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NOTICES RELATING TO PRIVATE BUSINESS DEPOSITED ON
TUESDAY 22ND JANUARY 2002

Consideration of Bill, as amended

for Thursday 24th January

City of London (Ward Elections) Bill

Amendments to be proposed (by the promoters)
To move the following Clause—
NC 1
Exclusion of Crown property
'A government department or other body exercising on behalf of the Crown functions conferred by or under any Act shall not be treated as a qualifying body within the meaning of this Act.'.

Page      2,      [Clause 2],      leave out lines 1 to 4.
1
Page      2,      line      5,      [Clause 2],      leave out 'occupation"' and insert 'occupying"'.
2

Page      2,      line      5,      [Clause 2],      leave out 'hereditament, or part of a hereditament,' and insert 'premises,'.
3
Page      2,      line      6,      [Clause 2],      leave out 'occupation' and insert 'occupying for relevant purposes'.
4
Page      2,      line 18,      [Clause 2],      at end insert—
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'workforce", in relation to a qualifying body, means all those persons whose principal or only place of work on the qualifying date is ordinarily the premises in respect of which that body's right to appoint voters arises, and who work for that body.'.

Page      2,      line      19,      [Clause 2],      leave out from 'is' to 'shall' in line 20 and insert'occupying any premises'.
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Page      2,      line      20,      [Clause 2],      after 'to be' insert 'doing'.
7
Page      2,      line      21,      [Clause 2],      leave out from 'of' to end of line 22 and insert 'those premises is occupying them.'.
8
Page      2,      line      25,      [Clause 3],      leave out subsection (1), and insert—
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'(1)   After subsection (1)(b) of section 6 of the 1957 Act (qualification of voters at ward elections) there shall be inserted—
or
(c)are persons appointed in writing as voters by a qualifying body which ordinarily occupies as owner or tenant any premises situated in that ward, being premises in respect of which the right to appoint one or more voters depends on the size of the workforce there;'"

(1A)      The extent of the right to appoint mentioned in section 6(1)(c) of the 1957 Act as depending on the size of the workforce shall be—

(a)one for a workforce of up to 5, plus one for every 5 by which a workforce exceeds 5, up to a workforce of 50; and
(b)for a workforce that exceeds 50, the number given by paragraph (a), of this subsection plus 1 for every 50 of that excess.

(1B)      In the case of a workforce of over 5 whose number is not exactly divisible by 5 or 50, as the case may be, the remainder shall be disregarded for the purposes of subsection (1A) above.'.

Page      3,      line      6,      [Clause 3],      leave out from 'of' to 'of' in line 7 and insert 'section 6 of the 1957 Act, any premises partly situated in each of two or more wards'.
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Page      3,      line      9,      [Clause 3],      leave out 'hereditament' and insert 'premises'.
11
Page      3,      line      10,      [Clause 3],      leave out subsections (6) to (8), and insert—
12
'(   )Where, apart from this subsection, sections 6(1)(a) and 6(1)(c) of the 1957 Act would both apply in relation to the same premises, only section 6(1)(a) shall apply in relation to those premises.'.

Page      3,      line      25,      [Clause 4], leave out from 'section 3(1)(c) above' and insert 'section 6(1)(c) of the 1957 Act'.
13
Page      3,      line      26,      [Clause 4],      leave out second 'the' and insert 'its'.
14
Page      3,      line      28,      [Clause 4],      leave out subsection (2).
15
Page      3,      line      33,      [Clause 5],      leave out 'section 3(1)(c) above' and insert 'section 6(1)(c) of the 1957 Act'.
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Page      4,      line      16,      [Clause 5],      leave out 'hereditament (or part)' and insert 'premises'.
17
Page      4,      line      16,      [Clause 5],      leave out from 'which' to end of line 17 and insert 'that qualifying body's right to appoint'.
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Page      4,      line      19,      leave out Clause 6.
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Page      5,      line      1,      [Clause 8],      leave out 'hereditament or part of a hereditament' and insert 'premises'.
20
Page      5,      line      4,      [Clause 8],      leave out 'Schedule 1 to this Act' and insert 'section 3(1A) above'.
21
Page      5,      line      7,      [Clause 8],      leave out 'section 3(1)(c) above' and insert 'section 6(1)(c) of the 1957 Act'.
22
Page      5,      line      14,      [Clause 8],      after 'Act' insert 'shall'.
23
Page      5,      line      20,      [Clause 9],      leave out 'third' and insert 'second'.
24
Page      6,      line      1,      leave out Schedule 1.
25
Page      9,      line      24,      [Schedule 2],      at end insert—
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'7. In paragraph 6 of that Schedule, for the words their application", substitute its application"'.

Page      9,      line      28,      [Schedule 3],      leave out 'In section 4(1), the definition rateable"' and insert—
'In section 4(2), the words subsections (3) and (4) and", and the explanatory words in brackets'.

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Page      9,      line      29,      [Schedule 3],      leave out 'Section 4(2)' and insert—
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'In section 6(1)(a), the words , and for which the rateable value shown in that list is not less than £10"'.

Page      9,      line      31,      [Schedule 3],      leave out 'In Schedule 6, paragraph 6' and insert—
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'In paragraph 6 of Schedule 6, the words subsections (3) and (4) and", and the explanatory words in brackets'.

Page      9,      line      33,      [Schedule 3],      leave out lines 33 and 34.
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WEDNESDAY 23RD JANUARY 2002

STANDING ORDERS COMMITTEE

Case to be heard by the Committee

Petition for Bill Hour Room

London Local Authorities and Transport for London Bill
(Petition for dispensing with Standing Order 38(3)) 11.00 13



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