HL Deb 16 November 1976 vol 377 cc1260-1

[No.7]

Clause 4, page 5, line 26, leave out from first 'may' to end of line 33 and insert make an order under this section relating to any kind of animal. (1A) An order under this section may provide that (subject to such exceptions as may be specified in the order) it is prohibited to do such one or more of the following things as is (or are) specified in the order, that is to say—

  1. (a) to import by sea any live animal of any kind to which the order is expressed to relate;
  2. (b) to import any such animal by sea unless it is imported at a port or one of the ports specified in the order in relation to animals of that kind;
  3. (c) to import any such animal by air;
  4. (d) to import any such animal by air unless it is unloaded at an airport or one of the airports specified in the order in relation to animals of that kind;
  5. (e) to import any such animal by land;
  6. (f) to import any such animal by land unless it is brought across the boundary into Northern Ireland at a place or one of the places specified in the order in relation to animals of that kind.
(1B) Any prohibition or restriction in any order under this section shall not apply to an animal which the Secretary of State authorises to be imported otherwise than in accordance with the order and which is imported in accordance with that authorisation. (1C) In subsection (1A) above— airport" means an aerodrome for the time being designated as a customs airport under section 15(5) of the Customs and Excise Act 1952; port" means any area for the time being appointed and named under section 13(1) of that Act as a port for the purposes of customs and excise.'

Baroness STEDMAN

My Lords, I beg to move that this House doth agree with the Commons in their Amendment No. 7. In so doing, I should also like to speak to Amendment No. 77. This Amendment would redraft and expand on the wording of Clause 4(1) which empowers the Secretary of State by order to restrict ports of importation for live animals. The Amendment makes specific provision not only for ports but also for airports and the land boundary into Northern Ireland, and clearly defines the terms "ports" and "airport". Amendment No. 77 is a drafting Amendment to make clear that the power to restrict ports of entry is not restricted to seaports only.

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