§ Clause 3, page 5, line 2, at end insert ("the relevant date, that is to say, the date of")
§ Clause 3, page 5, line 4, at end insert ("or, where that occurrence was a continuing one, or was one of a succession of occurrences all attributable to a particular happening on that site or to the carrying out from time to time on that site of a particular operation, the date of the last event in the course of that occurrence or succession of occurrences to which the claim relates")
§ LORD MILLSWith your Lordships' permission, I should like to speak on Amendments Nos. 13, 14, 16, 17, 18, and 20 together. Clause 3 (4) of the Bill provides that the period within which a claim must be presented shall be thirty years from the occurrence which gave rise to it. Under these Amendments the thirty-year period will, when the injury is attributable to a continuous release of radio-activity, or to a succession of releases arising from the same mishap, or from the repetition of the same operation, run from the last event to which the injury is attributable—that is to say, the date most favourable to the claimant. This meets the point raised by the noble Lords, Lord Wilmot of Selmeston and Lord Latham, when we last debated this matter in your Lordships' House. I beg to move that this House doth agree with the Commons in the said Amendments.
§ Moved, That this House doth agree with the Commons in the said Amendments.—(Lord Mills.)
§ On Question, Motion agreed to.