HL Deb 23 July 1936 vol 102 cc196-8

First Schedule, page 16, line 4, leave out paragraph 1, and insert: ("1. Notice of an appeal or application, signed by the appellant or applicant or by his agent on his behalf and stating the general grounds of the appeal or application, shall be given by him to the clerk of the peace and also—

  1. (a) in the case of an appeal, to the chief officer of police by whose decision the appellant is aggrieved, and
  2. (b) in the case of an application, to the chief officer of police for the area in which the applicant resides.
2. A notice of an appeal shall be given within twenty-one days after the date on which the appellant has received notice of the decision of the chief officer of police by which he is aggrieved. 3. On receiving notice of an appeal or application, the clerk of the peace shall enter the appeal or application and give notice to the appellant or applicant, and to the chief officer of police to whom the notice of the appeal or application is required by paragraph 1 of this Schedule to be given, of the date, time, and place fixed for the hearing: Provided that, in the case of an application, the date fixed for the hearing shall not be less than twenty-one clear days after the date when the clerk of the peace received the notice of the application.")

page 16, line 20, leave out ("in person or by a representative")

page 16, line 24, at end insert: ("7. On the hearing of an appeal the court may either dismiss the appeal or give the chief officer of police such directions as the court think fit as respects the certificate or register which is the subject of the appeal.")

page 10, line 27, leave out ("thinks") and insert ("think")

line 28, at end insert ("and any costs ordered to be paid by the court may be recovered summarily as a civil debt and shall not be recoverable in any other manner")

page 16, line 41, at end insert: ("and the said Sections seven and eight, and the provisions of the Municipal Corporations Act, 1832, as amended by the said Section seven shall apply to the appeal or application accordingly as they apply to an appeal from a decision of a court of summary jurisdiction.")

THE EARL OF FEVERSHAM

My Lords, with your Lordships' permission I should like to take the six Amendments to the First Schedule together. They are to a large extent drafting Amendments since it has been thought necessary to set out in the Schedules in greater detail the procedure in connection with appeals or applications to Quarter Sessions. I beg to move that the Amendments be agreed to.

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

On Question, Motion agreed to.