HC Deb 01 October 1941 vol 374 c679
Major Milner

I beg to move, in page 15, line 36, to leave out Sub-section (3), and to add: (3) Rules made under paragraph (a) or paragraph (6) of Sub-section (1) of this Section shall not apply to—

  1. (a) a solicitor acting in the course of his employment as a public officer as defined by Section four of the Solicitors Act, 1933; or
  2. (b) a solicitor acting in the course of his employment in an office to which Section five of that Act applies; or
  3. (c) a solicitor in whole-time employment as an officer of a local authority as defined by Section six of that Act acting as such officer."
I apologise for the absence of the hon. Member for Gillingham (Sir R. Gower), in whose name this Amendment appears, who has sent me a message that he cannot be present. This Clause makes provision for the making of rules and the keeping of books. Obviously it should not apply to the categories of solicitors set out in the Amendment who hold public offices. The same classes have been excluded from similar obligations which have been laid down in previous Statutes.

Amendment agreed to.

Clause, as amended, ordered to stand part of the Bill.

Clauses 19 to 22 ordered to stand part of the Bill.