§ SUPPLEMENTAL PROVISIONS
§ Lords Amendment: No. 16, page 27, line 13, leave out "or modify" and insert "any of".
§ Mr. Patrick JenkinI beg to move, That this House doth agree with the Lords in the said amendment.
My hon. and learned Friend the Member for Buckinghamshire, South (Mr. Ronald Bell), who has apologised to me for his inability to be present tonight, moved on Report an amendment which seemed to me to be a good one, and I promised to look at it further.
The question is whether an order made under paragraph 2 (2) of the schedule could modify the provisions of sub-paragraph (1) so as to reduce the rights of the subject. It seemed to me that the use of the word "modify" could have that result, and that was not our intention. Therefore, in another place an amendment was moved to take out "or modify" and put in "any of" instead. An order can now only exclude provisions and thus alleviate the burden. It cannot modify a provisions so as to make the burden on the citizen heavier. I think that would be in accordance with the wishes of the House.
§ Question put and agreed to.
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Lords Amendment: No. 17, page 27, line 16, leave out sub-paragraphs (1) and (2) and insert:
(1) The Minister may by order made at any time during a period when Part II of this Act is in force prescribe the degree to which anything made illegal by any order or notice made or given under Part II during that period, or anything otherwise affected by any such provision, is to be valid or invalid either during that period or later.
§ Mr. Patrick JenkinI beg to move, That this House doth agree with the Lords in the said amendment.
619 This is another point raised by my hon. Friend the Member for Buckinghamshire, South (Mr. Ronald Bell) on Report. It relates to the extent to which an order, which is made to affect a period when Part II of the Bill is in operation, could continue in operation after Part II has come to an end.
As the Bill was drafted, it looked as if an order might be made after the end of the period to affect the period when Part II was in operation. That again was not our intention. The amendment makes it clear that the sole purpose of this provision is to make sure that an order made during Part II shall nevertheless continue to affect the period when Part II is in operation even though that period has come to an end.
§ Question put and agreed to.
§ Subsequent Lords Amendments agreed to.
§ ADJOURNMENT
§ Motion made, and Question proposed, That this House do now adjourn.— [Mr. Gray.]