§ Clause 98, page 106, line 8, leave out from ("for") to end of line 9, and insert ("determination, and such reference shall be deemed to be an arbitration within the meaning of the Arbitration Acts, 1889 to 1934, and the provisions of those Acts relating to statutory arbitration shall apply to such reference and determination").
§ The Commons disagreed to this Amendment but proposed the following Amendments in lieu thereof:
§ Page 106, line 8, after ("Service") insert ("after consultation with the Lord Chancellor or, where the proceedings are to be held in Scotland, after consultation with the Secretary of State").
§ Page 111, line 5, after Clause 103, insert the following new clause:—
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Arbitration Acts do not apply to proceedings before referees or boards of referees.
("Nothing in the Arbitration Acts, 1889 to 1934, shall be construed as applying to any proceedings before a referee or board of referees appointed under this Part of this Act by the Minister of Labour and National Service after consultation with the Lord Chancellor or, where the proceedings are held in Scotland, after consultation with the Secretary of State.")
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§ VISCOUNT ADDISONMy Lords, this is in order to clear the way for the compromise Amendment upon which we agreed, and which I propose to move. With regard to this, I beg to move that the House do not insist on the Amendment.
§ Moved, That this House do not insist on the Amendment to which the Commons have disagreed.—(Viscount Addison.)
§ VISCOUNT ADDISON moved, That this, House do agree to the first Amendment proposed by the Commons in lieu thereof. The noble Viscount said: My Lords, I beg to move that this House agree with the Amendments printed in italics. I should say, with regard to the second one, that unnecessary words have been introduced. It should end with the words, "Minister of Labour and National Service," because consultation with the Lord Chancellor, as provided elsewhere in the Arbitration Acts, does not apply to Scotland. Therefore the words are unnecessary. I beg to move that the House do agree with the first Amendment.
§ Moved, That this House do agree with the Commons in the said Amendment.—(Viscount Addison.)
§ VISCOUNT ADDISONI beg to move that this House do agree with the Commons in the second Amendment with the proposed Amendment."
§ Moved, That this House do agree to the Amendment proposed by the Commons in lieu thereof with the following Amendment:
§ In the new clause proposed to be inserted after Clause 103, leave out from ("Service") to the end of the clause.—(Viscount Addison.)