§ Mr. TaverneI beg to move Amendment No. 6, in page 12, line 20, at end insert:
(6A) In the case of cupro-nickel coins of the denomination of fifty new pence issued for use before the appointed day as current coins of the denomination of ten shillings by virtue of section 2(4) of the Decimal Currency Act 1967, section 1 of the Coinage Act, 1946 (cupro-nickel coins to be legal tender for payments up to forty shillings) shall apply as if the reference to an amount not exceeding forty shillings were a reference to an amount not exceeding ten pounds.This Amendment is consequential on the new form of Clause 1. Under the new Clause 1, it was provided that the legal tender limit for the new 50 new pence piece should be £5 instead of £2. This Amendment simply provides that this should also apply from the moment that the new coin is introduced, which will be 14th October this year.
§ Amendment agreed to.