HC Deb 17 January 1967 vol 739 c345
Mr. John Mackie

I beg to move Amendment No. 75, in page 63, line 11, at the end to insert: (2) A person leaving any land which he has entered by virtue of the foregoing subsection shall, if the land is unoccupied or the occupier is temporarily absent, leave it as effectively secured against trespassers as he found it. As my hon. Friend the other Joint Parliamentary Secretary said in Standing Committee, I am sure that the board's officers when visiting land unattended will exercise every care and will leave the land as effectively secured as they found it on entering. However, the hon. Member for Edinburgh, West (Mr. Stodart) asked for this provision to be included in the Bill. I am happy to put forward this Amendment, which, I hope, will satisfy him. I am sure that he is very delighted.

Mr. Stodart

I am much obliged. We have "pinched" this, the right hon. Gentleman may remember, from the High, land Development Act.

Amendment agreed to.