§ 2 After Clause 16, insert the following new clause:
§ "Exclusion of certain proceedings from Schedule 4.
§ .—(1) Schedule 4 shall not apply to proceedings of any description listed in Schedule (Proceedings excluded from Schedule 4) or to proceedings in Scotland under any enactment which confers jurisdiction on a Scottish court in respect of a specific subject-matter on specific grounds.
§ (2) Her Majesty may by Order in Council—
- (a) add to the list in Schedule (Proceedings excluded from Schedule 4) any description of proceedings in any part of the United Kingdom; and
- (b) remove from that list any description of proceedings in any part of the United Kingdom (whether included in the list as originally enacted or added by virtue of this subsection).
§ (3) An Order in Council under subsection (2)—
- (a) may make different provisions for different descriptions of proceedinsg, for the same description of proceedings in different courts or for different parts of the United Kingdom; and
- (b) may contain such transitional and other incidental provisions as appear to Her Majesty to be appropriate.
§ (4) An Order in Council under subsection (2) shall not be made unless a draft of the Order has been laid before Parliament and approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament.".
§ The Lord ChancellorMy Lords, Amendment No. 2 is consequential on Amendment No. 1. I beg to move that this House doth agree with the Commons in their Amendment No. 2.
§ Moved, That this House doth agree with the Commons in the said amendment.—(The Lord Chancellor.)
§ On Question, Motion agreed to.