WEST BROMWICH CORPORATION BILL (Hansard, 16 October 1969)

HL Deb 16 October 1969 vol 304 cc1600-2 1600

§ THE EARL OF LISTOWEL
My Lords I beg to move that this Bill be now read a third time.

§ Moved, That the Bill be now read 3^a—(The Earl of Listowel.)

§ On Question, Bill read 3^a, with the Amendments.

§ THE EARL OF LISTOWEL
My Lords, with the permission of your Lordships I shall move Amendments Nos. 1 and 2 together. They are both Amendments of substance and they cover exactly the same ground as the one Amendment of substance which I moved to the previous Bill. The explanation I gave of that Amendment in the case of the Walsall Corporation Bill applies to the first and second Amendments to this Bill. I beg to move.

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§ Amendments moved—

§ Page 2, line 43, before ("This") insert ("(1)").

§ Page 2, line 44 at end insert:— ("(2) The following provisions of this Act shall be deemed to have come into operation on the 30th September, 1969:—

(a) Part IV (Transport);
(b) so much of section 168 (Repeal) and of Schedule 4 as provides for the repeal of enactments relating to the transport undertaking; and
(c) so much of any other provision in this Act as relates to matters referred to in paragraphs (a) and (b) of this subsection.

Provided that no proceedings shall be taken in respect of any offences created by or under the said provisions committed before the passing of this Act.")—(The Earl of Listowel.)

§ THE EARL OF LISTOWEL
My Lords, the remaining Amendments, with the exception of the last, are either consequential or drafting Amendments, and with the leave of the House I propose to move them all, except the last, en bloc. I beg to move.

§ Amendments moved—

§ Page 6, line 32, leave out ("Postmaster General") and insert ("Post Office").

§ Page 10, line 30, leave out from ("1888") Co ("shall") in line 34, and insert:— ("those provisions of the Electricity (Supply) Acts 1882 to 1936, as amended by the Electricity Act 1947, and in the Schedule to the Electric Lighting (Clauses) Act 1899, which, as applied by the Post Office Act 1969, afford protection to the Post Office and its telegraphic lines,")

§ Page 16, line 16, leave out ("Postmaster General") and insert ("Post Office").

§ Page 16, line 40, leave out ("Postmaster General") and insert ("Post Office").

§ Page 23, line 22, leave out ("Postmaster General") and insert ("Post Office").

§ Page 23, line 23, leave out ("his") and insert ("its").

§ Page 42, lines 33 and 34, leave out ("Postmaster General") and insert ("Post Office")

§ Page 42, line 36, leave out ("him") and insert ("it").

§ Page 57, leave out lines 35 to 37 and insert— ("(2) Nothing in this section shall authorise the doing of anything constituting an infringement of the exclusive privilege with respect to telecommunication conferred on the Post Office by the Post Office Act 1969")

§ Page 59, line 14, after ("a") insert ("Post Office"), leave out ("provided") and leave out ("by the").

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§ Page 59, line 15, leave out ("Postmaster General").

§ Page 59, line 25, at end insert ("and")

§ Page 59, line 25, leave out lines 26 to 28.—(The Earl of Listowel.)

§ THE EARL OF LISTOWEL
My Lords, the last Amendment is one of substance and is peculiar to this Bill. The Promoters wish to omit the clause which imposes an obligation on the returning officer to send official poll cards to electors in their local elections. They wish to give it up on the ground of the expense it would entail. I believe it would run them into a cost of several thousands of pounds. I beg to move.

§ Amendment moved— Page 93, line 9, leave out clause 149.—(The Earl of Listowel.)

§ Bill passed, and returned to the Commons.