S.C.F.
NOTICES OF AMENDMENTS
given up to and including
Tuesday 1st July 2003
New Amendments handed in are marked thus *
STANDING COMMITTEE F
HUNTING (RE-COMMITTED) BILL
Alun Michael
Rob Marris
1
*Clause 1, page 1, leave out line 6.
Alun Michael
Rob Marris
2
*Page 1, line 8, leave out Clause 2.
Rob Marris
3
*Clause 3, page 2, leave out lines 18 and 19.
Alun Michael
Rob Marris
4
*Clause 5, page 2, leave out line 29.
Alun Michael
Rob Marris
5
*Page 2, line 31, leave out Clause 6.
Alun Michael
Rob Marris
6
*Page 2, line 33, leave out Clause 7.
Alun Michael
Rob Marris
7
*Page 2, line 35, leave out Clause 8.
Alun Michael
Rob Marris
8
*Page 3, line 1, leave out Clause 9.
Alun Michael
Rob Marris
9
*Page 3, line 18, leave out Clause 11.
Alun Michael
60
*Page 3, line 24, leave out Clauses 12 to 42.
Alun Michael
Rob Marris
10
*Page 3, line 24, leave out Clause 12.
Alun Michael
Rob Marris
11
*Page 4, line 9, leave out Clause 13.
Alun Michael
Rob Marris
12
*Page 4, line 26, leave out Clause 14.
Alun Michael
Rob Marris
13
*Page 4, line 33, leave out Clause 15.
Alun Michael
Rob Marris
14
*Page 5, line 1, leave out Clause 16.
Alun Michael
Rob Marris
15
*Page 5, line 8, leave out Clause 17.
Alun Michael
Rob Marris
16
*Page 5, line 26, leave out Clause 18.
Alun Michael
Rob Marris
17
*Page 6, line 20, leave out Clause 19.
Alun Michael
Rob Marris
18
*Page 6, line 30, leave out Clause 20.
Alun Michael
Rob Marris
19
*Page 7, line 18, leave out Clause 21.
Alun Michael
Rob Marris
20
*Page 8, line 15, leave out Clause 22.
Alun Michael
Rob Marris
21
*Page 8, line 21, leave out Clause 23.
Alun Michael
Rob Marris
22
*Page 9, line 4, leave out Clause 24.
Alun Michael
Rob Marris
23
*Page 9, line 11, leave out Clause 25.
Alun Michael
Rob Marris
24
*Page 9, line 15, leave out Clause 26.
Alun Michael
Rob Marris
25
*Page 9, line 26, leave out Clause 27.
Alun Michael
Rob Marris
26
*Page 10, line 1, leave out Clause 28.
Alun Michael
Rob Marris
27
*Page 10, line 9, leave out Clause 29.
Alun Michael
Rob Marris
28
*Page 10, line 30, leave out Clause 30.
Alun Michael
Rob Marris
29
*Page 10, line 39, leave out Clause 31.
Alun Michael
Rob Marris
30
*Page 11, line 19, leave out Clause 32.
Alun Michael
Rob Marris
31
*Page 12, line 10, leave out Clause 33.
Alun Michael
Rob Marris
32
*Page 12, line 15, leave out Clause 34.
Alun Michael
Rob Marris
33
*Page 12, line 35, leave out Clause 35.
Alun Michael
Rob Marris
34
*Page 13, line 7, leave out Clause 36.
Alun Michael
Rob Marris
35
*Page 14, line 3, leave out Clause 37.
Alun Michael
Rob Marris
36
*Page 14, line 14, leave out Clause 38.
Alun Michael
Rob Marris
37
*Page 15, line 7, leave out Clause 39.
Alun Michael
Rob Marris
38
*Page 15, line 32, leave out Clause 40.
Alun Michael
Rob Marris
39
*Page 16, line 2, leave out Clause 41.
Alun Michael
Rob Marris
40
*Page 16, line 7, leave out Clause 42.
Alun Michael
61
*Clause 43, page 16, leave out lines 24 to 26.
