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given up to and including

Wednesday 11th June 2003


New Amendments handed in are marked thus *

CONSIDERATION OF BILL

FIREWORKS BILL, AS AMENDED


NEW CLAUSES

The costs of local authorities

   

Mr Christopher Chope
Mr Edward Leigh

NC1

*To move the following Clause:—

       'The Secretary of State shall make grants of such as are necessary to meet in full the costs reasonably incurred by local authorities in consequence of any provision of this Act.'.


Police authority enforcement policy document

   

Mr Christopher Chope
Mr Edward Leigh

NC2

*To move the following Clause:—

       'It shall be the duty of each police authority to publish an enforcement policy document in relation to offences committed under this Act.'.


   

Mr Christopher Chope
Mr Edward Leigh

40

*Page     1,     line     9     [Clause     1],     leave out subsection (2).

   

Mr Andrew Dismore

3

*Page     1     [Clause     1],     leave out line 15.

   

Mr Andrew Dismore

4

*Page     1,     line     17     [Clause     2],     leave out 'may' and insert 'shall'.


   

Mr Christopher Chope
Mr Edward Leigh

41

*Page     2,     line     1     [Clause     2],     leave out 'there is no' and insert 'the'.

   

Mr Christopher Chope
Mr Edward Leigh

42

*Page     2,     line     2     [Clause     2],     after 'subsection (3)', insert 'is controlled'.

   

Mr Christopher Chope
Mr Edward Leigh

43

*Page     2,     line     2     [Clause     2],     leave out ', or'.

   

Mr Christopher Chope
Mr Edward Leigh

44

*Page     2,     line     3     [Clause     2],     leave out paragraph (b).

   

Miss Melanie Johnson

1

Page     2,     line     5     [Clause     2],     leave out subsection (2).

   

Mr Christopher Chope
Mr Edward Leigh

45

*Page     2,     line     8     [Clause     2],     leave out paragraph (a) and insert—

      '(a) death, injury or unnecessary suffering to persons'.

   

Mr Christopher Chope
Mr Edward Leigh

46

*Page     2,     line     9     [Clause     2],     leave out paragraph (b) and insert—

      '(b) death, injury or unnecessary suffering to any domestic or captive animals, and'.

   

Mr Andrew Dismore

5

*Page     2,     line     14     [Clause     2],     at end insert—

      '( ) representatives of ethnic minority communities'.

   

Mr Christopher Chope
Mr Edward Leigh

47

*Page     2,     line     16     [Clause     2],     at end insert—

       'Before making fireworks regulations the Secretary of State must issue a full regulatory impact assessment setting out details of the costs and benefits and the wider economic social and environmental impact of the proposed regulations'.

   

Mr Christopher Chope
Mr Edward Leigh

48

*Page     2,     line     18     [Clause     2],     leave out 'twelve' and insert 'six'.

   

Mr Christopher Chope
Mr Edward Leigh

49

*Page     2,     line     25     [Clause     2],     leave out paragraph (b).

   

Mr Andrew Dismore

6

*Page     2,     line     35     [Clause     3],     leave out 'may' and insert 'shall'.

   

Mr Andrew Dismore
Mr Christopher Chope
Mr Edward Leigh

7

*Page     2,     line     39     [Clause     3],     leave out 'an age so specified' and insert 'the age of 18 years'.

   

Mr Andrew Dismore

8

*Page     2,     line     40     [Clause     3],     leave out 'may' and insert 'shall'.

   

Mr Andrew Dismore
Mr Christopher Chope
Mr Edward Leigh

9

*Page     2,     line     42     [Clause     3],     leave out 'an age so specified' and insert 'the age of 18 years'.


   

Mr Christopher Chope
Mr Edward Leigh

52

*Page     3,     line     4     [Clause     4],     leave out from 'from' to 'using' in line 5.

   

Mr Andrew Dismore

10

*Page     3,     line     6     [Clause     4],     after 'day', insert 'or dates in the year'.

   

Mr Christopher Chope
Mr Edward Leigh

53

*Page     3,     line     7     [Clause     4],     leave out from 'from' to 'using' in line 8.

