§ [The references are to Bill No. 38, as first printed by the Commons.]
§ Clause 1, page 1, line 12, leave out ("the port of London or")
§ Clause 1, page 1, line 16, leave out from ("the") to ("the") in line 17 and insert I" council of any county")
§ Clause 3, page 2, line 27, leave out ("premises") and insert ("land")
§ Clause 3, page 2, line 29. leave out ("premises") and insert ("land")
§ Clause 3, page 2, line 32, leave out ("premises") and insert ("land")
§ Clause 4, page 2, line 41, after ("If") insert ("in the case of any land")
§ Clause 4, page 2, line 43, leave out from ("that") to ("they") in page 3, line 1, and insert ("steps should be taken for the destruction of rats or mice on the land or otherwise for keeping the land free from rats and mice")
§ Clause 4, page 3, line 3, at end, insert ("for the purpose aforesaid")
§ Clause 4, page 3, line 4, leave out from ("specified") to second ("and") in line 6.
§ Clause 12, page 7, line 15, leave out from ("require") to end of line 17, and insert ("cause a local inquiry to be held; and the provisions of subsections (2) to (5) of section two hundred and ninety of the Local Government Act, 1933 (which relate to the giving of 521 evidence at, and defraying the cost of, local inquiries), shall have effect with respect to any such inquiry as if the Minister were a department for the purposes of that section.")
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Clause 12, page 7, line 22, at end insert—
("(6) In the application of this section to Scotland, for subsection (3) there shall be substituted the following subsection:
(3) Before making an order under this section, the Secretary of State shall give to the local authority an opportunity of making representations to him and shall take into consideration any representations made and, if the authority so require, cause a local inquiry to be held:, and the provisions of subsections (3) to (9) of section three hundred and fifty-five of the Local Government (Scotland) Act, 1947 (which relate to the giving of evidence at, and defraying the cost of, local inquiries), shall apply to any such inquiry."").
§ Clause 15, page 9, line 15, leave out from ("appeal") to ("to")
§ Clause 15, page 9, line 16, leave out from ("which") to ("situated") in line 17, and insert ("the works are required to be carried out or, as the case may be, in which the food or container is for the time being")
§
Clause 15, page 9, line 36, leave out paragraph (a) and insert—
("(a) in subsection (1), for the words from "to a court" to the end of the subsection there shall be substituted the words "by way of an application to the sheriff in whose jurisdiction the works are required to be carried out or, as the case may be in which the food or container is for the time being";")
§ Clause 16, page 9, line 43, leave out ("that section") and insert ("section fourteen of this Act")
§ Clause 19, page 10, line 40, leave out ("the prevention or treatment of infestation") and insert ("keeping down or destroying rats, mice, insects or mites")
§ Clause 19, page 10, line 44, leave out from ("approve") to ("in") in line 46, and insert ("different methods for use")
§ After Clause 23, insert the following new clause—
§ Compensation of officers
§ (".—(1) The Minister shall by regulations provide for the payment of compensation subject to such exceptions or conditions as may be specified in the regulations—
- (a) by the councils of counties, to persons who, immediately before the commencement of this Act, were employed by such councils for the purposes of their functions under the Rats and Mice (Destruction) Act, 1919, or would have been so employed but for any war service in which they were engaged, and who suffer loss of employment or loss or diminution of emoluments which is attributable to the passing of this Act;
- (b) by any local authority in whose case an order is made under subsection (2) of section twelve of this Act, to persons who immediately before that order came into force
522 were employed by that authority for the purposes of their function under Part I of this Act, or would have been so employed but for any war service in which they were engaged, and who suffer loss of employment or loss or diminution of emoluments which is attributable to the order or anything done thereunder.
§ (2) Any such regulations may include provision as to the manner in which and the persons to whom any claim for compensation under this section is to be made, and for the determination of all questions arising under the regulations.
§ (3) In this section the expression "war service" means service in any of His Majesty's forces and such other employment as may be prescribed by regulations made under this section.")
§ THE EARL OF HUNTINGDONMy Lords, if it would be for the convenience of the House, I should like to move that this House do agree wish the Commons in all these Amendments They are more or less drafting and improvements on drafting and we can take them all as one.
§ Moved, That this House do agree with the Commons in the said Amendments.—(The Earl of Huntingdon.)
§ LORD LLEWELLINMy Lords, I am obliged to the noble Earl for his suggestion, which I think might well have the support of the House. So far as I can see, these are merely tidying-up Amendments. They go to show that we are as much indebted so another place when they act as our second Chamber as they are so often to us when we act as theirs. They have certainly tidied up this Bill, which originated in this House. So far as I am concerned, I have no objection to any of the Amendments which are now proposed.
§ On Question, Motion agreed to.