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Lords Amendment: In page 7, line 5, after "apply" insert:
in relation to any contract made before they come into force and".
§ Mr. WhitelawI beg to move, That this House doth agree with the Lords in the said Amendment.
This is a clarifying Amendment. Its purpose is to remove any possible doubt whether the notice provisions of the Bill are to apply to contracts already existing when the Bill comes into operation. Obviously, they must do so. We were advised, however, that there was a possibility that legal doubt could arise with the Bill as it left this House. The Amendment ensures that there can be no ambiguity on the point.
§ Question put and agreed to.