05010sc.57-61

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S.C.A.
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House of Commons

Tuesday 1st February 2005

Standing Committee Proceedings

Standing Committee A

Road Safety Bill
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[Sixth and Seventh Sittings]
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Clause 22

  Amendment (No. 15) proposed, in page 25, line 23, at the end to insert the words

‘except in circumstances where a motor vehicle is stationary and the engine is switched

off.’.—(Mr Christopher Chope).

Question proposed, That the Amendment be made.

Negatived on division

Clause Agreed to on division.

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Mr Greg Knight

Mr Christopher Chope

Negatived on division  48

Clause  23,  page  26,  line  31,  leave out ‘6’ and insert ‘3 to 6.’.

Clause Agreed to on division.

Clause 24 and 25 Agreed to.

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Mr Mark Fisher

Withdrawn  73

Clause  26,  page  35,  line  43,  at end insert—

‘(1A)
In subsection (1) (tests of competence to drive), after the word “requirement”,

insert “, has received first aid training”.

(1B)
After subsection (1A) insert—

“(1B) An applicant shall be considered to have received first aid training if on the

date the application for the licence is made he has received the training prescribed

by virtue of subsection (3) below,”.’.

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Mr Mark Fisher

Not called  74

Clause  26,  page  36,  line  4,  at end insert ‘and

(c)
after paragraph (c) insert—

“(d)
the nature of the first aid training for the purposes of this

section and section 36 of the Road Traffic Offenders Act

1988 and the administrative arrangements for receiving

such training,”.’.

Clause Agreed to.

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Mr David Jamieson

Agreed to  70

Clause  27,  page  37,  line  17,  leave out subsection (6) and insert—

‘(6)
After subsection (13) insert—

“(13A)
Before making an order under subsection (3) above the Secretary of State

must consult with such representative organisations as he thinks fit.”.’.

Clause, as amended, Agreed to.

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John Thurso

Richard Younger-Ross

Negatived on division  69

Clause  29,  page  38,  line  21,  leave out ‘pays such fee (if any) as specified by the

order, and (b)’.

Clause Agreed to on division.

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John Thurso

Richard Younger-Ross

Not called  68

Clause  30,  page  39,  line  13,  leave out subsection (1).

John Thurso

Richard Younger-Ross

Not called  72

Clause  30,  page  39,  line  24,  leave out ‘that Act’ and insert ‘the Road Traffic Act

1988’.

Clause Agreed to.

Clause 31 Agreed to.

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Clause 32 Agreed to on division.

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Mr David Jamieson

Agreed to  32

Schedule  4,  page  88,  line  24,  leave out ‘125A(3)’ and insert ‘125A(7)’.

Mr David Jamieson

Agreed to  33

Schedule  4,  page  88,  line  26,  leave out ‘125ZA(7)’ and insert ‘125ZA(3)’.

Schedule, as amended, Agreed to on division.

Clause 33 Agreed to.

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Mr Greg Knight

Mr Christopher Chope

Withdrawn  67

Clause  34,  page  40,  line  38,  at end add—

‘(1C)
Nothing contained herein or in any other statute shall prevent the manufacture,

production, sale or display of any black and white registration plate or mark

intended for display on a historic vehicle and which is in keeping with the style

of registration plates produced when the said vehicle was manufactured.’.

Clause Agreed to.

Clauses 35 to 39 Agreed to.

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Mr David Jamieson

Agreed to  50

Clause  40,  page  46,  line  18,  at end insert—

‘(aa)
in subsection (3) (power to manage), after “picnic area” insert

“(including, in particular, by enforcing controls on parking there and

recovering the costs of doing so)”,’.

Clause, as amended, Agreed to.

Clause 41 Agreed to.

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Mr David Jamieson

Agreed to  34

Schedule  5,  page  102,  line  9,  leave out ‘vehicle’ and insert ‘premises’.

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Mr David Jamieson

Agreed to  63

Schedule  5,  page  104,  line  23,  after ‘section’, insert ‘consisting otherwise than in

permitting an act or omission’.

Mr David Jamieson

Agreed to  64

Schedule  5,  page  104,  line  27,  leave out from ‘both’ to end of line 30 and insert—

‘(5)
A person guilty of an offence under subsection (1) or (3) of this section consisting

in permitting an act or omission is liable on summary conviction to a fine not

exceeding level 5 on the standard scale.’.

Mr David Jamieson

Agreed to  65

Schedule  5,  page  104,  line  48,  leave out from ‘exceeding’ to end of line 1 on page

105 and insert ‘level 5 on the standard scale.’.

Schedule, as amended, Agreed to.

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John Thurso

Richard Younger-Ross

Not selected  49

Clause  42,  page  47,  line  9,  at end insert—

‘(4A)
In subsection 4, after paragraph (b) insert—

(ba)
a requirement to fit retro-reflective tape complying with ECE

104 to international category vehicles N2 and N3 and on goods

trailers under the international classification 03 and 04 newly

registered in the UK”.’

Clause Agreed to.

Clause 43 Agreed to.

Clause 44 Agreed to on division.

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Mr David Jamieson

Agreed to  71

Clause  45,  page  47,  line  44,  at end insert—

‘(1A)
In section 105(5) of that Act (regulations: “the relevant provisions of the Road

Traffic Offenders Act 1988”), after “34”, insert “, 35”.’.

Clause, as amended, Agreed to.

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Mr David Jamieson

Not selected  75

Schedule  6,  page  107,  line  9,  leave out ‘2, paragraph (bb)’ and insert ‘3, paragraph

2(bb)’.

Schedule Agreed to.

Clause 47 to 49 Agreed to.

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Mr David Jamieson

Agreed to  66

Clause  50,  page  49,  line  31,  leave out from beginning to ‘only’ in line 32 and

insert—

‘(1)
Section 1 extends only to England and Wales.

(2)
Sections 15 and 39 extend’.

Clause, as amended, Agreed to.

Clause 51 Agreed to.

[Adjourned till Thursday at 9.25 a.m.