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The hope would be that any concerns about proposed minimum standards would be raised and taken account of and, if they were not, that there would be measures to deal with that.
This will allow a court to take full account of all the facts of a case and the penalties awarded to more closely reflect the nature and impact of any specific offence. 92.
However, the Committee regrets that important detail regarding the constitution, accountability and remuneration of the EMB were not included in the Bill as introduced.
They do not respect the requirement that at least 28 days should elapse between the laying of an instrument which is subject to the negative procedure and the coming into force of that instrument.