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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'.

 
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