§ AMENDMENTS PROPOSED TO THE STANDING ORDERS (PRIVATE BUSINESS) TO CARRY OUT THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE COMMITTEE IN PARAGRAPHS 6 TO 8, 13 AND 14 OF THE REPORT.
§ Standing Order 3, leave out the whole Order, and insert,—
§ 3. In all cases where Application has been or is intended to be made for leave to bring in a Bill relating to any of the subjects included in either of the two classes a Notice shall be published in manner hereinafter provided containing a concise summary of the purposes of the Bill, but without detailed particulars and without any reference to provisions of an ancillary, subsidiary, or consequential nature intended to give effect to any such purpose.
§ Provided that if by the Bill power is sought to amalgamate with any company, or to sell or lease the undertaking, or to purchase or take on lease any undertaking, or to enter into a working agreement or traffic arrangement, the Notice shall specify the authority, company, or person with, to, from, or by whom it is proposed that the amalgamation, sale, purchase, lease, agreement, or arrangement is to be made.
§ The Notice shall also state that on and after the fourth day of December a copy of the Bill may be inspected and copies thereof obtained at a reasonable price at an office (to be mentioned in the Notice) in London, and at the following office or offices (to be mentioned in the Notice) that is to say,—
- (a) in the case of a Bill relating to any particular city, borough (metropolitan or other), urban or rural district, at an office situate in that city, borough, or district;
- (b) in the case of a Bill relating to an undertaking at an office situate in the county in which the principal office of the Promoters of the Bill is situate;
- (c) in the case of a Bill authorising the construction of works, or the taking or compulsory user of lands, or extending the time granted by a former Act for any such purpose, also at an office situate in the county, or each of the counties, in which the works or lands are situate.
§ The Notice shall be headed by the short title of the Bill, and shall be subscribed with the name of the person responsible for the publication of the Notice.
§ Standing Order 4, leave out the whole Order, and insert,—
§ 4. In cases of Bills of the Second Class, and of Bills of the First Class in respect of which Plans are required to be deposited the Notice shall also contain—
- (a) the names of the cities, boroughs (metropolitan or other), and urban and rural districts, and in the case of rural districts the parishes from, in, through, or into which any work is intended to be
238 made, maintained, varied, extended, or enlarged, or in which any land intended to be taken is situate; and - (b) a statement of the Officers with Whom plans, sections, and books of reference have been deposited in accordance with the requirements of Standing Orders 24 and 29; and
- (c) in the case of a Bill of the Second Class, a general description of the nature of the proposed works; and
- (d) in the case of a Bill authorising the taking or compulsory user of any common or commonable land the name, if any, of the common or commonable land, and of the parish or parishes in which it is situate.
§ Standing Order 5, line 9, leave out "Lands in or upon," and insert "the name of the city, borough (metropolitan or other), urban or rural district, and in the case of a rural district the parish in."
§ Standing Order 9, leave out lines 1 to 4, inclusive, and insert "Not later than the eleventh day of December the Notice."
§ Standing Order 9a, leave out the whole Order, and insert,—
§ 9a. Not later than the eleventh day of December there shall be published once in the London Gazette, and, if any powers are sought by the Bill which affect Scotland or Northern Ireland, also once in the Edinburgh or Belfast Gazette, a short notice stating—
- (a) the short title of the Bill;
- (b) the name and date of publication of each newspaper in which the full notice has been or will be published in accordance with Standing Order 9;
- (c) the offices at which copies of the Bill may be inspected and obtained mentioned in the full notice;
- (d) in the case of a Bill of the Second Class or of a Bill of the First Class, in respect of which plans are required to be deposited, the Officers with whom plans, sections, and books of reference have been deposited in accordance with the requirements of Standing Orders 24 and 29.
§ Standing Order 10, leave out lines 1 and 2, and insert "In the case of an."
§ Line 8, after "shall," insert "not later than the twentieth day of November."
§ Standing Order 11, lines 1 and 2, leave out "Fifteenth day of December immediately preceding the," and insert "Fifth day of December in the case of an."
§ Standing Order 13, lines 1 and 2, leave out "Fifteenth day of December immediately preceding the" and insert "Fifth day of December in the case of an."
§ Standing Order 13a, lines 1 and 2, leave out "Fifteenth day of December immediately preceding the," and insert "Fifth day of December in the case of an."
§ Standing Order 14, lines 1 and 2, leave out "Fifteenth day of December immediately preceding the," and insert "Fifth day of December in the case of an."
239§ Standing Order 15, lines 1 and 2, leave out "Fifteenth day of December immediately preceding the," and insert "Fifth day of December in the case of an."
§ Standing Order 16, lines 1 and 2, leave out "Fifteenth day of December immediately preceding the," and insert "Fifth day of December in the case of an."
§ Standing Order 17, lines 1 and 2, leave out "Twenty-first day of December immediately preceding the," and insert "Eleventh day of December in the case of an."
§ Standing Order 17a, lines 1 and 2, leave out "Twenty-first day of December immediately preceding the," and insert "Eleventh day of December in the case of an."
§ Standing Order 18, lines 1 and 2, leave out "Twenty-first day of December immediately preceding the," and insert "Eleventh day of December in the case of an."
