| 5 | (1) The provisions of this and the next following section shall have effect for the purpose of ascertaining whether the prescribed statutory requirements relating to the construction and condition of motor vehicles or their accessories or equipment are complied with. |
| (2) The Minister may by regulations make provision for the examination of vehicles submitted for examination under this section and for the issue, where it is found on such an examination that the said requirements are complied with, of a certificate (hereinafter referred to as a "test certificate") that at the date of the examination the requirements were complied with in relation to the vehicle. | |
| 10 | (3) Examinations for the purposes of this section shall be carried out by persons, not being officers of the Minister, authorised for those purposes by the Minister (hereinafter referred to as "authorised examiners"), by inspectors appointed by the Minister, or by inspectors appointed by any council of a county, county borough or large burgh (within the meaning of the Local Government (Scotland) Act, 1947) designated by the Minister for the purposes of this section. |
| 15 | |
| 20 | (4) Where a test certificate is refused, the inspector or examiner shall issue a notification of the refusal stating the grounds thereof, and any person aggrieved by the refusal or the grounds thereof may appeal to the Minister; and on any such appeal the Minister shall cause a further examination to be made and either issue a test certificate or issue such a notification as aforesaid. |
| (5) For the purposes of their functions under this section the Minister or a council designated for the purposes of this section may provide and maintain— | |
| (a) stations where examinations under this section may be carried out, and | |
| (b) apparatus for carrying out such examinations. | |
| 25 | (6) The Minister may make regulations for the purpose of giving effect to the foregoing provisions of this section and for prescribing anything authorised by this section to be prescribed, and in particular as to— |
| (a) the authorisation of examiners, the imposition of conditions to be complied with by authorised examiners and the withdrawal of authorisations; | |
| 30 | (b) the manner in which, conditions under which, and apparatus with which examinations are carried out, the maintenance of that apparatus in an efficient state, and the inspection of premises at which and apparatus with which examinations are being, or are to be, carried out; |
| 35 | (c) the manner in which applications may be made for the examination of 35 vehicles under this section, the manner in which and,time within which appeals may be brought under subsection (4) of this section, the information to be supplied and documents to be produced on such an application. examination or appeal, the fees to be paid on such an application or appeal, and the repayment of the whole or a part of the fee paid on such an appeal where it appears to the Minister that there were substantial grounds for contesting the whole or part of the decision appealed against; |
| 40 | |
| 45 | (d) the form of, and particulars to be contained in, test certificates and notifications of the refusal thereof, and the supply by the Minister of forms for such certificates and notifications and the charges to be made for the supply thereof; |
| (e) the issue of duplicates of test certificates lost or defaced and the fee to be paid for the issue thereof; | |
| 50 | (f) the keeping by designated councils and authorised examiners of registers of test certificates in the prescribed form and containing the prescribed particulars, and the inspection of such registers by such persons and in such circumstances as may be prescribed; |
| (g) the keeping of records by designated councils and authorised examiners and the furnishing by them of returns and information to the Minister; | |
| 55 | and regulations under this section may make different provision in relation to different cases or classes of cases. |
| (7) If any person with intent to deceive falsely represents himself to be, or to be employed by, an authorised examiner he shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding one hundred pounds or imprisonment for a term net exceeding three months or both such fine and such imprisonment. |
§ This is a formal Amendment, required because the phrase "test certificate" is used in various other provisions imported into the Bill.
§ Amendment agreed to.
§ Clause, as amended, ordered to stand part of the Bill.
301| 60 | (8) Subsections (1), (3) and (4) of section one hundred and twelve of the Act of 1930 (which relate to forgery and other offences committed as respects certificates of insurance and other documents) shall apply to test certificates as they apply to certificates of insurance. |
| 65 | (9) The powers conferred by this section to make regulations shall be exercisable by statutory instrument subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.—[Mr. Watkinson] |
§ Brought up, and read the First and Second time.
§ Amendment proposed: In line 10, to leave out from "out" to "by" in line 12.—[Mr. G. R. Strauss.]
302§ Question put, That the words proposed to be left out stand part of the proposed Clause:—
§ The Committee divided: Ayes 216, Noes 171.
