schedule 1, Page 4, Line 34

Leave out sub-paragraph (3)

Mrs Naomi Long
Mr David Ford

Amendment 6

Schedule 1, Page 4, Line 34

Leave out sub-paragraph (3) and insert -

‘(3) Where a proposal to make or amend standing orders is not agreed unanimously by the members of the Commission, the Commission may, after further consideration refer such proposed standing orders or such proposed amendments to standing orders, if endorsed by a majority of Commissioners, to the First Minister and deputy First Minister with the recommendation that they, acting jointly, approve them on grounds of sufficient consensus.’

Mrs Dolores Kelly
Mr Mark Durkan

Amendment 7

Schedule 1, Page 4, Line 39

Leave out from ‘or’ to end of line 40

Mrs Naomi Long
Mrs Dolores Kelly
Mr David Ford