HC Deb 07 July 1947 vol 439 cc1984-5
Mr. Buchanan

I beg to move, in page 1ll, line 22, at the end, to insert: other than an enactment specified in Part 1 of the Ninth Schedule to this Act. This Amendment goes together with the succeeding Amendments in lines 24 and 36. Clause 106 at present provides that in the case of any provision in the 1945 Act, other than a provision in Part II which deals with the 1939 standard as applied by any other enactment, that provision shall continue to apply as at present notwithstanding the fact that they may have been repealed. This provision is included in the Clause because large sections of the 1945 Act are included in the New Towns Act. Without Clause 106 it would have been necessary practically to re-write that Schedule in view of the numerous amendments made in the 1945 Act by the present Bill and the repeal of a large number of them.

Amendment agreed to.

Mr. Buchanan

I beg to move, in page in, line 24, to leave out "any other enactment," and to insert: the New Towns Act, 1946, but without prejudice to any amendment of the last mentioned Act effected by this Act. This is a drafting Amendment. Notwithstanding the repeal or amendment of the 1945 Bill, the provisions of Parts I and III of the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act, 1945, will remain unaltered for the purpose of the New Towns Act, 1946. The present Clause substitutes specific reference to the New Towns Act.

Amendment agreed to.

Mr. Buchanan

I beg to move, in page in, line 36, at the end, to add: (6) In accordance with the foregoing provisions of this section the Act of 1945 shall have effect on and after the appointed day as set out in the Eleventh Schedule to this Act. I think it will be recalled by hon. Members opposite that the provisions of the 1945 Act were produced in a modified form and printed as a White Paper. For the convenience of hon. Members, it has now been decided to set out any repealed provisions of the 1945 Act as applied to the Bill in a new Schedule to the Bill. It is really for the purpose of allowing the people who have to administer this Act to know, instead of having to go searching through other Acts to which reference is made in this Measure. Therefore, I am sure that on this occasion whatever the word "curtilage" may mean in law, it is good law as regards the ordinary people who have to administer the Bill from day to day.

Mr. J. S. C. Reid

I think the hon. Gentleman deserves credit for the course he has taken in this respect. I shall have a few words to say about this new Schedule when we come to it, but the principle, I am sure, is good, and will be appreciated.

Amendment agreed to.