S.C.B.
Amendment Paper as at
Thursday 8th February 2001
STANDING COMMITTEE B
HUNTING BILL
(Except Clauses 1 to 4 and New Clauses)
Mr David Lidington
50
Schedule 3, page 20, line 21, leave out 'prove' and insert 'show'.
Mr Edward Leigh
106
Schedule 3, page 20, line 21, leave out 'prove' and insert 'claim'.
Mr David Lidington
51
Schedule 3, page 20, line 22, leave out 'stalking' and insert 'hunting'.
Mr David Lidington
52
Schedule 3, page 20, line 22, leave out 'fox, hare or rabbit' and insert 'wild mammal'.
Mr A. J. Beith
Mr Lembit Öpik
122
Schedule 3, page 20, line 22, leave out 'or rabbit' and insert 'rabbit, goat or other wild mammal'.
Mr Edward Leigh
107
Schedule 3, page 20, line 24, at end insert—
'( ) The prosecution must then prove that the person charged with the offence was not stalking a fox, hare or rabbit and the conditions in this paragraph were not met.'.
Mr David Lidington
17
Schedule 3, page 20, line 25, leave out 'charged with an offence' and insert 'liable to a penalty'.
Mr David Lidington
53
Schedule 3, page 20, line 27, leave out 'fox, hare or rabbit' and insert 'wild mammal'.
Mr David Lidington
54
Schedule 3, page 20, line 28, leave out 'out of cover'.
Mr David Lidington
55
Schedule 3, page 20, line 30, leave out 'stalking or flushing out' and insert 'hunting'.
Mr David Lidington
56
Schedule 3, page 20, line 31, after 'livestock', insert 'fish'.
Mr David Lidington
57
Schedule 3, page 20, line 32, leave out 'or crops' and insert 'crops, grassland, plants or trees or to manage the population of the quarry species in the interests of that species or other species of animals, birds or fish.'.
Mr David Lidington
58
Schedule 3, page 20, line 34, leave out from 'consumption' to 'or' in line 35.
Mr David Lidington
59
Schedule 3, page 20, line 36, after 'hunt', insert 'or kill'.
Mr A. J. Beith
Mr Lembit Öpik
123
Schedule 3, page 20, line 37, at end insert '; or
(d) for the purpose of locating, counting or observing the condition of any mammal or group of mammals in the interests of wildlife conservation.'.
Mr David Lidington
Mr Lembit Öpik
60
Schedule 3, page 20, line 38, leave out sub-paragraph (4).
Mr David Lidington
61
Schedule 3, page 20, line 38, after third 'the' insert 'deliberate'.
Mr David Lidington
62
Schedule 3, page 20, line 40, leave out sub-paragraph (5).
Mr Lembit Öpik
76
Schedule 3, page 20, line 40, leave out 'third' and insert 'second'.
Mr A. J. Beith
Mr Lembit Öpik
124
Schedule 3, page 20, line 41, after first 'that' insert 'other than in any case meeting the condition in sub-paragraph (3)(d) above'.
Mr David Lidington
63
Schedule 3, page 20, line 42, leave out 'fox, hare or rabbit' and insert 'wild mammal'.
Mr David Lidington
65
Schedule 3, page 20, line 43, after 'dead' insert 'except where the person charged believed that it would be unsafe to do so'.
Mr A. J. Beith
Mr Lembit Öpik
117
Schedule 3, page 20, line 43, after 'dead', insert 'or otherwise killed instantly'.
Mr David Lidington
66
Schedule 3, page 20, line 43, leave out from 'dead' to end of line 46.
Mr David Lidington
64
Schedule 3, page 20, line 45, leave out 'under sufficiently close' and insert 'as far as practicable under'.
Mr David Lidington
68
Schedule 3, page 21, line 3, leave out 'took' and insert 'was intended to take'.
Mr David Lidington
67
Schedule 3, page 21, line 3, leave out 'entirely'.
Mr David Lidington
69
Schedule 3, page 21, line 7, after 'which' insert 'he reasonably believed that'.
Mr David Lidington
70
Schedule 3, page 21, line 8, at end insert ', or
(c) which he had not been forbidden to use.'.
Mr David Lidington
71
Schedule 3, page 21, line 8, at end insert ', or
(c) which was land available for public use.'.
Mr David Lidington
120
Schedule 3, page 21, line 8, at end insert—
'(8) No offence shall have been committed under paragraph 1 where the primary intention of the participants is that game birds are to be flushed to be shot and that either one, some or no species of mammals are to be shot if flushed.'.
Mr David Lidington
18
Schedule 3, page 21, line 10, leave out 'charged with an offence' and insert 'liable to a penalty'.
Mr Edward Leigh
108
Schedule 3, page 21, line 11, leave out 'prove' and insert 'claim'.
Mr David Lidington
73
Schedule 3, page 21, line 12, after 'rodents' insert 'or mink'.
Mr David Lidington
74
Schedule 3, page 21, line 12, after 'rodents' insert 'or rabbits'.
Mr Lembit Öpik
Mr Peter Luff
Mrs Llin Golding
77
Schedule 3, page 21, line 13, leave out 'conditions in this paragraph were' and insert 'condition in this paragraph was'.
Mr Edward Leigh
109
Schedule 3, page 21, line 13, at end insert—
'( ) The prosecution must then prove that the person charged with the offence was not hunting rodents and the conditions in this paragraph were not met.'.
Mr Lembit Öpik
Mr David Lidington
Mr Peter Luff
Mrs Llin Golding
78
Schedule 3, page 21, line 14, leave out paragraph (2).
Mr David Lidington
86
Schedule 3, page 21, line 14, after third 'the', insert 'deliberate'.
Mr A. J. Beith
Mr Lembit Öpik
118
Schedule 3, page 21, line 15, after 'ground', insert 'other than in a man-made underground structure or space'.
Mr A. J. Beith
Mr Lembit Öpik
125
Schedule 3, page 21, line 15, after 'ground' insert 'other than in a cave or pothole'.
Mr Lembit Öpik
Mr Peter Luff
Mrs Llin Golding
79
Schedule 3, page 21, line 16, leave out 'second'.
Mr David Lidington
87
Schedule 3, page 21, line 19, after 'he', insert 'believed that he'.
Mr A. J. Beith
Mr Lembit Öpik
105
Schedule 3, page 21, line 20, at end insert ', or
(c) onto which the quarry had escaped while being pursued in accordance with the conditions in this paragraph.'.
Mr David Lidington
19
Schedule 3, page 21, line 22, leave out 'charged with an offence' and insert 'liable to a penalty'.
Mr Edward Leigh
110
Schedule 3, page 21, line 23, leave out 'prove' and insert 'claim'.
Mr David Lidington
88
Schedule 3, page 21, line 23, leave out 'rabbit or hare' and insert 'wild mammal'.
Mr David Lidington
89
Schedule 3, page 21, line 24, at end insert 'or which he believed had been shot or might have been shot'.
Mr Edward Leigh
111
Schedule 3, page 21, line 24, at end insert—
'( ) The prosecution must then prove that the person charged with the offence was not retrieving a rabbit or hare which had been shot.'.
Mr David Lidington
20
Schedule 3, page 21, line 26, leave out 'charged with an offence' and insert 'liable to a penalty'.
