Amendments proposed to the Countryside and Rights of Way Bill - continued House of Commons

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Mr James Paice
Mr Damian Green
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown

403

Clause     35,     page     19,     line     48,     at end add—

    '(4A) A notice given under this section shall contain an explanatory note containing or summarising sections 32 to 36 and explaining the right of appeal under section 36.'.


   

Mr James Paice
Mr Damian Green
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown

404

Clause     36,     page     20,     line     1,     after 'section', insert '34(1),'.

   

Mr James Paice
Mr Damian Green
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown

405

Clause     36,     page     20,     line     2,     at end insert 'or any person by whom under the agreement the cost of carrying out the works would fall to be borne.'.

   

Mr James Paice
Mr Damian Green
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown

406

Clause     36,     page     20,     line     5,     at end insert—

    '( ) An appeal against a notice under section 34(1) may be brought on any of the following grounds—

      (a) that the notice requires the carrying out of any works which are not required by the agreement,

      (b) that any of the works have already been carried out,

      (c) that the required time has not expired, and

      (d) that the notice was not given as required under section 34.'.

   

Mr James Paice
Mr Damian Green
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown

407

Clause     36,     page     20,     line     9,     at end insert—

      '( ) that the notice was not given as required under section 34,'.

   

Mr James Paice
Mr Damian Green
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown

408

Clause     36,     page     20,     line     17,     at end insert—

      '( ) that the notice, or any copy of the notice, was not given as required under section 35,'.

   

Mr James Paice
Mr Damian Green
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown

409

Clause     36,     page     20,     line     17,     at end insert—

      '( ) that the access authority failed to take reasonable steps to make an agreement before giving notice under section 35,'.


   

Mr James Paice
Mr Damian Green
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown

410

Clause     37,     page     21,     line     9,     after first 'which', insert 'the specified period has not expired, or'.


   

Mr Damian Green
Mr James Paice
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown

339

Clause     38,     page     22,     line     13,     after 'the', insert 'owner and the'.

   

Mr James Paice
Mr Damian Green
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown

411

Clause     38,     page     22,     line     17,     leave out 'dwelling-house' and insert 'building, mobile home, caravan or tent or the curtilage of a building.'.


   

Mr Damian Green

Mr James Paice

Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown

291

Clause     40,     page     22,     line     37,     after '3', insert 'or paragraph 3 of Schedule 2'.

   

Mr Damian Green

Mr James Paice

Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown

292

Clause     40,     page     22,     line     37,     after '3', insert 'or paragraph 4(2) of Schedule 2'.

   

Mr James Paice
Mr Damian Green
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown

412

Clause     40,     page     22,     line     41,     leave out 'annulment in pursuance of' and insert 'approval by'.


   

Mr Damian Green

Mr James Paice

Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown

294

Clause     41,     page     23,     line     37,     leave out '2(5) or'.

   

Mr Damian Green

Mr James Paice

Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown

293

Page     23,     line     1,     leave out Clause 41.


   

Mrs Helen Brinton

423

Schedule     9,     page     66,     line     15,     at end insert 'formulating or considering any plans or projects and in'.

   

Mrs Helen Brinton

422

Schedule     9,     page     66,     line     22,     at end insert—

    '(2A) Subsection (1) applies even if the formulation or consideration of plans or projects or the exercise of its functions would not take place on land forming part of a site of special scientific interest but affects such land.'.

   

Mrs Helen Brinton

424

Schedule     9,     page     66,     line     22,     at end insert—

    '(2A) If in exercising or performing any of its functions it appears that there is a conflict between the duty set out in subsection (1) and any duty conferred by another Act, except in cases of human health and safety, a section 28E authority shall give greater weight to the duty set out in subsection (1).'.

   

Mrs Helen Brinton

425

Schedule     9,     page     66,     line     22,     at end insert—

    '(2B) Any power of a section 28E authority conferred by any Act may be exercised in pursuance of subsection 28E(1).

    (2C) Powers conferred by subsection (2B) shall be exercised—

      (a) in the case of England, only after consultation with the Nature Conservancy Council for England;

      (b) in the case of Wales, only after consultation with the Countryside Council for Wales.'.

