§ "(1) The Minister of Transport (in this section referred to as 'the Minister') may hold inquiries for the purposes of this Act or of the Road Traffic Act, 1930 (including appeals to him under either of those Acts) as if those purposes were purposes of the Ministry of Transport Act, 1919, and section twenty of that Act shall apply accordingly.
§ (2) Where any such inquiry is held, the Minister may make such order as to the payment of the costs incurred by him in connection with the inquiry (including such reasonable sum not exceeding five guineas a day as he may determine for the services of any officer engaged in the inquiry) by such party to the inquiry as he thinks fit, and the Minister may certify the amount or the costs so incurred, and any amount so certified and directed by the Minister to be paid by any person thall be recoverable from him either as a debt due to the Crown or by the Minister summarily as a civil debt.
§ (3) Section one hundred and fourteen of the Traffic Act, 1930, shall cease to have effect."
§ 5 p.m.
Mr. STANLEYI beg to move, "That this House doth agree with the Lords in the said Amendment."
The Amendment is intended to give me the same powers that I have under the Road Traffic Act to hold an inquiry, and if I hold an inquiry through an officer of my Department, such officer may make a charge for his expenses.
§ Question, "That this House doth agree with the Lords in the said Amendment," put, and agreed to.
1182§ Subsequent Lords Amendment, in page 45, line 1, agreed to.