HL Deb 08 December 1925 vol 62 cc1221-2

Provisions of Explosives Act, 1875, incorporated with modifications.

Powers of inspectors.

4. A Government inspector shall have power to make such examination and inquiry as may be necessary to ascertain whether this Act is complied with, and for that purpose,—

  1. (1) he may enter, inspect, and examine at all reasonable times by day any licensed premises, and every part thereof, and any premises in which any petroleum is kept, or is reasonably supposed by him to be kept; and

LORD DESBOROUGH

My Lords, I have two Amendments to propose on behalf of the Home Office, and they will take very little time. The first Amendment is to move, after the first clause of the Second Schedule, which deals with "Regulations as to conveyance by road," to add: (2) All regulations made under this section shall be laid before each House of Parliament as soon as may be after they are made, and, if an Address is presented to His Majesty by either House of Parliament within the next subsequent forty days on which that House has sat next after any such regulation is laid before it, praying that the regulation may be annulled, it shall thenceforth be void, but without prejudice to the validity of anything previously done thereunder or to the making of any new regulation. This will give an opportunity, to those who feel aggrieved by any Regulations which may be proposed by the Minister, of seeing the Regulations and of making some representations with regard to them.

Amendment moved— Second Schedule, page 6, line 29, at end, insert the said new, paragraph (2).—(Lord Desborough.)

On Question, Amendment agreed to.

LORD DESBOROUGH moved, in paragraph (1) of Clause 4, to omit the words "is kept or is reasonably supposed," and to insert "spirit is kept, or is suspected" The noble Lord said: It is felt that the word "petroleum" is rather too wide, and so it is desired to add "spirit" and also the words "or is suspected."

Amendment moved— Second Schedule, page 8, line 44, leave out from ("petroleum") to ("by") in line 45, and insert ("spirit is kept, or is suspected").—(Lord Desborough.)

On Question, Amendment agreed to.

Second Schedule, as amended, agreed to.

Third Schedule agreed to.