HC Deb 23 March 1971 vol 814 c434

Amendment proposed: No. 98, in page 98, line 1, leave out 'and no employers' association shall be ' and insert: 'shall after the commencement of this Act, and no employers' association shall after being registered as an employers' association under this Act, become'.—[Mr. Dudley Smith.]

Question put, That the Amendment be made:—

The House divided: Ayes 252, Noes 146.

[For Division List 328 see col. 821.]

Amendment proposed: No. 99, in page 98, line 6, leave out ' under any of those Acts ' and insert: 'of an organisation of workers as a company under the Companies Act 1948, where the registration was effected before the commencement of this Act—,

  1. (a) shall become void at the end of the period of six months beginning with the date on which section (Application for entry in special register) of this Act comes into operation, unless before the end of that period the organisation makes an application for entry in the special register, and
  2. (b) if such an application is so made, shall become void if on that application entry in the special register is refused.

(3) Except in the case of registration of an organisation of workers as a company under the Companies Act 1948, any registration under any of the Acts specified in subsection (I) of this section'.—[Mr. R. Carr.]

Question put, That the Amendment be made:—

The House divided: Ayes 261, Noes 147.

[For Division List 329 see col. 825.]

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