HC Deb 27 July 1960 vol 627 cc1676-7

Lords Amendment: In page 17, line 38, after "reference" insert: in subsection (3) of section one, or in section eleven, of this Act".

The Joint Under-Secretary of State for Scotland (Mr. Gilmour Leburn)

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

This is merely a drafting Amendment. Paragraph (d) is needed to translate into Scottish legal terms the term "licence" in the sense it is used in Clauses 1 (3) and 11, but it is felt that there might be some ambiguity in other Clauses where the term "licence" is used in relation to a "site licence". The Amendment removes any possibility of confusion.

Question put and agreed to.

Subsequent Lords Amendment agreed to.

Lords Amendment: In page 18, leave out line 45 and insert: the following sections shall be omitted, that is to say, section (Power of rural district councils to prohibit caravans on commons), section twenty-seven and section twenty-eight.

Mr. Leburn

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

The main purpose of the Amendment is to disapply the new Clause B—Power of rural district councils to prohibit caravans on commons—

Mr. E. G. Willis (Edinburgh, East)

What does "disapply" mean?

Mr. Leburn

It means that it shall not in fact, apply to Scotland.

The purpose of the Amendment is to disapply new Clause B, which has been accepted for England and Wales. The commons to which the new Clause refers are peculiarly English, and the Amendment ensures that the Clause will not apply to Scotland. The remaining purpose of the Amendment is purely drafting, namely, to add Clause 28 to those that do not apply to Scotland.

Question put and agreed to.