HC Deb 02 March 1981 vol 1000 cc26-9W
Mr. Kenneth Carlisle

asked the Secretary of State for Industry if he will list the 30 statutory powers to enter business premises which are to be revoked and the 63 which are to be modified.

Mr. MacGregor

The following is the list of powers recommended in the report to the Prime Minister for revocation and modification. Action on these recommendations is in some cases subject to consultation with relevant bodies.

Powers recommended for revocation

Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food

1. Agricultural Statistics Act 1979; sl(5)
2. Improvement of Livestock (Licensing of Bulls) Act 1931:
3. Hops (Limitation of Growing Area) Regulations 1977; paragraph 5

Department of Employment

4. Road Haulage Wages Act 1938

Department of Energy

5. Electric Lighting (Clauses) Act 1899; s52 of Schedule
6. Electric Lighting (Clauses) Act 1899; s54 of Schedule
7. Coal Mining (Subsidence) Act 1957; sl3(9)

Department of the Environment

8. Community Land Act 1975; s35
9. National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act 1949; sl08(l)(c)
10 National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act 1949; sl08(l)(a)
11. Refuse Disposal (Amenity) Act 1978
12. Community Land Act 1975; Schedule 4 paragraph 20
13. Compulsory Purchase Act 1965; s11(2) (local authority power only)

Northern Ireland Office

14. Agriculture Act (N.I.) 1949; s20(2)
15. Livestock Breeding Act (N.I.) 1922
16. Agricultural Marketing Act (N.I.) 1964 and SR and O 1933 No. 93 paragraph 34(2)(a)
17. Selective Employment Payments Act (N.I.) 1966
18. Nurses and Midwives Act (N.I.) 1970; s39
19. Agricultural Marketing Act (N.I.) 1964 and SR and O 1964 No. 164 paragraph 44
20. Health and Personal Social Services (General Medical and Pharmaceutical Services) Regulations (N.I.) 1973; Schedule 1 paragraph 13(2)(b)
21. Health and Personal Social Services (General Medical and Pharmaceutical Services) Regulations (N.I.) 1973; Schedule 4 paragraph 4(4)
22. New Universities (Acquisition of Land) Act (N.I.) 1966

Scottish Office

23. Small Landholders (Scotland) Act 1911; s7
24. Land Settlement (Scotland) Act 1919; s3 and 8
25. Electric Lighting (Clauses) Act 1899; s52 and s54 of Schedule

Department of Trade

26. Merchant Shipping Act 1894; s463

Department of Transport

27. Railways Clauses Consolidation Act 1845; s30
28. Railway Fires Act 1905; s2

Welsh Office

29. Development of Rural Wales Act 1976; sl5 (Secretary of State power to authorise entry only)
30. Welsh Development Agency Act 1975; s23 (Secretary of State power to authorise entry only)

Powers Recommended for Modification Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food

1. Agricultural (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1943—section 17(7)
2. Sea Fisheries (Shellfish) Act 1967—section 5(4)
3. Sea Fish (Conservation) Act 1967—section 16(1)
4. Water Resources Act 1963—section 111(2)-112
5. Sea Fisheries Act 1968 section 8(2)(3)(4)
6. Forestry Act 1967—section 48(1)
7. Agricultural Holdings Act 1948—section 91(1)

Department of Energy

8. Electric Lighting Act 1882—section 24
9. Electric Lighting (Clauses) Act 1899—section 56 of Schedule
10. Electric Lighting Act 1882—section 12
11. Electricity (Supply) Act 1919—section 22
12. Gas Act 1972—Schedule 4 paragraph 8(3)
13. Gas Act 1972—Schedule 4 paragraph 17(1)
14. Gas Act 1972—Schedule 4 paragraphs 18(7) & (8)
15. Gas Act 1972—Schedule 4 paragraph 24
16. Gas Act 1972—Schedule 4 paragraph 25(l)Gas Act
17. Gas Act 1972—Schedule 4 paragraph 25(3)Gas Act
18. Gas Safety (Rights of Entry) Regulations 1976
19. Gas Act 1965—Schedule 6 paragraph 2
20. Gas Act 1965—Schedule 6 paragraph 4
21. Gas Act 1972—Schedule 4 paragraphs l(3)(b)
22. Gas Act 1965—Schedule 6 paragraph 3
23. Atomic Energy Act 1946—section 5
24. Requisitioned Land and Warworks Acts 1945 and 1948—section 15
25. Land Powers (Defence) Act 1958—section 15(1)
26. Petroleum and Submarine Pipelines Act
1975—section 37(2)

Department of the Environment

27. Town and Country Planning Act 1971—section 280(1)(a)
28. Town and Country Planning Act 1971—section 280(1)(b)
29. National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act 1949—section 108(1)(a)
30. New River Company's Act 1852—section 29
Chelsea Water Works Act 1852—section 55
West Middlesex Waterworks Act 1952—section 35
Grand Junction Waterworks Act 1852—section 42
Southwark and Vauxhall Water Act 1852—section 49
East London Waterworks Act 1853—section 66 and 68
Waterworks Clauses Act 1847—section 57
31. Metropolitan Water Board Act 1927—section 15
32. Metropolitan Water Board (Various Powers) Act 1907—section 69
33. Metropolitan Water Board (Various Powers) Act 1907—section 71
34. Waterworks Clauses Act 1863—section 15
35. Kent Act 1809—section 57
36. National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act 1949—section 108
37. Control of Pollution Act 1974—section 91-93
38. Food and Drugs Act 1955—section 100(1)

Department of Health and Social Security

39. Public Health Act 1936—section 143(4)

Home Office

40. Gaming Act 1968—Schedule 2 paragraph 20(l)(d)
41 Misuse of Drugs Act 1971—section 23(1)
42. Safety of Sports Grounds Act 1975—section 11
43. Poisons Act 1972—section 9(4)
44. Post Office Act 1969—section 91(1)
45. Riding Establishments Acts 1964 and 1970—section 2 of 1964 Act
46. Cinematograph Act 1909—section 4
47. Theatres Act 1968—section 15(1)
48. Theatres Act 1968—section 15(2) and 15(4)
49. Poisons Act 1972—section 9(6)
50. Scrap Metal Dealers Act 1964—section 6

Northern Ireland Office

51 Food and Drugs Act (NI) 1958—section 43
52. The Fisheries Act (NI) 1966 (Reprint to 1969)—section 174(1)
53. Cinematograph Act (NI) 1909 and 1959—section 4 of the 1909 Act section 4(3) of the 1959 Act

Scottish Office—DAFS

54. Diseases of Fish Act 1937—section 6

Scottish Economic Planning Department

55. Highlands and Islands Development (Scotland) Act 1965—section 10
56. Scottish Development Agency Act 1975—section 10

Scottish Education Department

57. Social Work (Scotland) Act 1968—section 6

Scottish Home and Health Department

58. Safety of Sports Grounds Act 1975—section 11
59. Gaming Act 1968—Schedule 2 paragraph 20(l)(d)
60. Riding Establishments Act 1964—section 2 and Riding Establishments Act 1970—section 1
61. Misuse of Drugs Act 1971—section 23
62. Poisons Act 1972—section 9

Department of Trade

63. Companies Act 1967—section 110 (link with Insurance Companies Act 1974—section 36(2))