S.C.A.
Amendment Paper as at
Thursday 18th January 2001
STANDING COMMITTEE A
VEHICLES (CRIME) BILL
NOTE
The Amendments have been arranged in accordance with the Orders of the Committee [9th and 16th January].
Clause No. 15 (Interpretation of Part I).
46
Amendment (No. 46) proposed, in page 8, line 16, to leave out the word 'substantial'.—(Bob Russell.)
Question proposed, That the Amendment be made.
Mr David Chidgey
Bob Russell
47
Clause 15, page 8, line 42, after 'yard', insert 'or other premises'.
Mr David Chidgey
Bob Russell
48
Clause 15, page 8, line 43, after 'yard', insert 'or other premises'.
Mr David Chidgey
Bob Russell
49
Clause 15, page 9, line 1, after 'yard', insert 'or other premises'.
Mr David Chidgey
Bob Russell
50
Clause 15, page 9, line 8, after 'yard', insert 'or other premises'.
Mr John Bercow
Mr Keith Simpson
Mr Michael Fabricant
Miss Anne McIntosh
80
Clause 34, page 19, line 8, leave out 'may' and insert 'shall'.
Mr John Bercow
Mr Keith Simpson
Mr Michael Fabricant
Miss Anne McIntosh
81
Clause 34, page 19, leave out lines 26 to 28.
Mr John Bercow
Mr Keith Simpson
Mr Michael Fabricant
Miss Anne McIntosh
82
Clause 34, page 19, line 33, leave out subsection (6).
Mr John Bercow
Mr Keith Simpson
Mr Michael Fabricant
Miss Anne McIntosh
83
Clause 35, page 20, line 6, leave out 'such information of a particular description' and insert 'specific aspects contained therein'.
Mr John Bercow
Mr Keith Simpson
Mr Michael Fabricant
Miss Anne McIntosh
84
Clause 35, page 20, line 8, after 'the', insert 'specific'.
Mr John Bercow
Mr Keith Simpson
Mr Michael Fabricant
Miss Anne McIntosh
85
Clause 35, page 20, line 10, after first 'the', insert 'specific'.
Mr John Bercow
Mr Keith Simpson
Mr Michael Fabricant
Miss Anne McIntosh
86
Clause 35, page 20, line 11, after 'disclosed', insert 'to interested parties'.
Mr John Bercow
Mr Keith Simpson
Mr Michael Fabricant
Miss Anne McIntosh
87
Clause 36, page 20, line 34, leave out 'any' and insert 'the'.
Mr Andrew Miller
51
Clause 37, page 21, line 11, leave out 'may' and insert 'shall'.
Mr Andrew Miller
77
Clause 37, page 21, line 22, after 'applies', insert ';
or is expenditure incurred by a responsible authority in the provision of speed cameras in locations where there is a significant likelihood of the presence of road users (including pedestrians) who would be at risk from a vehicle driven at excess speed.'.
Mr Andrew Miller
52
Clause 37, page 21, line 23, leave out 'may' and insert 'shall'.
Mr Andrew Miller
78
Clause 37, page 22, line 4, at end insert—
'( ) Responsible authorities shall utilize payments made under this clause to install and improve mobile and fixed safety cameras to record and detect excess speed; and to place such devices in locations identified as being places where all road users including pedestrians are most at risk from excess speed.'.
Mr Andrew Miller
79
Clause 37, page 22, line 4, at end insert—
'( ) "Relevant expenditure" shall be used to ensure, so far as is practicable, that those offences referred to in subsection (5) are reduced and, in doing so, the responsible Authority shall take into account any information that they have identifying areas where those offences are more likely to be committed.'.
Mr David Kidney
53
Clause 37, page 22, line 6, at end insert—
'( ) The Lord Chancellor in consultation with the Secretary of State shall produce in 2003, and thereafter at such intervals as he shall think fit, a report outlining the extent of the provision of safety cameras, their financial implications and their impact upon casualty reduction; and such a report shall be laid before Parliament.'.
