HC Deb 30 July 1956 vol 557 cc992-3

Lords Amendment: In page 27, line 9, leave out subsection (1) and insert: (1) Where, apart from subsection (9) of section seven of this Act, particulars would be required to be furnished to the Registrar under section nine of this Act in respect of any agreement or term of an agreement which relates to the supply of goods by export from the United Kingdom, the like particulars shall be furnished to the Board of Trade, and sections nine, thirteen, fifteen and sixteen of this Act shall apply accordingly as if for any reference in the said sections nine, thirteen and sixteen to the Registrar there were substituted a reference to the Board of Trade.

Mr. Walker-Smith

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

This Amendment has various purposes, all of which are either drafting or consequential in nature. Clause 29 (1) provides that agreements which contain provisions as to exports, and which are exempt from registration under the provision of Clause 7 (9) shall be notified to the Board of Trade. The first purpose of this Amendment is a merely drafting one. We think it expresses the intention in rather clearer form. The second purpose is consequential upon an Amendment to Clause 7, as a result of which, in cases where an association makes recommendations about both home and export matters, the recommendations about exports, which do not affect the home market, need not be registered, but will have to be notified to the Board of Trade. The third purpose is to remove an unnecessary reference to Clause 8, and the fourth purpose is to supply a necessary reference to Clause 16, which was previously omitted in error.