HL Deb 15 November 1934 vol 94 cc473-4

Clause 7, page 7, line 8, leave out from ("track,") to ("shall,") in line 10, and insert ("made on any such date fixed by the licensing authority under subsection (1) of Section five of this Act as falls before the first day of July, nineteen hundred and thirty-five")

Clause 7, page 7, line 12, leave out from beginning to ("delivered,") in line 24, and insert: ("(a) at least two months before the application is made the applicant— (i) has")

Clause 7, page 7, line 26, after ("police,") insert ("a written notice describing the situation of the track and stating that ho intends to make application on that date claiming the grant of the licence by virtue of this section, and also")

Clause 7, page 7, line 35, at end, insert: ("(ii) has published the said notice and a copy of the said declaration in at least two newspapers circulating in the locality in which the track is situate; and").

THE MARQUESS OF LONDONDERRY

My Lords, the next four Amendments I shall venture to take together. The first Amendment gives effect to the proposal that the system of licensing should come into effect on the 1st July, 1935. The effect of the other three Amendments, briefly, is to simplify the procedure. under Clause 7 by substituting for the proposals in the Bill the simple requirements that an applicant for a licence in respect of an existing track must first of all give notice to the licensing authority and to the Police of his intention to apply for a licence; secondly, show that he is entitled to benefit by the special procedure prescribed for existing tracks; and thirdly, he must advertise his intention to apply for a licence, so as to enable his statements to be checked.

Moved, That this House doth agree with the Commons in the said Amendments.—(The Marquess of Londonderry.)

On Question, Motion agreed to.