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1.642 Agree.<br />
<strong>Crim<strong>in</strong>al</strong> Bar Association and Bar Council<br />
PROPOSAL 5<br />
Clifford Chance<br />
1.643 Agree. Possibly the problem could be reduced by improved tra<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g at, and<br />
greater specialism with<strong>in</strong>, the office of Parliament Counsel.<br />
Trad<strong>in</strong>g Standards Institute (TSI)<br />
1.644 Trad<strong>in</strong>g Standards Professionals do not have any powers under this legislation<br />
and would usually only consider <strong>in</strong>vestigations where there are elements of our<br />
exist<strong>in</strong>g legislation – e.g. Consumer Protection from Unfair Trad<strong>in</strong>g Regulations<br />
2008.<br />
<strong>Crim<strong>in</strong>al</strong> Sub-Committee of the Council of HM Circuit Judges, GC100<br />
(association for general counsel and company secretaries for the FTSE<br />
100), Justices’ Clerks’ Society, Leicester City Council, City of London <strong>Law</strong><br />
Society, The Magistrates’ Association, Food <strong>Law</strong> Group, CBI, QEB Hollis<br />
Whiteman Chambers, F<strong>in</strong>ancial Services and Markets Legislation City<br />
Liaison Group<br />
1.645 Agree / support.<br />
Chamber of Shipp<strong>in</strong>g<br />
1.646 The po<strong>in</strong>t made appears to have merit.<br />
HSE<br />
1.647 There are a number of offences under HSWA which may also amount to offences<br />
under the Fraud Act 2006. We agree that such duplication is undesirable.<br />
However, consideration also needs to be given as to “vires” to prosecute. Whilst<br />
the Fraud Act does not conta<strong>in</strong> any restriction as to who can prosecute, such<br />
offences are normally prosecuted by the police and CPS. A regulator would have<br />
to demonstrate that prosecution of an offence under the Fraud Act came with<strong>in</strong> its<br />
powers.<br />
Kiron Reid, Liverpool <strong>Law</strong> School<br />
1.648 Agree. The wide recent Fraud Act 2006 provisions should both cover both preexist<strong>in</strong>g<br />
offences and any conceivable areas where new specific offences might<br />
be thought to be needed. The explanation <strong>in</strong> para. 1.43 is entirely logical.<br />
Association of Chief Trad<strong>in</strong>g Standards Officers (ACTSO)<br />
1.649 See general comments. Also, Trad<strong>in</strong>g Standards Services have no powers under<br />
Fraud Act (cf consumer protection legislation giv<strong>in</strong>g local Trad<strong>in</strong>g Standards<br />
authorise power to enter bus<strong>in</strong>esses premises etc) and therefore change would<br />
seriously restrict <strong>in</strong>vestigation capability of local Trad<strong>in</strong>g Standards Services.<br />
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