HC Deb 29 July 1958 vol 592 cc1215-7

Lords Amendment: In page 97, line 36, leave out from "garden" to end of line 39.

Sir I. Horobin

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

This is a technical Amendment to protect the rights of a person who is occupying an allotment used wholly or mainly for agriculture carried on by way of a trade or business. It is to the advantage of the holder of the allotment that he should be so included.

Question put and agreed to.

Subsequent Lords Amendment agreed to: In page 98, line 12, after "Board" insert "to the tenant".

Lords Amendment: in line 47, after "four" insert or section five".

Sir I. Horobin

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

This Amendment extends the provision which provides compensation for losses on forced sales to allotments which are not allotment gardens. Under the Bill as drafted only an allotment garden attracts compensation. This is obviously a fair Amendment.

Question put and agreed to.

Subsequent Lords Amendments agreed to: In page 99, leave out lines 18 to 20 and insert: in respect of a forced sale shall accrue due on the effective date of the sale, or, if that date was before the operative date of the order, shall be treated as having accrued due on the effective date of the sale".

In line 24, at end insert: and 'effective date' in this paragraph has the same meaning as in that section".

Lords Amendment: In page 100, line 4, leave out "section" and insert "sections twenty-two and".

Sir I. Horobin

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

This and the next four Amendments are drafting Amendments designed to avoid double payment.

Question put and agreed to.

Subsequent Lords Amendments agreed to: In line 5, at end insert: (2) The said section twenty-two shall apply in relation to the holding as if any reference in that section to the condition in which land was immediately before the date of entry were a reference to the condition in which the land in question would have been, immediately before the date of entry, if the matters qualifying for compensation had not existed.

In line 13, leave out "the last preceding sub-paragraph "and insert" this paragraph".

In line 40, after "four" insert "or section five".

In line 43, after "two" insert "or section four".