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Amendment Paper as at
Thursday 30th January 2003

STANDING COMMITTEE F


New Amendments handed in are marked thus *

HUNTING BILL

NOTE

The Amendments have been arranged in accordance with the Order of the Committee [7th January 2003].

   

Mr Alun Michael

324

Clause     17,     page     7,     line     12,     at end insert—

      '( ) conviction for an offence under the Protection of Animals (Scotland) Act 1912 (c.14),

      ( ) conviction for an offence under section 2 of the Protection of Badgers Act 1992 (c.51),'.

   

Mr Alun Michael

325

Clause     17,     page     7,     line     14,     at end insert—

      '( ) conviction for an offence under the Protection of Wild Mammals (Scotland) Act 2002 (asp 6),'.

   

Andrew George
Mr Eric Martlew
Dr Alan Whitehead
Mark Tami
Paul Holmes
Mr Mike Hall

251

Clause     17,     page     7,     line     17,     leave out 'and'.

   

Mr James Gray

287

Clause     17,     page     7,     line     18,     leave out paragraph (e).

   

Andrew George
Mr Eric Martlew
Dr Alan Whitehead
Mark Tami
Paul Holmes
Mr Mike Hall

252

Clause     17,     page     7,     line     20,     at end insert '; and

    ( )   any other relevant matter relating to the applicant or any of the applicants.'.

   

Dr Alan Whitehead
Mr Rob Marris
Peter Bradley

153

Clause     17,     page     7,     line     21,     leave out 'hunting' and insert 'pest control with dogs'.

   

Rob Marris
Mark Tami
Albert Owen
Mr Eric Martlew
Paul Holmes
Mr Mike Hall

Mr Alun Michael

240

Clause     17,     page     7,     line     23,     leave out from 'may' to end of line 24.

   

Rob Marris
Mark Tami
Albert Owen
Mr Eric Martlew
Paul Holmes
Mr Mike Hall

241

Clause     17,     page     7,     line     25,     at end insert 'if he does so must'.

   

Rob Marris
Mark Tami
Albert Owen
Mr Eric Martlew
Paul Holmes
Mr Mike Hall

242

Clause     17,     page     7,     line     26,     at end insert 'so as to impose such conditions as he thinks fit'.

   

Mr James Gray
Mr Edward Garnier
Mr Hugo Swire
Gregory Barker

34

Clause     17,     page     7,     line     27,     leave out from 'registrar' to 'refuse' in line 28 and insert 'can show that the applicant or applicants fail to satisfy the tests specified in section 8 he may.'.

   

Dr Alan Whitehead
Mr Rob Marris
Peter Bradley

154

Clause     17,     page     7,     line     30,     leave out 'hunting' and insert 'pest control with dogs'.

   

Mr James Gray

288

Clause     17,     page     7,     line     32,     at end insert—

    '(8)   If the registrar thinks that a party to proceedings before it has acted unreasonably it may order the party to pay all or part of the costs incurred by another party to the proceedings; and "acted unreasonably" includes prolonging the hearing by unsubstantiated submissions or being unprepared or failing to comply with procedure or directions in a material way.'.


   

Mr Alun Michael

332

Clause     18,     page     7,     line     34,     after '14', insert ', or grants it in reliance on section 17(5),'.

   

Mr James Gray

319

Clause     18,     page     7,     line     36,     leave out subsection (2) and insert—

    '(2)   Appeals shall be by way of re-hearing.'.

   

Mr James Gray

104

Clause     18,     page     7,     line     36,     leave out 'a prescribed animal welfare body' and insert 'the animal welfare standing committee'.

   

Mr James Gray
Mr Edward Garnier
Mr Hugo Swire
Gregory Barker

35

Clause     18,     page     7,     line     37,     at end insert—

    '( )   Where the registrar has granted an application subject to conditions under section 17(5)(b), the applicant or applicants may appeal to the Tribunal to alter these conditions'.


   

Mr James Gray

105

Clause     19,     page     7,     line     41,     leave out 'prescribed animal welfare bodies' and insert 'animal welfare standing committee'.

   

Diana Organ
Judy Mallaber
Mr Eric Martlew
Mark Tami
Paul Holmes
Mr Mike Hall

247

Clause     19,     page     7,     line     43,     after 'satisfied', insert 'beyond a reasonable doubt by the applicant or applicants'.

   

Dr Alan Whitehead
Mr Rob Marris
Peter Bradley

155

Clause     19,     page     7,     line     43,     leave out 'hunting' and insert 'pest control with dogs'.

