HL Deb 09 December 1927 vol 69 cc766-7

Amendments reported (according to Order).

Clause 6:

Registration of Films.

(4) An application shall not be a valid application unless the film has been trade shown, nor if more than fourteen days have elapsed since it was trade shown:

Provided that— (a) a provisional application may be made before a film has been trade shown, and in such case on the film being trade shown within six weeks after the lodging of the provisional application, the provisional application shall become a valid application;

VISCOUNT PEEL moved, in proviso (a) of subsection (4), after the word "shall," to insert "as from the date of the trade show." The noble Viscount said: My Lords, I have five Amendments on the Paper, and they are really all drafting Amendments. The first is the most important, because it is designed to make it quite clear that the application for registration only becomes valid as from the date of the trade show, so as to prevent any booking before the trade show, and make any blind booking impossible.

Amendment moved— Page 4, line 27, after ("shall") insert ("as from the date of the trade show").—(Viscount Peel.)

Clause 21 [Returns and records]:

Amendment moved— Page 13, lines 18 and 19, leave out ("as provided for in the following section").—(Viscount Peel.)

Clause 23 [Examination of returns]:

Amendment moved— Page 14, line 18, after ("were") insert ("reasons").—(Viscount Peel.)

Clause 24 [Proceedings for failure to comply with provisions as to quotas]:

Amendments moved—

Page 14, line 36, after ("deliberate") insert ("and")

Page 15, line 11, after ("deliberate") insert ("and").—(Viscount Peel.)