   

Mr Andrew Dismore

11

*Page     3,     line     12     [Clause     4],     after 'regulations', insert—

    '( )   without prejudice to the generality of (2) above, the regulations shall specify the application of (2)(a) above to locations near to—

      (a) residential or care premises accommodating the elderly,

      (b) hospitals,

      (c) the private homes of sight-impaired persons reliant on guide dogs,

      (d) public places.'.

   

Mr Edward Leigh
Mr Christopher Chope

64

*Page     3,     line     16     [Clause     4],     at end insert—

    '( )   Fireworks regulations may not prohibit the supply of fireworks for private use on residential premises.'.

   

Mr Edward Leigh
Mr Christopher Chope

67

*Page     3,     line     16     [Clause     4],     at end insert—

    '( )   Firework regulations may not prohibit the supply of fireworks in such a way as to interfere with the celebration of major religious and national festivals.'.

   

Mr Andrew Dismore

12

*Page     3,     line     18     [Clause     5],     leave out 'may' and insert 'shall'.

   

Mr Andrew Dismore

13

*Page     3,     line     24     [Clause     5],     at end insert—

      '(c) without prejudice to the generality of this subsection, (a) and (b) shall prohibit fireworks with a capacity to exceed 95db when set off'.

   

Mr Edward Leigh
Mr Christopher Chope

66

*Page     3,     line     28     [Clause     5],     at end insert—

    '( )   Subsections (1) and (2) shall not apply to class I and class II fireworks.'.

   

Mr Christopher Chope
Mr Edward Leigh

54

*Page     3,     line     30     [Clause     5],     leave out 'include in particular' and insert 'are'.

   

Mr Andrew Dismore

14

*Page     3,     line     34     [Clause     5],     after first 'of', insert 'an approved'.

   

Mr Andrew Dismore

15

*Page     3,     line     34     [Clause     5],     leave out 'a'.

   

Mr Andrew Dismore

16

*Page     3,     line     37     [Clause     5],     after 'experience', insert 'to a specified standard'.

   

Mr Andrew Dismore

17

*Page     3,     line     39     [Clause     5],     after 'against', insert 'third party'.

   

Mr Andrew Dismore

18

*Page     3,     line     39     [Clause     6],     after 'liability', insert 'for death, personal injury or destruction of, or damage to, property'.

   

Mr Christopher Chope
Mr Edward Leigh

55

*Page     3,     line     44     [Clause     5],     at end add—

    '( )   Nothing in this section shall apply to—

      (a) any person whose trade or business is the professional organisation or professional operation of firework displays;

      (b) any person whose trade or business, or part of whose trade or business, is the supply of fireworks or assemblies, for the purposes of supplying them in accordance with the provisions of these Regulations;

      (c) any local authority for the purposes of a firework display;

      (d) any person for use, in the course of a trade or business of his, for special effects purposes in the theatre, on film or on television;

      (e) any local authority, enforcement officer or other body, where that authority or body:

      (i) has enforcement powers, conferred by or under enactment, applying to the firework or assembly in question; and

      (ii) before it purchases the goods, informs the supplier that the purchase is to be made for the purposes of ascertaining whether any provision made by or under any enactment and relating to the safety of the goods has been contravened in relation to those goods;

      (f) any department of the Government of the United Kingdom for the purposes of a firework display put on by that department for use by that department at a national public celebration or a national commemorative event or for use by that department for research or investigations purposes;

      (g) any person who:

      (i) is in business as a supplier of goods designed and intended for use in conjunction with fireworks or assemblies; and

      (ii) intends to use the firework or assembly in question solely for the purposes of testing those goods to ensure that, when used in conjunction with fireworks or assemblies of the same type, they will perform their intended function or comply with any provision made by or under any enactment and relating to the safety of those goods; or

      (h) any establishment of the naval, military or air forces of the Crown for the purposes of a firework display or for use at a national public celebration or a national commemorative event.'.


   

Mr Andrew Dismore

19

*Page     4,     line     2     [Clause     6],     leave out 'may' and insert 'shall'.

 
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