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Lords Amendment: No. 15, in page 3, line 8, leave out
or to offer for sale or to sell".
§ Mr. Deputy SpeakerWith this, it will be convenient to consider the following Lords Amendments:
§ No. 16, in page 3, line 13, leave out "or to offer for sale or to sell".
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No. 17, in page 3, line 15, at end insert—
(bb) for any of the purposes mentioned in paragraphs (a) and (b) of this subsection to offer for sale or to sell or to have in his possession for sale any number of speci-
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fied live or dead creatures the sale, offering for sale or possession of which for sale would otherwise be an offence under section 2 of this Act;".
§ Lords Amendment No. 19, in page 3, line 32, after "(b)", insert "(bb)".
§ Mr. HardyHon. Members will remember that on Report in this House we made an amendment to cover a loophole in the sale provision in Clause 2. It resulted in the expression
live or dead creature of a species specified in Schedule 1 to this Actbeing inserted instead of the phrase "protected wild creature". The amendments in another place made corresponding alterations to the licensing provision in Clause 8, so that Lords Amendment No. 15 is an extremely appropriate one.Lords Amendment No. 17, which also amends Clause 8, achieves this same effect by introducing a new paragraph which refers to the licensing of a sale.
Lords Amendments Nos. 15 and 16 are consequential amendments as a result of Lords Amendment No. 17. They delete references to "sale" from Clause 8 (1)(a) and (b) which refer only to licences to cover the offences of killing, taking and possession in one's home.
Lords Amendment No. 19 also amends Clause 8. This makes a consequential amendment to the designation of licensing authorities.
I am sure that no hon. Member will object to these sensible if rather technical amendments. I hope that the House will accept them.
§ Question put and agreed.
§ Subsequent Lords amendments agreed to.
§ Lords Amendment: No. 20, in page 3, line 42, leave out "or body".
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§ Mr. HardyI beg to move, That this House doth agree with the Lords in the said amendment.
This is not a very important amendment. It merely removes the words "or body" from Clause 8(4). The term "body" is not used elsewhere in the Bill, and its presence seems to be rather superfluous. I see no reason why this amendment should not be accepted. Their Lordships were wise to propose it.
§ Question put and agreed to.
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Lords Amendment: No. 21, in page 4, line 5, leave out "imposed on the grant of a licence" and insert:
specified in a licence granted".
§ Mr. HardyI beg to move, That this House doth agree with the Lords in the said amendment.
It may be that this improves the language of the Bill, which is a matter which was considered in the House at an earlier stage. It is not a very important amendment but it brings the drafting of the Bill into line with that which is used earlier in the same clause. I hope that the House will approve of the change of language.
§ Question put and agreed to.