Amendments proposed to the Royal Parks (Trading) Bill - continued	House of Commons
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Mr Eric Forth

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Page     2,     line     2     [Clause     3],     leave out 'purporting' and insert 'authorised'.

   

Mr David Maclean

31

*Page     2,     line     2     [Clause     3],     leave out 'purporting to act' and insert 'acting'.

   

Mr David Maclean

6

Page     2,     line     4,     leave out Clauses 4 and 5.

   

Mr David Maclean

12

Page     2,     line     5     [Clause     4],     after 'park', insert 'general'.

   

Mr David Maclean

5

Page     2     [Clause     4],     leave out line 11 and insert 'in all the parks listed in Schedule 2 to the Parks Regulation Act 1872 with the exception of Holyrood Park and Linlithgow Peel.'.

   

Mr David Maclean

13

Page     2,     line     13     [Clause     4],     at end insert—

    '(4) Nothing in this section shall confer on a park constable the power to seize anything relating to a food trading offence.'.

   

Mr David Maclean

28

*Page     2,     line     13     [Clause     4],     at end insert—

    '(4) Where a Park constable exercises his powers under subsection (1) above he shall—

(a) ensure that he provides facilities for the safe removal from the Park of any perishable material by the person having possession or control;

(b) give to the person having possession or control a document, in an appropriate language, setting out the reasons for the seizure, itemising the things seized and informing the person of his rights and liabilities under section 5; and

(c) not remove any article until he has performed an assessment under the Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations that the removal of the thing or things would not create a hazard for his or others' health and safety.

    (5) The document referred to in subsection (4)(c) above shall comply with the model in Schedule (Document relating to seizure of property).'.

   

Mr David Maclean

29

*Page     2,     line     13     [Clause     4],     at end insert—

    '(4) Section 8 of the Parks Regulation Act 1872 (conferring the same powers on police constables) shall not apply to offences designated as trading offences.'.

   

Mr Eric Forth

22

Page     2,     line     20     [Clause     5],     after 'at', insert 'or before'.

   

Mr Eric Forth

23

Page     2,     line     26     [Clause     5],     at end insert—

    '(3A) Proceedings arising from subsections (1) to (3) (including appeals) shall be concluded within a period of three months, after which the charges shall be withdrawn, or appeal deemed to have succeeded.'.

   

Mr Eric Forth

24

Page     2,     line     30     [Clause     5],     leave out from first 'of' to second 'of' and insert '60 days beginning with the date of the initiation'.

   

Mr Eric Forth

25

Page     2,     line     35     [Clause     5],     at end insert—

    '(5A) If the Secretary of State has retained a thing under subsection (3)(b) for the period of 60 days from the initiation of proceedings relating to the offence (including any appeal), he shall return it to the person from whom it was seized.'.

   

Mr David Maclean

26

*Page     2,     line     43     [Clause     5],     at end insert—

    '(8) If the Secretary of State believes that things retained under this section are counterfeit goods—

(a) he shall inform the Trading Standards Officers of the district in which the Park is situated; and

(b) he shall apply to a magistrates' court for directions,

    and the court shall, after receiving a report from the Trading Standards Officer and representations from the person believed to be the owner, make an order about the treatment of the things.'.

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Mr David Maclean

14

Page     3,     line     1     [Clause     6],     after 'park', insert 'general'.

   

Mr David Maclean

7

Page     3,     line     2     [Clause     6],     leave out from 'anything' to end of line 8 and insert 'which the court believes to have been used in commission of the offence to be forfeited and dealt with in a manner specified in the order.'.

   

Mr David Maclean

27

*Page     3,     line     13     [Clause     7],     leave out 'Scotland or'.

   

Mr David Maclean

8

Page     3,     line     14     [Clause     8],     leave out 'Royal Parks (Trading)' and insert 'Parks Regulation (Amendment)'.

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NEW SCHEDULES

   

Mr David Maclean

NS1

*To move the following Schedule:—

'SCHEDULE

Park Trading Offences

    A person shall be guilty of an offence if, in a royal park, he—

(a) uses or operates a metal or mineral detector or any device for locating objects below ground level;

(b) carries on any trade or business in a Park, offers anything for sale or hire or exposes or has in his possession anything for the purpose of sale or hire therein;

(c) exhibits any notice or advertisement or any other written or pictorial matter;

(d) plays or causes to be played a musical instrument;

(e) uses any apparatus for the transmission, reception, reproduction or amplification of sound, speech, or images, except apparatus designed and used as an aid to defective hearing, or apparatus used in a vehicle so as not to produce sound audible to a person outside that vehicle, or apparatus used where the sound is received through headphones;

(f) organises or takes part in any assembly, display, performance, representation, parade, procession, review or theatrical event; or

(g) takes photographs of still or moving subjects for the purpose of or in connection with a business, trade, profession, or employment or any activity carried out by a body of persons whether corporate or unincorporate.'.

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Mr David Maclean

NS2

*To move the following Schedule:—

'SCHEDULE

Document Relating to Seizure of Property

    '(1) Appropriate Language.

    An appropriate language in section 4(4)(b) is one of the following:

English

French

Spanish

Albanian

Arabic

Armenian

Azeri

Belarussian

Bulgarian

Croatian (the western variant of Serbo-Croat—also called Croato-Serb)

Estonian

Georgian

Greek

Hungarian

Kurdish

Latvian

Lithuanian

Macedonian

Romanian

Russian

Serbian (the eastern variant of Serbo-Croat)

Serbo-Croat

Slovak

Slovene

Turkish

Ukrainian.

(2) Reasons for Seizure.

    The reasons for the seizure are that the person having possession or control has committed a Park Trading Offence, namely (insert offence).

    (3) List of Items Seized.

    (List the items seized)

    (4) Rights and Liabilities.

    The person having possession or control and from whom the thing or things were seized shall be informed that—

(a) the Secretary of State may retain the thing or things until the conclusion of court proceedings;

(b) the Secretary of State may sell the thing or things and use the proceeds to pay his costs if the person having possession or control is found guilty of an offence;

(c) the court may order the thing or things to be forfeited and destroyed if found guilty of an offence;

(d) the person having possession of the thing or things may make representations to the court about their disposal before the court makes an order.'.

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Prepared 15 May 2000