HC Deb 17 February 1955 vol 537 c666
Mr. Head

I beg to move, in page 112, line 25, at the end, to add: (3) References in this section to an officer holding a commission include references to a person entitled to have a commission issued to him. The Amendment facilitates the position, especially in war, when a very considerable number of commissions are apt to be given in a short period of time. The Bill refers to an officer holding a commission, which within the law means an individual who has actually received the commission itself, that is the document. The Amendment makes it mean a person entitled to have a commission issued to him. That means that the Queen shall have signed the draft gazette gazetting that officer into the Forces. The Amendment is designed to cover the period of time between the Queen's signature and the issue of the actual document to the person concerned.

Question put and agreed to.

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

Clauses 206 to 208 ordered to stand part of the Bill.