HL Deb 09 March 1976 vol 368 cc1209-10

Report received.

Schedule 3 [Supplemental provisions for sections 1 to 13]:

The MINISTER of STATE, HOME OFFICE (Lord Harris of Greenwich) moved the following Amendment:

Page 16, line 4, leave out from ("Proceedings") to end of line 7 and insert ("shall not be instituted—

  1. (a) in England and Wales for an offence under section 1, 2, 9, 10 or 11 of this Act, except by or with the consent of the Attorney General, or
  2. (b) in Northern Ireland for an offence under section 9, 10 or 11 of this Act, except 1210 by or with the consent of the Attorney General for Northern Ireland.").

The noble Lord said: My Lords, I beg to move the Amendment which stands in my name. This Amendment is a purely drafting Amendment. It amends paragraph 3 of Schedule 3, which prevents proceedings being instituted for offences under the Bill, except with the consent of the Attorney General. Its purpose is to make it absolutely clear that the reference in Schedule 3 to the Attorney General includes a reference to the Attorney General for Northern Ireland in relation to proceedings in Northern Ireland.

On Question, Amendment agreed to.