   

Dr Alan Whitehead
Mr Rob Marris
Peter Bradley

156

Clause     19,     page     8,     line     5,     leave out 'hunting' and insert 'pest control with dogs'.

   

Rob Marris
Mark Tami
Albert Owen
Mr Eric Martlew
Paul Holmes
Mr Mike Hall

Mr Alun Michael

243

Clause     19,     page     8,     line     7,     leave out from 'may' to end of line 8.

   

Rob Marris
Mark Tami
Albert Owen
Mr Eric Martlew
Paul Holmes
Mr Mike Hall

244

Clause     19,     page     8,     line     9,     at end insert 'if it does so must'.

   

Rob Marris
Mark Tami
Albert Owen
Mr Eric Martlew
Paul Holmes
Mr Mike Hall

245

Clause     19,     page     8,     line     10,     at end insert 'so as to impose such conditions as it thinks fit'.

   

Dr Alan Whitehead
Mr Rob Marris
Peter Bradley

157

Clause     19,     page     8,     line     14,     leave out 'hunting' and insert 'pest control with dogs'.


   

Dr Alan Whitehead
Mr Rob Marris
Peter Bradley

158

Clause     22,     page     8,     line     34,     leave out 'hunting' and insert 'pest control'.

   

Dr Alan Whitehead
Mr Rob Marris
Peter Bradley

159

Clause     22,     page     8,     line     36,     leave out 'hunting' and insert 'pest control'.

   

Mr Mike Hall
Mark Tami
Albert Owen
Rob Marris
Mr Colin Pickthall
Mr Tony Banks

Mr Eric MartlewDr Alan WhiteheadPaul Holmes

232

Clause     22,     page     8,     line     40,     leave out 'and' and insert—

      '(dd) in the case of a group registration, the name and address of every person for the time being registered, and'.


   

Hywel Williams

196

Clause     23,     page     9,     line     6,     at end insert—

    '( )   shall, in Wales, make provision for a Welsh language version of the register to be made available for inspection by the public at all reasonable times, and'.

   

Mr Mike Hall
Mark Tami
Albert Owen
Rob Marris
Mr Colin Pickthall
Mr Tony Banks

Mr Eric MartlewDr Alan WhiteheadPaul Holmes

233

Clause     23,     page     9,     line     11,     after 'inspection', insert '(otherwise than by a person mentioned in subsection (2A))'.

   

Mr Mike Hall
Mark Tami
Albert Owen
Rob Marris
Mr Colin Pickthall
Mr Tony Banks

Mr Eric MartlewDr Alan WhiteheadPaul Holmes

234

Clause     23,     page     9,     line     12,     after 'provided', insert '(otherwise than to a person mentioned in subsection (2A))'.

   

Mr Mike Hall
Mark Tami
Albert Owen
Rob Marris
Mr Colin Pickthall
Mr Tony Banks

Mr Eric MartlewDr Alan WhiteheadPaul Holmes

235

Clause     23,     page     9,     line     13,     after 'fee', insert '(but not by a person mentioned in subsection (2A))'.

   

Mr Mike Hall
Mark Tami
Albert Owen
Rob Marris
Mr Colin Pickthall
Mr Tony Banks

Mr Eric MartlewDr Alan WhiteheadPaul Holmes

236

Clause     23,     page     9,     line     14,     at end insert—

    '(2A)   The persons are—

      (a) a prescribed animal welfare body;

      (b) a person seeking to inspect the register, or to obtain copies, for the purpose of enforcement of any enactment relating to animal welfare, who—

      (i) is a constable, or

      (ii) acts as, or on behalf of, a person wholly or mainly concerned with enforcement of such enactments.'.

   

Mr James Gray

270

Clause     23,     page     9,     line     14,     at end insert—

    '(2A)   Regulations shall provide that the identity of individuals who participate in a hunt under section 28(5)(a) shall not be made available under subsection (1)(b).'.


   

Mr James Gray

271

Clause     24,     page     9,     line     18,     leave out from 'effect' to 'as' in line 20 and insert—

      '(a) unless and until such time as the licensee may be shown to the satisfaction of the registrar to have breached its terms, or

      (b) for such period'.

   

Mr Michael Foster

177

Clause     24,     page     9,     line     19,     leave out 'three years' and insert 'six months'.

   

Mr Mike Hall
Mark Tami
Albert Owen
Rob Marris
Ms Candy Atherton
Dr Alan Whitehead

Mr Eric MartlewPaul Holmes

321

Clause     24,     page     9,     line     19,     leave out 'years' and insert 'months'.

 
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