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The Earl of LindsayMy Lords, I beg to move that the Commons amendments be now considered.
Moved, That the Commons amendments be now considered.—(The Earl of Lindsay.)
On Question, Motion agreed to.
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COMMONS AMENDMENTS
[The page and line refer to Bill (101) as first printed by the Commons.]
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COMMONS AMENDMENT
1 Clause 10, page 9, line 41, at end insert 'and'.
The Earl of LindsayMy Lords, I beg to move that the House do agree with the Commons in their Amendment No. I. In doing so, I wish to speak also to Amendments Nos. 2 to 15. The amendments are all technical or minor in nature. There is a group of amendments designed to regulate the coming into force of the Act and to ensure a smooth transition to the consolidated Act. The remaining amendments represent minor changes to the Bill or small corrections. I commend the amendment.
Moved, That the House do agree with the Commons in their Amendment No. 1.—(The Earl of Lindsay.)
§ On Question, Motion agreed to.
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COMMONS AMENDMENTS
2 Clause 10, page 9, line 42, leave out from 'validity' to end of line 47 and insert—
'(8A) No authorisation shall be granted under subsection (2) or (3) above unless a code has been published under subsection (10) below, and any such authorisation shall contain a condition that the person concerned shall comply with the relevant provisions of any such code.'.
3 Page 10, line 2, leave out 'subsection (8)(c)' and insert 'subsection (8A)'
4 Page 10, line 10, at end insert—
'(2) Where on the commencement of this section a code has been published under section 33(4D) of the principal Act, that code shall be treated, after that commencement, as if it had been published under section 33A(10)(a) of that Act.
(3) Until a code is published under section 33(10)(b) of the principal Act (which is inserted by subsection (1) above), section 23(3A) of that Act shall have effect as if for the word "any", in the second place where it occurs, there is substituted the word "unenclosed".'.
5 Clause 11, page 10, line 20, at end insert—
'(bb) section 25AA;'.
6 Clause 12, page 11, line 13, leave out `, in relation to woodland.'.
7 Clause 14, page 12, line 11, leave out from 'force' to end of line 13 and insert 'at the end of the period of three months beginning with the day on which this Act is passed'.
8 Page 12, line 13, at end insert—
'(2A) Until an order in relation to red deer stags and hinds is made under section 21 of the principal Act (close seasons), as substituted by section 8 of this Act, the period for the purposes of subsection (1) of the said section 21 for—
9 Page 12, line 18, leave out subsection (4).
10 Schedule 1, page 13, line 14, after 'each";' insert '; and (iii) after the word "been" there shall be inserted the words "taken or";'.
11 Page 16, line 19, after 'enclosed' insert 'or unenclosed'.
12 Page 16, line 22, leave out 'shot' and insert 'taken or killed by him or by any person, other than the owner or his servants in ordinary service, authorised or nominated by him under or'.
13 Page 17, line 3, at end insert—
§ 'The Agriculture (Scotland) Act 1948 (c.45)
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.—(1) The Agriculture (Scotland) Act 1948 shall be amended as follows.
(2) In section 39 (control of injurious animals), after subsection (3) there shall be inserted the following subsection—
(3A) In subsection (3) above "deer" means any species of deer which is not included in the definition of "deer" in section 35A of the Deer (Scotland) Act 1959 (interpretation).".'.
(3) After section 42 there shall be inserted the following section—
§ "Meaning of "animals" for purposes of section 40 to 42.
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. In sections 40 to 42 of this Act "animals" does not include any species of deer which is included in the definition of "deer" in section 35A of the Deer (Scotland) Act 1959 (interpretation).".'.
14 Schedule 2, page 17, leave out lines 25 to 27.
15 Page 18, line 10, leave out ', in subsection (3), the words "the carcase of," and'.
The Earl of LindsayMy Lords, I beg to move that the House do agree with the Commons in their Amendments Nos. 2 to 15.
Moved, That the House do agree with the Commons in their Amendments Nos. 2 to 15.—(The Earl of Lindsay.)
On Question, Motion agreed to.