§ 8.27 p.m.
§ Sir J. GILMOURI beg to move, in page 4, line 16, after "and," to insert
The effect of the Amendment is that as soon as may be after the passing of the Act the licensing authority are required to fix dates for the hearing of applications for licences, and thereafter they may fix dates as they think fit.
§ Amendment agreed to.
§ 8.28 p.m.
§ Sir J. GILMOURI beg to move, in line 23, to leave out from "effect" to the end of line 24, and to insert:
on the first day of July, nineteen hundred and thirty-five.When the Bill was introduced, it was hoped that the Bill would come into operation soon enough to allow the calendar year to be operated, but it is clear, from representations which I have received from a good many of the authorities dealing with the matter, that they would prefer that the 1st July should be the date on which it should come into operation. That would give ample time for all arrangements to be made, and. it 747 would give reasonable opportunity for all the interests concerned to put their points of view, and in future the year will run from the 1st July to the end of June.
§ Amendment agreed to.
§ Sir J. GILMOURI beg to move, in page 4, line 28, to leave out "local authority of the district," and to insert: "council of the county district or metropolitan borough."
This is a drafting Amendment designed to make it less onerous on the part of those who have to deal with local authorities. The Amendment makes it clear that the only local authorities which should receive notice of application are those which can make representations, namely, the council of the county district in which the track is situated, or, in London, the metropolitan borough council.
§ Amendment agreed to.
§ Sir J. GILMOURI beg to move, in page 4, line 30, to leave out "a town," and to insert "any."
This also is a drafting Amendment, and it alters the responsible authority under a town planning scheme to the responsible authority under "any" town planning scheme.
§ Amendment agreed to.
§ Sir J. GILMOURI beg to move, in page 4, line 42, at the end, to insert:
() Every such notice as aforesaid given in respect of any track to the licensing authority shall, until the hearing of the application to which the notice relates, he kept by the licensing authority at their offices, so as to be available, at any time during office hours, for inspection by any member of the public free of charge.It has been represented to the Government that the requirements of this Subsection are not sufficient to enable interested persons to obtain information for the purpose of exercising their statutory right of Making representations to the licensing authority. This has been very carefully considered, and the Government think it may be desirable to provide further means for securing publicity, but that it ought to be sufficient if the same machinery is adopted for this purpose as is proposed in respect of applications for licences for existing tracks under Clause 7, Sub-section (3). The Amend- 748 ment accordingly proposes that notice of application for a licence given to a licensing authority should be deposited by that authority at its office and should be available for inspection by the public during office hours free of charge until this application is heard and determined. There would be no necessity for it to be kept after that period.
§ Amendment agreed to.
§ 8.33 p.m.
§ Sir J. GILMOURI beg to move, in page 5, line 6, to leave out "local authority of the district," and to insert:
council of the county district or metropolitan borough.This makes it clear which body should really make representations in respect of an application.
§ Amendment agreed to.
§ Further Amendment made: In line 10, after "any," insert "school or."—[Sir J. Gilmour.]