HC Deb 08 July 1960 vol 626 cc926-7

Lords Amendment: In page 3, line 32, at beginning insert: Subject to the provisions of this section.

2.20 p.m.

Mr. Richard Marsh (Greenwich)

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

This is purely a drafting Amendment and is, I think, agreed on both sides of the House.

Question put and agreed to.

Lords Amendment: In page 3, line 40, at end insert: (1A) No report need be sent under this section of an accident of which notice is required to be sent to the inspector for the district under section sixty-four of the Factories Act, 1937, and a report under this section of an accident in an office which is within the close, curtilage or precincts of premises constituting a factory as defined in that Act shall be sent to the said inspector, and not to the local authority. (1B) No report need be sent under this section of an accident in an office to which section one hundred and sixteen of the Mines and Quarries Act, 1954 (which requires the notification of accidents in mines and quarries) applies.

Mr. Marsh

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

The effect of the Amendment moved in another place appears to be that there shall be two reports of an accident occurring in an office situate within the curtilage of a factory. This Amendment is designed, in the first part, merely to avoid reporting the same accident twice.

I turn to the second part of the Amendment. Accidents are already notified to the Minister of Power when occurring in places which come under the Mines and Quarries Act, 1954, under Sections 116 and 138 of the Act. Both parts of the Amendment are designed to avoid duplication in reporting the same accident.

Question put and agreed to.