Mr John Bercow
Mr Keith Simpson
Mr Michael Fabricant
Miss Anne McIntosh
88
Page 21, line 9, leave out Clause 37.
Mr John Bercow
Mr Keith Simpson
Mr Michael Fabricant
Miss Anne McIntosh
32
Clause 40, page 23, leave out lines 34 to 36 and insert—
'(3) The Secretary of State shall make no orders or regulations under this Act (other than an order under section 43) unless a draft of the order or regulation, as the case may be, has first been laid before, and approved by, a resolution of each House of Parliament.'.
NEW CLAUSES
False applications
Mr John Bercow
Mr Keith Simpson
Mr Michael Fabricant
Miss Anne McIntosh
NC1
To move the following Clause:—
'. Any person who knowingly makes a false application under section 18 shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale.'.
Registration of car park operators
Mr David Chidgey
NC2
To move the following Clause:—
'.—(1) Any person who carries on business as a car park operator in the area of a local authority without being registered for that area by the authority shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale.
(2) For the purposes of this section a person carries on business as a car park operator if he carries on a business which consists wholly or partly in the provision of parking spaces for motor vehicles in areas and premises reserved for that purpose and for which he makes a charge.
(3) In this section "registered" means registered in a register established and maintained by a local authority under subsection (4); and cognate expressions shall be construed accordingly.
(4) Every local authority shall establish and maintain a register for their area of persons carrying on business as car park operators in that area.
(5) The register shall, subject to any requirements that may be prescribed, be in such form as the local authority consider appropriate.'.
Relief of small motor salvage operators from excessive expense and bookkeeping, etc
Mr David Chidgey
Bob Russell
NC3
To move the following Clause:—
'.—(1) Where a person who carries on the business of a motor salvage operator has a turnover from the activities that are specified in section 1(2) of less than £1,000,000 per annum, the maximum fee that a local authority may determine under section 3(1)(b) shall be calculated on a sliding scale from—
(a) turnover less than £100,000 per annum: maximum fee that may be determined £20, to
(b) turnover less than £1,000,000 per annum: maximum fee that may be determined £200.
(2) Where a person who carries on the business of a motor salvage operator purchases:
(a) a part of a motor vehicle for less than £20, or
(b) five or more parts together for less than £100,
he shall not be obliged by such regulations as may be made under section 7(1) to keep a record of the description of the part or parts (save that the part in question has been marked with a vehicle identification number under the provisions of regulation 67(3) of the Road Vehicles (Construction & Use) Regulations 1986).
(3) Where a person who carries on the business of a motor salvage operator purchases for less than £100 a motor vehicle whose engine and chassis or frame are over 10 years old, he shall not be obliged by such regulations as may be made under section 8(1) to notify the destruction of the motor vehicle.
(4) Where a person carries on the business of a motor salvage operator in whole or part on domestic premises, the right of a constable to enter and inspect premises under section 9(1) shall not extend to the domestic premises.'.
Offences of supplying registration plates for unlawful purposes
Mr Stephen McCabe
NC4
To move the following Clause:—
'.—(1) A person who supplies a registration plate to another person when he knows or reasonably suspects that it will be used for an unlawful purpose shall be guilty of an offence.
(2) A person guilty of an offence under subsection (1) shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 5 of the standard scale.'.
Provisions relating to regional symbols
Mr John Bercow
Mr Keith Simpson
Mr Michael Fabricant
Miss Anne McIntosh
NC5
To move the following Clause:—
'After section 27 of the Vehicle Excise and Registration Act 1994 (registration marks) there shall be inserted—
"Provisions relating to regional symbols
(27A)(1) The Secretary of State shall prescribe no specifications that require a registration plate to contain or display any flag or symbol of the European Union.
(2) Notwithstanding subsection (1), the Secretary of State shall by regulations provide for any registration plate to contain or display a flag specified by the owner of the relevant vehicle.".'.
