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Lords Amendment: In page 67, line 21, at end insert:
or which would be so recoverable but for the provisions of paragraph (i) of the proviso to that subsection;
§ The Lord AdvocateI beg to move, "That this House doth agree with the Lords in the said Amendment."
This Amendment is put down to remove an anomaly which would otherwise result from this part of the Bill. Subsection (7) of Clause 54 provides for the recovery from public authorities of any payments made under section 56 of the 1947 Act in respect of interests in land which they have acquired, but the proviso to the section inter alia excepts the cases specified in subsections (2) and (3) of the Clause. The present Amend- 1004 ment is necessary to prevent that exception from being nullified by the provisions of the present Clause, under which section 56 payments are to be recorded in the appropriate Register of Sasines and under subsection (2) are to be recoverable on development of the land. The effect of the amendment is that the excepted payments will not be recorded and will thus not be recoverable.
§ Question put, and agreed to. [Special Entry.]
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Lords Amendment: In page 67, line 38, after "Act" insert:
,except subsection (10) thereof".
§ The Lord AdvocateI beg to move, "That this House doth agree with the Lords in the said Amendment."
This is a purely drafting Amendment.
§ Mr. WoodburnI hope the Lord Advocate will cease using the words "purely drafting." All the trouble we are having here is because of impure drafting not pure drafting.
§ Lords Amendment: In page 68, line 1, leave out paragraph (b).
§ The Lord AdvocateI beg to move, "That this House doth agree with the Lords in the said Amendment."
The effect of this Amendment is to delete a provision where anyone developing land within 12 months of the coming into operation of the Bill would have become liable to repay any payment made under Section 56 of the 1947 Act which might subsequently be registered against the land.
§ Question put, and agreed to. [Special Entry.]