§ Mr. Kenneth Carlisleasked 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. MacGregorThe 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
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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
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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
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63. Companies Act 1967—section 110 (link with Insurance Companies Act 1974—section 36(2))