COMMONS AMENDMENTS (Hansard, 16 March 1976)

HL Deb 16 March 1976 vol 369 c154 154

§ [Nos. 2 to 7]

§ Clause 1, page 2, line 25, leave out ("and") and insert— ("(3) Schedule 1 to this Act")

§ Clause 2, page 2, line 42, at beginning insert ("applicable")

§ line 44, at end insert— ("(aa) in section 103(1), in the appropriate places in alphabetical order, there shall be inserted the following definitions—

"the domestic drivers' hours code" has the meaning given by section 96(13) of this Act;
"relevant Community provision" means any Community provision for the time being in force about the driving of road vehicles, whether directly applicable or not;")

§ Page 3, line 3, after ("the") insert ("applicable")

§ leave out lines 15 to 35 and insert ("relevant Community provision—

§ (1A) Regulations under subsection (1) above may in particular— (a) substitute different requirements for the requirements of the domestic drivers' hours code or add to, make exceptions from or otherwise modify any of the requirements of that code; (b) apply to journeys and work to which no relevant Community provision applies; (c) include provision as to the circumstances in which a period of driving or duty to which a relevant Community provision or the domestic drivers' hours code applies is to be included or excluded in reckoning any period for purposes of the domestic drivers' hours code or any relevant Community provision respectively; and")

§ leave out lines 39 to 41 and insert— (d) in section 96(11), for the words from "subsections (1) to (6)" to "(10) thereof" there shall be substituted the words "the domestic drivers' hours code"; (e) after section 96(12) there shall be added the following subsection—

"(13) In this Part of this Act "the domestic drivers' hours code" means the provisions of subsections (1) to (6) of this section as for the time being in force (and, in particular, as modified, added to or substituted by or under any instrument in force under section 95(1) of this Act or subsection (10) or (12) of this section."."

§ Baroness STEDMAN
My Lords, with the leave of the House, I should like to move Amendments Nos. 2 to 7 together. These are of a purely technical or presentational nature. I beg to move that this House doth agree with the Commons in their Amendments.

§ Moved. That this House doth agree with the Commons in the said Amendments.—(Baroness Stedman.)

§ On Question, Motion agreed to.