303| Division No. 196. | AYES | [6.8 p.m. |
| Agnew, Cmdr. P. G. | Fell, A. | Lucas, Sir Jocelyn (Portsmouth, S.) |
| Aitken, W. T. | Fleetwood-Hesketh, R. F. | Mackeson, Brig. Sir Harry |
| Allan, R. A. (Paddington, S.) | Foster, John | McKibbin, A. J. |
| Alport, C. J. M. | Fraser, Sir Ian (M'cmbe & Lonsdale) | Maclay, Rt. Hon. John |
| Amery, Julian (Preston, N.) | Freeth, D. K. | Maclean, Fitzroy (Lancaster) |
| Amory, Rt. Hn. Heathcoat (Tiverton) | Garner-Evans, E. H. | MacLeod, John (Ross & Cromarty) |
| Anstruther-Gray, Major W. J. | George, J. C. (Pollok) | Macpherson, Niall (Dumfries) |
| Arbuthnot, John | Gibson-Watt, D. | Maddan, Martin |
| Armstrong, C. W. | Glover, D. | Maitland, Hon. Patrick (Lanark) |
| Baldock, Lt.-Cmdr. J. M. | Godber, J. B. | Manningham-Buller, Rt. Hn. Sir R. |
| Baldwin, A. E. | Gower, H. R. | Markham, Major Sir Frank |
| Banks, Col. C. | Graham, Sir Fergus | Marlowe, A. A. H. |
| Barter, John | Grant-Ferris, Wg Cdr. R. (Nantwioh) | Marshall, Douglas |
| Baxter, Sir Beverley | Green, A. | Maude, Angus |
| Bell, Philip (Bolton, E.) | Gresham Cooke, R. | Maudling, Rt. Hon. R. |
| Bell, Ronald (Bucks, S.) | Grimston, Hon. John (St. Albans) | Medlicott, Sir Frank |
| Bennett, F. M. (Torquay) | Grimston, Sir Robert (Westbury) | Milligan, Rt. Hon. W. R. |
| Bennett, Dr. Reginald | Grosvenor, Lt.-Col. R. G. | Molson, A. H. E. |
| Bidgood, J. C. | Hall, John (Wycombe) | Moore, Sir Thomas |
| Biggs-Davison, J. A. | Harris, Frederic (Croydon, N.W.) | Nairn, D. L. S. |
| Birch, Rt. Hon. Nigel | Harrison, A. B. C. (Maldon) | Nicholson, Godfrey (Farnham) |
| Body, R. F. | Harrison, Col. J. H. (Eye) | Nicolson, N. (B'n'm'th, E. & Chr'ch) |
| Boothby, Sir Robert | Harvey, Air Cdre. A. V. (Macclesfd) | Nield, Basil (Chester) |
| Bowen, E. R. (Cardigan) | Harvey, John (Wa[...]thamstow, E.) | Noble, Comdr. A. H. P. |
| Boyd-Carpenter, Rt. Hon. J. A. | Harvie-Watt, Sir George | Nugent, G. R. H. |
| Boyle, Sir Edward | Heald, Rt. Hon. Sir Lionel | Nutting, Rt. Hon. Anthony |
| Braine, B. R. | Heath, Rt. Hon. E. R. C. | Oakshott, H. D. |
| Bromley-Davenport, Lt.-Col. W. H. | Hill, Rt. Hon. Charles (Luton) | O'Neill, Hn. Phelim (Co. Antrim, N.) |
| Brooke, Rt. Hon. Henry | Hill, John (S. Norfolk) | Orr, Capt. L. P. S. |
| Browne, J. Nixon (Craigton) | Hinchingbrooke, Viscount | Orr-Ewing, Charles Ian (Hendon, N.) |
| Bryan, P. | Hirst, Geoffrey | Page, R. G. |
| Buchan-Hepburn, Rt. Hon. P. G. T. | Holland-Martin, C. J. | Pannell, N. A. (Kirkdale) |
| Butcher, Sir Herbert | Howard, Hon. Greville (St. Ives) | Partridge, E. |
| Butler, Rt. Hn. R. A. (Saffron Walden) | Howard, John (Test) | Peyton, J. W. W. |
| Campbell, Sir David | Hudson, W. R. A. (Hull, N.) | Pickthorn, K. W. M. |
| Cary, Sir Robert | Hughes Hallett, Vice-Admiral [...]. | Pilkington, Capt. R. A. |
| Channon, H. | Hughes-Young, M. H. C. | Pitt, Miss E. M. |
| Chichester-Clark, R. | Hurd, A. R. | Pott, H. P. |
| Clarke, Brig. Terence (Portsmth, W.) | Hutchison, Sir Ian Clark (E'b'gh,W.) | Powell, J. Enoch |
| Conant, Maj. Sir Roger | Hyde, Montgomery | Prior-Palmer, Brig. O. L. |
| Corfield, Capt. F. V. | Hylton-Foster, sir H. B. H. | Raikes, Sir Victor |
| Craddock, Beresford (Spelthorne) | Iremonger, T. L. | Redmayne, M. |
