HL Deb 07 June 1934 vol 92 cc923-5

Order of the Day for the House to be put into Committee read.

THE EARL OF CRAWFORD

My Lords, in moving that the House do now resolve itself into Committee, I should like to make one general observation. Three years ago your Lordships were good enough to give a great deal of attention to this Bill and in the process of Amendment it was made in Committee a thoroughly watertight measure. I fear, however, that in the text presented then there was an oversight in that the finance for running the council and committee was not provided during the first few months of its operation. This Bill, by universal consent of all those concerned in education and registration, makes that omission good. The Home Office have also pointed out to me that the drafting of Clause 3 is inadequate in so far as application to Ireland is concerned, and accordingly I shall submit two drafting Amendments in due course. I beg to move.

Moved, That the House do now resolve itself into Committee.—(The Earl of Crawford.)

On Question, Motion agreed to.

House in Committee accordingly:

[The EARL OF ONSLOW in the chair.]

Clause 1:

Amendment of s. 14 of principal Act.

1. Section fourteen of the principal Act (which relates to the provision of scholarships and maintenance grants) shall have effect, and shall be deemed always to have had effect, as if the words "from and after the first day of January nineteen hundred and thirty-five" were inserted after the words "in each calendar year."

THE EARL OF CRAWFORD

moved to leave out "from and after the first day of January nineteen hundred and thirty-five" and insert, "after the year nineteen hundred and thirty-four." The noble Earl said: This is the Amendment to which I referred. It authorises that half the amount of fee shall start on and from the first of January next.

Amendment moved— Page 1, line 9, leave out from ("words") to the end of line 10 and insert the said new words.—(The Earl of Crawford.)

On Question, Amendment agreed to.

Clause 1, as amended, agreed to.

Clause 2 agreed to.

Clause 3:

Short title and construction.

3.—(1) This Act may be cited as the Architects (Registration) Act, 1934.

(2) This Act shall be construed as one with the principal Act, and the principal Act and this Act may together be cited as the Architects (Registration) Acts, 1931 and 1934.

THE EARL OF CRAWFORD

moved to add to subsection (1) the words "and the principal Act and this Act may be cited together as the Architects (Registration) Acts, 1931 and 1934." The noble Earl said: This Amendment and the third Amendment on the Paper are drafting Amendments, making a more correct form of the application of the Bill to Northern Ireland.

Amendment moved— Page 1, line 15, at end insert the said words.—(The Earl of Crawford.)

On Question, Amendment agreed to.

Amendment moved—

Page 1, line 16, leave out subsection (2) and insert: ("(2) It is hereby declared that this Act extends to Northern Ireland, but, for the purposes of Section six of the Government of Ireland Act, 1920, this Act shall be deemed to be an Act passed before the appointed clay." —(The Earl of Crawford.)

On Question, Amendment agreed to.

Clause 3, as amended, agreed to.