Lords Report of 15 November 1938

LAND REGISTRATION ACT, 1925 (CROYDON ORDER IN COUNCIL).
Draft of an Order in Council declaring that registration of title to land is to be compulsory on sale in the County Borough of Croydon on and after the 1st January, 1939:
Laid before the House (pursuant to Act) for affirmative Resolution and referred to the Special Orders Committee.

SUNDERLAND GAS ORDER, 1938.
Special Order proposed to be made on the application of the Sunderland Gas Company:
Laid before the House (pursuant to Act) for affirmative Resolution and referred to the Special Orders Committee.

CLEARING OFFICE (RUMANIA) AMENDMENT No. 2 ORDER, 1938.
Report from the Special Orders Committee, That they have examined the Special Order as required by the Standing Orders of the House; that in their opinion the provisions of the Order raise important questions of policy and principle; that the Order is founded on precedent, inasmuch as it provides for the further variation of an Order which has received already the approval of the House; that in the opinion of the Committee the Order cannot be passed by the House without special attention, but that no further inquiry is necessary before the House proceeds to a decision on the Resolution to approve the said Order:
Read, and ordered to lie on the Table.

MOTOR VEHICLES (VARIATION OF SPEED LIMIT) REGULATIONS, 1938.
Report from the Special Orders Committee, That they have examined the Regulations as required by the Standing Orders of the House; that in their opinion the Regulations do not raise important questions of policy and principle: they comply with the terms of the Road Traffic Act, 1930, under which the Regulations are submitted for approval; that the Regulations are founded on precedent inasmuch as similar Regulations have been submitted for the approval of Parliament under the Act, although those Regulations dealt with other matters; that in the opinion of the Committee the Regulations can be passed by the House without special attention, and that no further inquiry is necessary before the House proceeds to a decision on the Resolution to approve the said Regulations:
Read, and ordered to lie on the Table.

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA (ADAPTATION OF ACTS OF PARLIAMENT) (AMENDMENT No. 2) ORDER, 1938.
Report from the India and Burma Orders Committee, That they have examined the Order as required by the Standing Orders of the House; that the Order was made under the urgency procedure provided for by the proviso to Section 309 (1) of the Government of India Act, 1935; that in their opinion the Order does not raise important questions of policy and principle; that the Order is founded on precedent; that in the opinion of the Committee the Order can be passed by the House without special attention, and that no further inquiry is necessary before the House proceeds to a decision on the Resolution to approve the making of the said Order;
Read, and ordered to lie on the Table.