| Crosthwaite-Eyre, Col. O. E. | Irvine, Bryant Cadman (Rye) | Rees-Davies, W. R. |
| Crouch, R. F. | Jennings, J. C. (Burton) | Remnant, Hon. P. |
| Cunningham, Knox | Johnson, Dr. Donald (Carlisle) | Renton, D. L. M. |
| Currie, G. B. H. | Johnson, Eric (Blackley) | Ridsdale, J. E. |
| Dance, J. C. G. | Joseph, Sir Keith | Robertson, Sir David |
| Davies, Rt. Hon. Clement (Montgomery) | Joynson-Hicks, Hon. Sir Lancelot | Robinson, Sir Roland (Blackpool, S.) |
| D'Avigdor-Goldsmid, Sir Henry | Kaberry, D. | Robson-Brown, W. |
| Deedes, W. F. | Keegan, D. | Roper, Sir Harold |
| Dodds-Parker, A. D. | Kerby, Capt. H. B. | Russell, R. S. |
| Donaldson, Cmdr. C. E. McA. | Kimball, M. | Schofield, Lt.-Col. W. |
| Doughty, C. J. A. | Kirk, P. M. | Scott-Miller, Cmdr. R. |
| Drayson, G. B. | Lagden, G. W. | Simon, J. E. S. (Middlesbrough, W.) |
| du Cann, E. D. L. | Lambton, Viscount | Smithers, Peter (Winchester) |
| Dugdale, Rt. Hn. Sir T. (Richmond) | Leavey, J. A. | Spearman, A. C. M. |
| Dun[...]an, Capt. J. A. L. | Leburn, W. G. | Spens, Rt. Hn. Sir P. (Kens'gt'n, S.) |
| Duthie, W. S. | Legge-Bourke, Ma[...]. E. A. H. | Stanley, Capt. Hon. Richard |
| Eccles, Rt. Hon. Sir David | Legh, Hon. Peter (Petersfield) | Stevens, Geoffrey |
| Eden, Rt. Hn. Sir A. (Warwick&L'm'tn) | Lindsay, Hon. James (Devon, N.) | Steward, Harold (Stockport, S.) |
| Eden, J. B. (Bournemouth, West) | Linstead, Sir H. N. | Steward, Sir William (Woolwich, W.) |
| Errington, Sir Eric | Lloyd, Maj. Sir Guy (Renfrew, E.) | Stoddart-Scott, Col. M. |
| Erroll, F. J. | Lloyd, Rt. Hon. Selwyn (Wirral) | Studholme, H. G. |
| Farey-Jones, F. W. | Lloyd-George, Maj. Rt. Hon. G. | Summers, G. S. (Aylesbury) |
| Sumner, W. D. M. (Orpington) | Touche, Sir Gordon | Watkinson, Rt. Hon. Harold |
| Taylor, William (Bradford, N.) | Turton, Rt. Hon. R. H. | Whitelaw, W. S. I. (Penrith & Border) |
| Teeling, W. | Tweedsmuir, Lady | Williams, Paul (Sunderland, S.) |
| Thomas, Leslie (Canterbury) | Vane, W. M. F. | Wood, Hon. R. |
| Thompson, Kenneth (Walton) | Vaughan-Morgan, J. K. | Woollam, John Victor |
| Thompson, Lt.-Cdr. R. (Croydon, S.) | Wade, D. W. | Yates, William (The Wrekin) |
| Thornton-Kemsley, C. N. | Wakefield, Edward (Derbyshire, W.) | |
| Tiley, A. (Bradford, W.) | Walker-Smith, D. C. | TELLERS FOR THE AYES |
| Tilney, John (Wavertree) | Wall, Major Patrick | Mr. Wills and Mr. Barber. |
| NOES | ||
| Allaun, Frank (Salford, E.) | Henderson, Rt. Hn. A. (Rwly Regis) | Paton, John |
| Allen, Arthur (Bosworth) | Herbison, Miss M. | Pearson, A. |
| Anderson, Frank | Holmes, Horace | Price, J. T. (Westhoughton) |
| Awbery, S. S. | Houghton, Douglas | Price, Philips (Gloucestershire, W.) |
| Bacon, Miss Alice | Hoy, J. H. | Probert, A. R. |
| Balfour, A. | Hubbard, T. F. | Proctor, W. T. |
| Bence, C. R. (Dunbartonshire, E.) | Hughes, Cledwyn (Anglesey) | Pryde, D. J. |
| Benson, G. | Hughes, Hector (Aberdeen, N.) | Rankin, John |
| Beswick, F. | Hunter, A. E. | Redhead, E. C. |
| Bevan, Rt. Hon. A. (Ebbw Vale) | Hynd, H. (Accrington) | Reeves, J. |
| Blackburn, F. | Irvine, A. J. (Edge Hill) | Reid, William |
| Boardman, H. | Irving, S. (Dartford) | Roberts, Albert (Normanton) |
