In particular, the Committee was concerned with:
(a) powers to make provision in regulations for criminal penalties, which could be set at the maximum permissible amounts;
(b) powers to modify certain planning legislation, which were linked to the effectiveness of the infrastructure-levy as a means to raise revenue to fund infrastructure projects – the Committee considered that this did not meaningfully limit their scope; and
(c) the relationship between the infrastructure-levy and other funding mechanisms such as agreements made under section 75 of the 1997 Act – the Committee considered that the Government’s policy on the relationship between those powers should be developed first and set out on the face of the Bill.