§ 11.41 a.m.
§ Order of the Day for the House to be put into Committee read.
§ Moved, That the House do now resolve itself into Committee.—(Lord Brabazon of Tara.)
§ On Question, Motion agreed to.
§ House in Committee accordingly.
§ [The Lord MERTHYR in the Chair.]
§ Clause 1 [Replacement of appointed days for dog racing lost on account of weather conditions, etc.]:
§ LORD BRABAZON OF TARAapologise to your Lordships for the alarming list of Amendments to this small Bill which has come from another place, but I assure your Lordships that there is nothing in them. They all arise from the fact that the original Bill in another place was framed before Parliament had passed the Betting, Gaming and Lotteries Act, 1963, in which a great many phrases were changed; for example, "appointed days" became "betting days". That is the reason for this long list of Amendments: there is 1099 nothing in them; they are only drafting. There is just one point on Amendment No. 12 that I should mention, but the rest of the Amendments are purely drafting. Is it in order if I move them altogether?
THE CHAIRMAN OF COMMITTEESI will ask the Committee whether they are agreeable to the Amendments being moved en bloc, and if noble Lords are agreeable, I will put Amendments 1 to 19 inclusive.
§ LORD BRABAZON OF TARAI beg to move.
§ Amendments moved—
§ Page 1, line 5, leave out ("in the case") and insert ("the occupier")
§ Page 1, line 6, leave out ("the occupier of such track")
§ Page 1, line 10, leave out from ("the") to ("hereinafter") in line 11 and insert ("betting days fixed for that track under paragraph 14 of Schedule 3 to the Betting, Gaming and Lotteries Act 1963")
§ Page 1, line 14, leave out ("appoint") and insert ("fix")
§ Page 1, line 16, leave out ("such appointed") and insert ("that betting")
§ Page 1, line 18, leave out ("such") and insert ("that")
§ Page 1, line 21, leave out ("appointed") and insert ("betting")
§ Page 1, line 22, leave out from ("shall") to ("be") in line 24.
§ Page 1, line 26, leave out ("such appointed") and insert ("that")
§ Page 2, line 4, leave out ("appoint") and insert ("fix")
§ Page 2, line 7, leave out from ("may") to end of line
§ Page 2, line 13, leave out from ("may") to end of line 17 and insert ("be made by him with seven days of his being so notified."
§ (4) Within twenty-eight days of the making of an application under this section in respect of any track, the licensing authority to whom it is made shall either fix a day for that track under subsection (3) of this section or notify the applicant that the application is refused.")
§ Page 2, line 19, leave out from beginning to ("be") in line 20 and insert ("fixed for any track under subsection (3) of this section shall")
§ Page 2, line 21, leave out from ("be") to end of line 24 and insert ("a betting day (and, if the day in place of which it is fixed was a special betting day, a special betting day) fixed for that track under paragraph 14 of Schedule 3 lo the principal Act")
§ Page 2, line 25, leave out ("appointed as aforesaid") and insert ("fixed under subsection (3) of this section")
§ Page 2, line 26, leave out ("appointed") and insert ("betting")
1100§ Page 2, line 29, leave out ("appointed") and insert ("fixed")
§ Page 2, line 32, leave out ("appointed") and insert ("fixed")
§ Leave out lines 34 to 43 and insert—
- ("(a) the expression 'year' means a period of twelve months beginning with 1st July;
- (b) expressions used both in this section and in Schedule 3 to the principal Act have the same meanings respectively in this section as in that Schedule; and
- (c) any reference to any enactment shall be construed as a reference to that enactment as amended by or under any other enactment.")—(Lord Brabazon of Tara.)
§ On Question, Amendments agreed to.
§ Clause 1, as amended, agreed to.
§ Clause 2 [Short title]:
§ LORD BRABAZON OF TARAI beg to move this Amendment.
§
Amendment moved—
Page 2, line 44, leave out ("Appointed") and insert ("Betting").—(Lord Brabazon of Tara.)
§ On Question, Amendment agreed to.
§ Clause 2, as amended, agreed to.
§ LORD BRABAZON OF TARAI beg to move the Amendment to the Title.
§
Amendment moved—
Line 3, leave out ("appointed") and insert ("betting").—(Lord Brabazon of Tara.)
§ On Question, Amendment agreed to.
§ Title, as amended, agreed to.
§ House resumed: Bill reported, with Amendments.