HC Deb 24 October 1967 vol 751 c1624

Lords Amendment No. 47: In page 63, line 21, leave out "that ground is established" and insert "the property is so required".

Mr. MacDermot

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

This Amendment is consequential on the one that we discussed a moment ago replacing the word "shortly" by "in ten years or less".

Now that the certificate is merely going to say that the property will be needed in 10 years or less, subsection (2) of Clause 39 goes too far in making it conclusive evidence that the property is needed for redevelopment so soon that the court ought to make an order for possession. The effect of this Amendment is to make the certificate conclusive only of what it actually says, leaving the body to prove to the court that it is actually ready to start operations.

Question put and agreed to.