HC Deb 23 July 1986 vol 102 cc513-4

Lords amendment: No. 6, after clause 10, insert the following new clause— . After paragraph 5 of Schedule 1 to the Agricultural Marketing Act 1958 (amendment and revocation of agricultural marketing schemes) there shall be inserted— 5A. — (1)Where the Minister considers it appropriate to do so he may

  1. (a) prepare a consolidation of any scheme as it has effect with amendments ("the amended scheme"); and
  2. (b) by order revoke the amended scheme and approve the consolidated scheme.
(2) An order made by virtue of this paragraph—
  1. (a) shall state that it is made only for the purposes of consolidation; and
  2. (b) may contain such transitional and consequential provision as the Minister considers necessary or expedient.".".

Mr. Gummer

I beg to move, That this House doth agree with the Lords in the said amendment.

Mr. Deputy Speaker

With this it will be convenient to discuss Lords amendment No. 50, Schedule 2, in page 26, line 5, at end insert— In section 2(15) of the Agricultural Marketing Act 1958 for the words "or revoked" there shall be substituted the words "revoked or consolidated".

Mr. Gummer

This amendment is put in at the request of the Joint Committee on Statutory Instruments. It enables consolidation to take place. In many senses, therefore, it is a technical amendment.

Question put and agreed to.

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