Amendments proposed to the Fireworks Bill, As Amended - continued House of Commons

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Mr Christopher Chope
Mr Edward Leigh

56

*Page     4,     line     3     [Clause     6],     at end insert—

    '( )   advanced notification of the time and place of the display has been given to the owners or recipients of land adjoining the site of the display'.

   

Mr Andrew Dismore

20

*Page     4,     line     5     [Clause     6],     after 'to', insert 'the H.S.E. and'.

   

Mr Andrew Dismore

21

*Page     4,     line     7     [Clause     6],     after second 'the', insert 'local or other authority or the H.S.E. or by the'.

   

Mr Christopher Chope
Mr Edward Leigh

57

*Page     4,     line     9     [Clause     6],     leave out paragraph (c).

   

Mr Andrew Dismore

22

*Page     4,     line     10     [Clause     6],     after 'paid', insert 'which fee shall be set at a level sufficient to allow the local authority to cover in full its costs of regulating the display'.

   

Mr Andrew Dismore

23

*Page     4,     line     11     [Clause     6],     at end insert—

      '(e) the H.S.E. and local or other authority have consented in writing to the display'.

   

Mr Andrew Dismore

24

*Page     4,     line     16     [Clause     6],     after 'a', insert 'approved'.

   

Mr Andrew Dismore

25

*Page     4,     line     22     [Clause     6],     leave out 'an age specified in the regulations' and insert 'the age of 18 years'.

   

Mr Christopher Chope
Mr Edward Leigh

58

*Page     4,     line     29     [Clause     6],     at end insert—

    '( )   Nothing in this section shall apply to a display from which the public are excluded notwithstanding that it may be witnessed by the public.'.

   

Mr Christopher Chope
Mr Edward Leigh

59

*Page     4,     line     29     [Clause     6],     at end insert—

    '( )   Nothing in this section shall apply to a display which does not include the use of fireworks under category 4 of the British Standard Specification relating to fireworks published on 30 November 1988 (BS 7114) or any British Standard Specification replacing it.'.

   

Mr Christopher Chope
Mr Edward Leigh

60

*Page     4,     line     30,     leave out Clause 7.

   

Mr Andrew Dismore

26

*Page     4,     line     31     [Clause     7],     leave out 'may' and insert 'shall'.


   

Mr Andrew Dismore

27

*Page     5,     line     2     [Clause     7],     at end insert—

      '(f) about appeals against the grant of a licence'.

   

Mr Andrew Dismore

28

*Page     5,     line     8     [Clause     7],     after 'of', insert 'an approved'.

   

Mr Christopher Chope
Mr Edward Leigh

61

*Page     5,     line     13     [Clause     7],     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 purpose 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

29

*Page     5,     line     22     [Clause     8],     after 'firework', insert 'including specifying the size and manner of the mark, warning or instruction'.

   

Mr Mr Edward Leigh
Mr Christopher Chope

65

*Page     5,     line     33,     leave out Clause 9.

   

Mr Andrew Dismore

30

*Page     5,     line     34     [Clause     9],     leave out 'may' and insert 'shall'.

   

Mr Andrew Dismore

31

*Page     5,     line     40     [Clause     9],     at end insert 'and shall prohibit unlicensed persons from carrying out any of the activities set out in this subsection'.


   

Mr Christopher Chope
Mr Edward Leigh

63

*Page     6,     line     10,     leave out Clause 10.

   

Mr Andrew Dismore

32

*Page     6,     line     16     [Clause     10],     at end insert—

      '( )(a) any course provided under the circumstances permitted by subsection (1)(b) and (c) shall be approved by the Secretary of State;

      (b) a course provided by the Secretary of State under subsection (1)(a) shall be deemed to be approved'.


   

Mr Andrew Dismore

33

*Page     7,     line     6     [Clause     11],     at end insert—

    '(2)   An offence under this section may be tried on indictment or summarily'.

   

Mr Andrew Dismore

35

*Page     7,     line     17     [Clause     11],     leave out 'may not' and insert 'shall'.

   

Mr Andrew Dismore

34

*Page     7,     line     17     [Clause     11],     at end insert 'and on indictment to—

      (a) imprisonment for a term not exceeding 5 years,

      (b) an unlimited time,

       or to both'.


   

Mr Christopher Chope
Mr Edward Leigh

62

*Page     8,     line     15     [Clause     12],     leave out subsection (3).


   

Mr Andrew Dismore

36

*Page     9,     line     10     [Clause     18],     leave out 'do not' and insert 'shall'.

   

Mr Andrew Dismore

37

*Page     9,     line     10     [Clause     18],     leave out 'until' and insert 'on'.

   

Mr Andrew Dismore

38

*Page     9,     line     11     [Clause     18],     leave out 'made by' and insert 'which'.

   

Mr Andrew Dismore

39

*Page     9,     line     11     [Clause     18],     after 'State', insert 'shall make'.


   

Miss Melanie Johnson

2

*Page     10,     line     15     [Schedule],     at end insert—

'Road Traffic Act 1974 (c. 50)Section 18.'.


 
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