§ Mr. RentonI beg to move, in page 16, line 11, at the end to insert:
dwelling-house" means—Here, we propose to add to the interpretation Clause a definition of "dwelling-house". That has become necessary because of the new Clause which makes the Bill retrospective in relation to dwelling-houses. We have, therefore, to have a definition of 1429 "dwelling-house" and the definition we have used is broadly the same as that which occurs in the 1950 Act.
- (a) a rating unit used wholly or mainly for the purposes of a private dwelling;or
- (b) any such separately occupied part of a rating unit as is used wholly or mainly for the purposes of a private dwelling; or
- (c) such part of a rating unit which is used partly, but not wholly or mainly, for the purposes of a private dwelling as is used far those purposes; or
- (d) any such part (whether separately occupied or not) of a rating unit in Scotland entered in the valuation roll as agricultural lands and heritages within the meaning of the Rating and Valuation (Apportionment) Act, 1928, as is occupied wholly or mainly as a private dwelling.
§ Amendment agreed to.
§ Mr. RentonI beg to move, in page 16, line 34, at the end to insert
rating unit" means—Here, we are not adding anything to the Bill, but we are merely transferring the definition of "rating unit" from the Schedule where it now appears to the interpretation Clause where it will more appropriately appear, because in the definition of "dwelling-house" to which I have just referred "rating unit" comes into the context of the Bill itself for the first time. This, therefore, is purely a drafting Amendment.
- (a) in England and Wales, a hereditament which is separately valued for rating purposes;
- (b) in Scotland, lands and heritages within the meaning of the Lands Valuation (Stotland) Act, 1854, which are separately valued for rating purposes.
§ Amendment agreed to.
§ Mr. RentonI beg to move, in page 16, line 44, after "occur", to insert:
(a) in the case of damage such as is specified in paragraph (c) of subsection (1) of section one of this Act or damage consisting in an alteration et the level or gradient of property not otherwise damaged, at the time when the damage first affected the fitness of the damaged property for use for the purposes mentioned in subsection (2) of that section;(b) in any other case.This is another drafting Amendment which is consequential upon the Amendment to page 1, line 8, of Clause 1 which, as the House will remember, dealt with the inclusion in the definition of damage of the alteration to levels and drainage.
§ Amendment agreed to.