HC Deb 14 November 1939 vol 353 cc605-6

Lords Amendment: In page 12, line 35. at the end, insert: (4) An Order made by the Board of Trade in exercise of the power conferred on them by the First Schedule to this Act to specify matters to which regard is to be had in fixing the permitted increase may provide that this Act shall have effect in relation to transactions effected before the coming into operation of the Order, in like manner as if that matter had been specified in the said Schedule as originally enacted.

5.8 p.m.

The Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Trade (Major Lloyd George)

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

This Amendment should be taken in conjunction with an Amendment in page 15, line 24, to delete certain words. The object of the Amendment is to give the Board of Trade power to make retrospective the effect of any Orders made under the First Schedule to add to that Schedule additional matters which are to be regarded in arriving at the permitted price. The words omitted are the last words in the First Schedule, and the Amendment must be taken in conjunction with this Amendment.

Question put, and agreed to.

Lords Amendment: In page 12, line 39, after "court" insert or on an appeal under this Act to the referee.

5.9 p.m.

The Solicitor-General

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

This is an Amendment to prevent the power of the Board of Trade to make regulations from overlapping the power possessed by my Noble Friend the Lord Chancellor to make rules governing proceedings on appeal to the referee. That is, in fact, an appeal to an order made by the Board of Trade, and there is power on the part of the Lord Chancellor to make these regulations.

Question put, and agreed to.