HC Deb 16 November 1933 vol 281 c1160

Lords Amendment: In page 15, line 25, at the end, insert: (3) The licensing authority may, in lieu of revoking or suspending a licence, direct that any one or more of the vehicles specified therein shall be removed therefrom or that the maximum number of motor vehicles or of trailers specified in the licence in pursuance of paragraphs (6) and (c) respectively of subsection (6) of section two of this Act shall be reduced, and references in this or any other section of this Act to the revocation or suspension of a licence shall be construed as including a reference to the giving of a direction under this subsection

Mr. STANLEY

I beg to move, "That this House doth agree with the Lords in the said Amendment."

The object of this Amendment is to give the licensing authority power to revoke the licence in whole or in part. It was pointed out to me that if it were necessary to revoke the whole of the licence, the penalty might be so severe that in many cases it would put the operator out of business, and that therefore it was better to leave it to the discretion of the licensing authority to revoke the licence in whole or in part.

Question, "That this House doth agree with the Lords in the said Amendment," put and agreed to.

Subsequent Lords Amendment in page 16, line 4, agreed to.