§ Standing Order 24, lines 20 and 21, leave out "Thirtieth day of November immediately preceding the application for the Bill," and insert "Twentieth day of November."
§ Standing Order 25, line 1, leave out "30th," and insert "twentieth."
§ Standing Order 25a, line 12, leave out "30th," and insert "twentieth."
§ Standing Order 25b, line 6, leave out "30th," and insert "twentieth."
§ Standing Order 26, lines 4 to 6, leave out "30th day of November immediately preceding the Application for the Bill," and insert "twentieth day of November."
§ Standing Order 26a, lines 9 and 10, leave out "thirtieth day of November immediately preceding the Application for the Bill," and insert "twentieth day of November."
§ Standing Order 26b, lines 7 and 8, leave out "30th day of November immediately preceding the Application for the Bill," and insert "twentieth day of November."
§ Standing Order 27, lines 7 to 9, leave out "30th day of November immediately preceding the Application for the Bill," and insert "twentieth day of November."
§ Standing Order 28, line 6, leave out "30th," and insert "twentieth."
§ Standing Order 29, line 10, leave out "30th," and insert "twentieth."
§ Standing Order 30, line 12, leave out "thirtieth," and insert "twentieth."
§ Standing Order 32, line 2, leave out from "by," to "and," in line 5, and insert "the short title of the Bill."
§ Line 8, leave out "Seventeenth day of December," and insert "twenty-seventh day of November."
§ Line 9, leave out "Bill and Declaration," and insert "and Bill."
§ Line 15, leave out from "same," to the end of the Order.
240§ Standing Order 33, line 1, leave out "21st," and insert "fourth."
§ Standing Order 34, line 1, leave out "21st," and insert "fourth."
§ Standing Order 34a, line 1, leave out "21st," and insert "fourth."
§ Standing Order 35, line 4, leave out "31st," and insert "fourth."
§ Standing Order 35a, line 7, leave out "31st," and insert "fourth."
§ Standing Order 36, line 1, leave out "31st," and insert "fourth."
§ Standing Order 36a, line 1, leave out "31st," and insert "fourth."
§ Standing Order 36b, line 1, leave out "31st," and insert "fourth."
§ Standing Order 38, line 11, leave out "21st," and insert "eleventh."
§ Standing Order 39, line 11, leave out "30th," and insert "twentieth.'
§ Line 13, leave out "30th," and insert "twentieth."
§ Standing Order 57, line 1, leave out "January," and insert "December."
§ Standing Order 66, line 27, leave out from "64," to the first "in," in line 49.
§ Standing Order 69, line 5, leave out "January," and insert "December."
§ Standing Order 79, line 3, leave out "28th," and insert "eighth."
§ Standing Order 87, line 2, after "Chairman," insert "and the Counsel to Mr. Speaker."
§ Lines 6, 7, and 8, leave out "and shall have the assistance of the Counsel to Mr. Speaker."
§ Standing Order 91, leave out the whole Order, and insert,—
§ 91. There shall be a Committee, to be designated "The Select Committee on Standing Orders," to consist of the Chairman of Ways and Means (who, when present, shall be ex-officio Chairman of every such Committee), the Deputy Chairman, and two Members from time to time selected by the Chairman of Ways and Means from a panel to be appointed by the Committee of Selection at the commencement of every Session; three shall be a quorum, and the Committee shall have the assistance of the Counsel to Mr. Speaker.
§ Standing Order 105, line 12, leave out "and Counsel to Mr. Speaker," and insert "which Committee shall have the assistance of the Counsel to Mr. Speaker."
§ Standing Order 123, lines 10 and 11, leave out "12th day of February," and insert "thirtieth day of January."
§ After line 31, insert,—
§ (d) any Bill in respect of which the Examiner shall not have endorsed the petition by the twentieth day of January certifying that the Standing Orders have been complied with.
241§ Standing Order 211, line 2, after "every," insert "opposed."
§ Line 3, after "every," insert "opposed."
§ Standing Order 213, lines 3 and 4, leave out "or a Railway or a Tramway Bill."
§ Lines 5 and 6, leave out "and not a Railway or a Tramway Bill."
§ Standing Order 217, line 1, at the beginning, insert "If the Chairman of Ways and Means shall consider such printing expedient."
§ Line 10, leave out from "underlined," to "The," in line 12.
§ Standing Order 220, line 1, at the beginning, insert "If the Chairman of Ways and Means shall consider such printing expedient."
§ Line 9, leave out from "underlined," to "and," in line 11.
§ Standing Order 224a, line 4, leave out "12th day of February," and insert "thirtieth day of January."
§ Line 8, leave out "17th day of December," and insert "twenty-seventh day of November."
§ Standing Order 230, line 5, leave out "17th December," and insert "twenty-seventh day of November."
§ Line 5, leave out from "deposited," to end of line 13, and insert "on or before the seventeenth day of December."
§ Line 16, leave out "17th December," and insert "twenty-seventh day of November."
§ Standing Order 236, lines 2 and 3, leave out "Unopposed and."
§ Standing Order 237, line 3, leave out the first "the," and insert "an opposed."
§ New Standing Order 238, "The Committee on Unopposed Bills may consider a Bill referred to them without notice provided that a filled-up Bill has been previously deposited in the Committee and Private Bill Office."