   

Mrs Helen Brinton

413

Schedule     9,     page     66,     line     39,     after 'out', insert 'or causing or permitting to be carried out'.

   

Mrs Helen Brinton

414

Schedule     9,     page     67,     line     2,     after 'out', insert 'or cause or permit to be carried out'.

   

Mrs Helen Brinton

415

Schedule     9,     page     67,     line     4,     after 'out', insert 'or cause or permit to be carried out'.

   

Mrs Helen Brinton

416

Schedule     9,     page     67,     line     7,     after 'out', insert 'or causing or permitting them to be carried out'.

   

Mrs Helen Brinton

419

Schedule     9,     page     67,     line     15,     leave out '(if at all)'.

   

Mrs Helen Brinton

420

Schedule     9,     page     67,     line     16,     after 'Council', insert '(including what less damaging alternatives have been considered and the reasons why the importance of the operation overrides the special interest of that part of the site affected)'.

   

Mrs Helen Brinton

417

Schedule     9,     page     67,     line     19,     after 'out', insert 'or cause or permit to be carried out'.

   

Mrs Helen Brinton

421

Schedule     9,     page     67,     line     24,     at end insert—

    '(7) Where the Council does not assent to the proposed operation or assents to the proposed operation but with conditions, any dispute between the Council and a statutory undertaker shall be determined by a person appointed for the purpose—

      (a) by agreement between the Council and the section 28E authority; or

      (b) failing such an agreement, by the Secretary of State, and on any such reference the person so appointed may confirm the decision of the Council or give the section 28E authority such directions as he think appropriate.'.

   

Mrs Helen Brinton

418

Schedule     9,     page     67,     line     25,     leave out from beginning to end of line 3 on page 68.

   

Mr David Lepper
Mr Gordon Prentice

467

*Schedule     9,     page     73,     line     5,     leave out from 'interest' to end of line 7.

   

Mr David Lepper
Mr Gordon Prentice

465

*Schedule     9,     page     73,     line     23,     leave out paragraph 2 and insert—

    '2.—(1) Section 29 of the 1981 Act (special protection for certain areas of special scientific interest) shall be amended as follows.

    (2) In the title, the words "of special scientific interest" are omitted.

    (3) In subsection (1)(a) for the words "securing the survival in Great Britain of any kind of animal or plant or of complying with an international obligation" there is substituted "conserving species listed in Schedules 1, 5 or 8 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981, and species and habitats which in the opinion of the Secretary of State are priorities for action under the Convention on Biological Diversity".

    (4) In subsection (1)(b), after "features", there is inserted "notified as being of special interest".

    (5) In subsection (3), the words "Subject to subsection (4)," are omitted.

    (6) Subsections (2), (4), (5), (6), (7) and (10) are omitted.

    (7) After subsection (11) there is inserted—

            "(12) This section does not apply to owners and occupiers of land which is a site of special scientific interest".'.

   

Mr David Lepper
Mr Gordon Prentice

466

*Schedule     9,     page     73,     line     34,     after '28M(5)', insert 'or 29'.


   

Mr Damian Green
Mr James Paice
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown

361

Schedule     11,     page     76,     line     22,     at end insert—

    '.For section 14(2) of that Act (introduction of new species) there is substituted—

            "(2) Subject to the provisions of this Part, if any person plants, releases or otherwise causes to grow in the wild any plant which—

            (i) is of a kind which is not normally resident in England and Wales in a wild state; or

            (ii) is included in Part II of Schedule 9

            he shall be guilty of an offence.

            (2A) A person shall not be guilty of an offence under subsection (2) if he shows that his action was not undertaken recklessly or the action was for the purpose of agriculture, horticulture, forestry or for other specified purposes (for example medicine, veterinary medicine, brewing and food processing).

            (2B) Subject to the provisions of this Part, if any person—

            (a) sells, offers or exposes for sale, or has in his possession or transports for the purpose of sale, any living wild plant included in Part II of Schedule 9, or any part of such a wild plant; or

            (b) publishes or causes to be published any advertisement likely to be understood as conveying that he buys or sells or intends to sell, any of those things

            he shall be guilty of an offence.".'.

 
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