§ 46 Leave out Clause 15 and insert the following new Clause—
§ "Commencement
§ (1) Parts 1, 1A and 2 and section 13 shall come into force on a day appointed by order made by the Secretary of State by statutory instrument; and different days may be appointed for different purposes.
§ (2) The Secretary of State may not make an order under subsection (1) before 1st December 2007.
§ (3) The Secretary of State may not make an order under subsection (1) before he has received a report from the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons commissioned by him on the relative pain, suffering or distress caused to wild mammals by hunting with dogs compared with other methods of controlling those wild mammals.
§ (4) The species of wild mammal included in the report under subsection (3) must include deer, fox, hare and mink."
§ 46A The Commons disagree to this Amendment for the following Reason—
§ Because it is consequential on Amendments 1 to 10 to which the Commons have disagreed.
§ Lord WhittyMy Lords, I beg to move that the House do not insist on its Amendment No. 46 to which the Commons have disagreed for their reason numbered 46A.
Moved, That the House do not insist on its Amendment No. 46 to which the Commons have disagreed for their reason numbered 46A.—(Lord Whitty.)
§ 46B
§ Lord Mancroft rose to move, as an amendment to the Motion that this House do not insist on its Amendment No. 46 to which the Commons have 1585 disagreed for their reason numbered 46A, at end insert, "but do propose Amendment 46C in lieu thereof—
§ 46C Leave out Clause 15 and insert the following new Clause—