HL Deb 19 June 1956 vol 197 cc1112-3

Under the Hotel Proprietors (Liabilities and Rights) Act, 1956, a hotel proprietor may in certain circumstances be liable to make good any loss of or damage to a guest's property even though it was not due to any fault of the proprietor or staff of the hotel.

This liability however—

  1. (a) extends only to the property of guests who have engaged sleeping accommodation at the hotel;
  2. (b) unless the property has been deposited, or offered for deposit, for safe custody, is limited to f50 for any one article and a total of £100 in the case of any one guest;
  3. (c) does not cover motor-cars or other vehicles of any kind or horses or other live animals.

The display of this notice does not constitute an admission either that the Act applies to this hotel or that liability thereunder attaches to the proprietor of this hotel in any particular case.") —(Lord Merthyr.)

THE DEPUTY CHAIRMAN of COMMITTEES

The noble Viscount, Lord Furness, has down an Amendment to this Amendment. Perhaps some other noble Lord would move it for him.

LORD DERWENT

I have been dealing with these Amendments, and I believe the noble Viscount, Lord Furness, would not want to move his Amendment to the Amendment because it is consequential on one that has already been dealt with.

Title, as amended, agreed to.

House resumed.