| Bowden, H. W. (Leicester, S.W.) | Janner, B. | Roberts, Goronwy (Caernarvon) |
| Brockway, A. F. | Jeger, George (Goole) | Robinson, Kenneth (St. Pancras, N.) |
| Broughton, Dr. A. D. D. | Johnson, James (Rugby) | Ross, William |
| Brown, Thomas (Ince) | Jones, David (The Hartlepools) | Royle, C. |
| Burke, W. A. | Jones, Elwyn (W. Ham, S.) | Shinwell, Rt. Hon. E. |
| Burton, Miss F. E. | Jones, J. Idwal (Wrexham) | Short, E. W. |
| Butler, Herbert (Hackney, C.) | Jones, T. W. (Merioneth) | Silverman, Julius (Aston) |
| Butler, Mrs. Joyce (Wood Green) | Key, Rt. Hon. C. W. | Silverman, Sydney (Nelson) |
| Champion, A. J. | King, Dr. H. M. | Skeffington, A. M. |
| Clunie, J. | Lawson, G. M. | Slater, Mrs. H. (Stoke, N.) |
| Coldrick, W. | Ledger, R. J. | Smith, Ellis (Stoke, S.) |
| Collick, P. H. (Birkenhead) | Lee, Miss Jennie (Cannock) | Snow, J. W. |
| Corbet, Mrs. Freda | Lever, Leslie (Ardwick) | Sorensen, R. W. |
| Cove, W. G. | Lipton, Lt.-Col. M. | Sparks, J. A. |
| Craddock, George (Bradford, S.) | Logan, D. G. | Stewart, Michael (Fulham) |
| Cronin, J. D. | MacColl, J. E. | Strachey, Rt. Hon. J. |
| Crossman, R. H. S. | McGhee, H. G. | Strauss, Rt. Hon. George (Vauxhall) |
| Cullen, Mrs. A. | McInnes, J. | Summerskill, Rt. Hon. E. |
| Dalton, Rt. Hon. H. | McKay, John (Wallsend) | Sylvester, G. O. |
| Darling, George (Hillsborough) | McLeavy, Frank | Taylor, Bernard (Mansfield) |
| Davies, Ernest (Enfield, E.) | MacPherson, Malcolm (Stirling) | Taylor, John (West Lothian) |
| Delargy, H. J. | Mahon, Simon | Thomas, Iorwerth (Rhondda, W.) |
| Dodds, N. N. | Mallalieu, E. L. (Brigg) | Thomson, George (Dundee, E.) |
| Dugdale, Rt. Hn. John (W. Brmwch) | Mann, Mrs. Jean | Thornton, E. |
| Dye, S. | Marquand, Rt. Hon. H. A. | Timmons, J. |
| Ede, Rt. Hon. J. C. | Mason, Roy | Tomney, F. |
| Edwards, Rt. Hon. John (Brighouse) | Mellish, R. J. | Viant, S. P. |
| Evans, Albert (Islington, S.W.) | Messer, Sir P. | Warbey, W. N. |
| Evans, Edward (Lowestoft) | Mitchison, G. R. | Weitzman, D. |
| Fernyhough, E. | Moody, A. S. | Wells, Percy (Faversham) |
| Finch, H. J. | Morris, Percy (Swansea, W.) | West, D. G. |
| Forman, J. C. | Morrison, Rt. Hn. Herbert (Lewis'm,S.) | Wheeldon, W. E. |
| Fraser, Thomas (Hamilton) | Mort, D. L. | White, Mrs. Eirene (E. Flint) |
| Gaitskell, Rt. Hon. H. T. N. | Moyle, A. | White, Henry (Derbyshire, N.E.) |
| Gibson, C. W. | MuIley, F. W. | Wigg, George |
| Gooch, E. C. | Neal, Harold (Bolsover) | Willey, Frederick |
| Gordon Walker, Rt. Hon. P. C. | Noel-Baker, Francis (Swindon) | Williams, David (Neath) |
| Oliver, G. H. | Williams, W. R. (Openshaw) | |
| Greenwood, Anthony | Orbach, M. | Willis, Eustace (Edinburgh, E.) |
| Grenfell, Rt. Hon. D. R. | Oswald, T. | Wilson, Rt. Hon. Harold (Huyton) |
| Grey, C. F. | Paling, Rt. Hon. W. (Dearne Valley) | Winterbottom, Richard |
| Griffiths, Rt. Hon. James (Llanelly) | Paling, Will T. (Dewsbury) | Woodburn, Rt. Hon. A. |
| Hall, Rt. Hn. Glenvil (Colne Valley) | Palmer, A. M. F. | Younger, Rt. Hon. K. |
| Hamilton, W. W. | Pargiter, G. A. | Zil[...]lacus, K. |
| Hannan, W. | Parker, J. | |
| Hayman, F. H. | Parkin, B. T. | TELLERS FOR THE NOES: |
| Mr. Deer and Mr. Simmons. |
Question put and agreed to.
§ Clause added to the Bill.