CONSEQUENCES OF USE AS DWELLING-HOUSE OF PROPERTY SUBJECT TO LONG LEASE (Hansard, 17 December 1973)

§ The Lord Advocate
I beg to move Amendment No. 15, in page 5, line 30, after 'lease', insert

§ Mr. Deputy Speaker
With this we can also discuss Amendments No. 16 and No. 18.

§ The Lord Advocate
Although these amendments may not be strictly, necessary the view was that they would make the provisions more clear, particularly if any of these clauses were taken out of context. This is exactly the point that the hon. Member for Coatbridge and Airdrie (Mr. Dempsey) was making. We want to make clear what the provisions of a Public General Statute are. If hon. Members will look at Clause 6(1) they will see spelled out there in the clearest possible terms—and this is the basic provision of Part II—what are the limitations on long leases for residential use. It says: It shall be a condition of every long lease executed after the commencement of this Act. These three amendments, one relating to Clause 7 and the others to Clause 8, are meant to spell out in the clearest possible terms that the provisions relate only to arrangements made after the commencement of this Act. Although they may not be strictly necessary and the provisions would be judicially interpreted in the way we intend them to be, it is desirable that we should spell matters out in these clauses in the interests, for example of the hon. Member for Coatbridge and Airdrie and the kind of point he made.