Alun Michael
Rob Marris
41
*Page 18, line 5, leave out Clause 47.
Alun Michael
Rob Marris
42
*Clause 49, page 19, leave out lines 23 to 32.
Alun Michael
Rob Marris
43
*Page 20, line 1, leave out Clause 52.
Rob Marris
44
*Clause 53, page 20, leave out lines 18 and 19.
Alun Michael
65
*Page 20, line 15, leave out Clause 53.
Rob Marris
45
*Clause 54, page 20, leave out lines 21 to 25.
Rob Marris
46
*Clause 54, page 20, line 26, leave out 'The following' and insert 'This Act'.
Rob Marris
47
*Clause 54, page 20, line 27, leave out 'this Act' and insert 'it'.
Rob Marris
48
*Clause 54, page 20, leave out lines 28 and 29.
Alun Michael
66
*Page 20, line 20, leave out Clause 54.
Alun Michael
Rob Marris
49
*Page 20, line 30, leave out Clause 55.
NEW CLAUSES
Subordinate legislation
Alun Michael
NC1
*To move the following Clause:—
'An order of the Secretary of State under this Act—
| (a) | shall be made by statutory instrument, |
| (b) | may not be made unless a draft has been laid before and approved by resolution of each House of Parliament, |
| (c) | may make provision which applies generally or only in specified circumstances or for specified purposes, |
| (d) | may make different provision for different circumstances or purposes, and |
| (e) | may make transitional, consequential and incidental provision.'. |
Commencement
Alun Michael
NC2
*To move the following Clause:—
'This Act shall come into force at the end of the period of three months beginning with the date on which it is passed.'
Domestic or protected animals
Lembit Öpik
Mr Peter Luff
NC3
*To move the following Clause:—
'Hunting a wild mammal with dogs is exempt hunting if it can be shown that the alternatives may have consequences of domestic or protected animals.'.
Human safety
Lembit Öpik
Mr Peter Luff
NC4
*To move the following Clause:—
'Hunting a wild mammal with dogs is exempt hunting if it can be shown that the alternatives may have consequences for human safety.'.
Conditions of use for dogs below ground
Lembit Öpik
Mr Peter Luff
NC5
*To move the following Clause:—
'(1) The use of a dog below ground is exempt hunting if the conditions in this paragraph are satisfied.
(2) The first condition is that the hunting is undertaken for the purpose of—
| (a) | preventing or reducing serious damage which the wild mammal would otherwise cause— |
| (ii) | to game birds or wild birds (within the meaning of section 27 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (c. 69)), |
| (iii) | to food for livestock, |
| (iv) | to crops (including vegetables and fruit), |
| (vii) | to other property, or |
| (viii) | to the biological diversity of an area (within the meaning of the United Nations Environmental Programme Convention on Biological Diversity of 1992), or |
| (i) | the biological diversity of an area (within the meaning of the United Nations Environmental Programme Convention on Biological Diversity of 1992) or |
| (ii) | the wildlife management of an area |
| (c) | obtaining meat to be used for human or animal consumption. |
(3) The second condition is that the hunting takes place on land—
| (a) | which belongs to the person doing the hunting, or which he has been given permission to use for the purpose by the occupier or, in the case of unoccupied land, by a person to whom it belongs. |
(4) The third condition is that—
| (a) | reasonable steps are taken for the purpose of ensuring that as soon as possible after locating the wild mammal under ground, the wild mammal is shot dead by a competent person, and |
| (b) | in particular, each dog used underground is kept under sufficiently close control to ensure that it does not prevent or obstruct achievement of the objective of paragraph (a). |
| (c) | in the case of orphaned fox cubs which the hunter reasonably believes are not capable of fending for themselves and that their mother is dead or seriously injured, reasonable steps are taken for the purpose of ensuring that the cubs are killed as quickly and humanely as possible. |
(5) The fourth condition is that there is insurance in place in respect of loss or damage caused to persons other than the hunter in the course of the use of dogs underground.'.
