HL Deb 13 December 1926 vol 65 cc1553-5

Clause 8, page 7, line 15, leave out from ("shall") to the end of the clause and insert ("on summary conviction be liable in the case of a first offence, to a fine not exceeding five pounds and, in the case of a second or subsequent offence to a fine not exceeding ten pounds.")

Clause 9, page 7, line 22, after ("period") insert ("(not exceeding four months)")

Clause 11, page 8, line 14, at end insert ("or in the case of a joint appointment of one or more of the councils concurring in the appointment")

Clause 12, page 9, line 20, leave out from the first ("of") to ("take") in line 21, and insert ("this Act")

Clause 12, page 9, line 25, leave out ("result of an analysis of") and insert ("name of the seller or purchaser or owner of the article of which"), and after ("sample") insert ("is")

Clause 12, page 9, line 26, leave out from ("person") to the end of subsection (2).

Clause 12, page 9, line 44, at end insert:— ("(4) Where a sample of a parcel packed ready for retail sale which is of fourteen pounds weight or less and is exposed for sale by retail is taken under this section, the retailer may require the inspector to purchase the parcel on behalf of the local authority or of the Minister, as the case may be. (5) In the exercise at any railway station or upon any railway premises of the powers conferred upon him by this Act an inspector shall conform to such reasonable requirements of the railway company owning or using such station or premises as are necessary to prevent the working of the traffic thereat being obstructed or interfered with.")

Clause 13, page 10, line 27, leave out ("and") and insert ("or")

Clause 16, page 11, line 29, leave out from ("discloses") to ("any") in line 30.

Clause 16, page 11, line 32, after ("Act") insert ("except to parsons acting in the execution of this Act and so far as such information may be necessary for the execution thereof")

Clause 20, page 12, line 31, leave out from ("applies") to ("shall") in line 34.

Clause 20, page 12, line 37, after ("particulars") insert ("(except particulars which are not required to be contained in a statutory statement)")

Clause 20, page 12, line 37, at end insert ("or in respect of failure to include in the particulars marked or indicated by a mark or entered in a register or written on a label, any particulars which are required by this Act to be contained in the statutory statement")

Clause 20, page 12, line 38, leave out from the second ("of") to ("any") in line 40

Clause 20, page 13, line 4, leave out from the beginning to ("making") in line 5 and insert:— ("(2) Where proceedings under this Act are taken against a person in respect of causing or permitting any name, mark or particulars to be false, or for")

Clause 20, page 13, line 8, after ("Act") insert ("he shall not be liable to conviction.")

Clause 22, page 14, line 17, leave out ("either before or during the proceedings")

Clause 23, page 15, line 14, after ("shall") insert ("after consultation with such associations as appear to them to represent the interests concerned")

Clause 23, page 15, line 15, leave out from ("committee") to the end of subsection (2).

After Clause 23, page 15, line 29, at end insert as a new clause:

Exemption for sales under statutory authority and for sales by sheriffs and Bailiffs. (".This Act shall not apply to the sale of an article used as a fertiliser of the soil or as a food for cattle or poultry where the sale is in exercise of a statutory power to enforce a right or to satisfy a claim or lien, or where the sale is made by a sheriff, bailiff or other officer to satisfy a writ of execution, or warrant or decree of any Court, or a distress for rent or warrant of distress")

Clause 24, line 35, after ("and") insert ("that")

After Clause 25, page 16, line 38, at end insert as a new clause:

Application to City and Port of London. (".This Act shall apply to the Port of London and the City of London subject to the following modifications:—

  1. (a) The sanitary authority of the Port of London as regards the district of that authority and the Common Council of the City of London as regards the City of London shall, to the exclusion of any other council, perform and exercise the duties and powers by this Act imposed and conferred on councils of counties and county boroughs:
  2. (b) The expenses of the Port of London sanitary authority and the Common Council incurred in the execution of this Ant (including any expenditure incurred in the purchase of articles for the purpose of enforcing the provisions of this Act) shall be defrayed out of the general rate of the City of London.")

Clause 26, page 27, line 24, at end insert:— Provided that—

  1. (i) no proceedings shall be brought in respect of causing or permitting any name, mark or particulars (except particulars which are not required to be contained in a statutory statement) to be false or in respect of failure to include in the particulars marked or indicated by a snarls or entered in a register or written on a label any particulars which are required by this Act to be contained in the statutory statement or in respect of the presence in a feeding stuff of any deleterious ingredient until the part of the sample retained by the agricultural analyst has been analysed and a certificate of analysis given by the Government Chemist; and
  2. (ii) in any prosecution to which subsection (3) of section twenty of this Act applies there shall be served with the complaint a copy of any certificate of the agricultural analyst obtained on behalf of the prosecution.

Clause 28, page 18, line 33, leave out ("January") and insert ("July")

Moved, That this House doth agree with the Commons in the said Amendments.— (Lord Bledisloe.)

On Question, Motion agreed to.