§ 9.39 p.m.
§ The ATTORNEY-GENERALI beg to move, in page 7, line 23, at the end, to insert:
Private premises' means premises to which the public have access (whether on payment or otherwise) only by permission of the owner, occupier, or lessee of the premises.This is a consequential Amendment, as the principle has already been discussed.
§ Sir S. CRIPPSMight we have an explanation of this Amendment? I do not think that it has been discussed. The next one has.
§ The ATTORNEY-GENERALThis definition is in connection with the Amendment moved by my right hon. Friend with regard to stewards. The hon. and learned Gentleman will see that the Clause with regard to the organisation of stewards refers to the preservation of order at any public meeting on any private premises. If you have a private meeting in a public place, different questions arise, and although they might not have been fully discussed, the Amendment is really consequential.
§ Amendment agreed to.
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Further Amendment made: In page 7, line 27, at the end, insert:
Recognised corps ' means a rifle club, miniature rifle club or cadet corps approved by a Secretary of State under the Firearms Acts, 1920 to 1936, for the purposes of those Acts."—[The Attorney-General.]
§ The ATTORNEY-GENERALI beg to move, in page 7, line 27, after the words last inserted, to insert:
(2) The powers conferred by this Act on the Attorney-General may, in the event of a vacancy in the office or in the event of the Attorney-General being unable to act owing to illness or absence, be exercised by the Solicitor-General.This is an Amendment which provides that in the absence of the Attorney-General, or because of a vacancy in that office, the Solicitor-General may act. There are precedents for a provision of this kind in a considerable number of Acts, and it is desirable that those precedents should be followed, especially where the presence of the Attorney-General is necessary at proceedings already started.
§ Amendment agreed to.