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House of Commons

 
 

Thursday 30th June 2005

 

Standing Committee Proceedings

 

Standing Committee A

 

Natural Environment and Rural Communities Bill


 

[seventh and eighth Sittings]


 

Jim Knight

 

Agreed to  151

 

Clause  56,  page  22,  line  3,  at end insert ‘or

 

‘(b)    

in relation to an order designating a National Park in Wales, a community

 

council.’

 

Clause, as amended, Agreed to.

 


 

Mr Roger Williams

 

Negatived on division  81

 

Clause  57,  page  22,  line  12,  at end insert—

 

‘(ba)    

a specified number of directly elected members,’.

 

Mr Roger Williams

 

Not called  82

 

Clause  57,  page  22,  line  18,  leave out ‘and’.

 

Mr Roger Williams

 

Not called  83

 

Clause  57,  page  22,  line  19,  at end insert ‘and

 

(c)    

directly elected members,’.

 

Mr Roger Williams

 

Not called  84

 

Clause  57,  page  23,  line  10,  at end insert—

 

‘(5A)    

After paragraph 3 insert—


 
 

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“Directly elected members

 

3A  (1)  

The Secretary of State may by regulations made by statutory

 

instrument make provision for and in connection with the election of

 

directly elected members of National Park authorities.

 

      (2)  

Regulations under sub-paragraph (1) are subject to annulment in

 

pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.”.’.

 

Clause Agreed to.

 

Clauses 58 and 59 Agreed to.

 


 

Jim Knight

 

Agreed to  142

 

Clause  60,  page  24,  line  13,  leave out ‘by grants under section 15 of the 1988 Act’

 

and insert ‘otherwise than by means of —

 

(a)    

charges of a kind mentioned in section 13(1) of the 1988 Act, or

 

(b)    

levies under section 14(1) of the 1988 Act.’.

 

Clause, as amended, Agreed to.

 

Clause 61 Agreed to.

 


 

Mr James Paice

 

Mr Peter Atkinson

 

Withdrawn  72

 

Clause  62,  page  24,  line  29,  leave out ‘commencement’ and insert ‘19th May

 

2005’.

 

Mr James Paice

 

Mr Peter Atkinson

 

Not called  122

 

Clause  62,  page  24,  line  29,  leave out ‘commencement’ and insert ‘9th December

 

2003’.

 

Mr James Paice

 

Mr Peter Atkinson

 

Not called  123

 

Clause  62,  page  24,  line  29,  leave out ‘commencement’ and insert ‘20th January

 

2005’.

 

Mr James Paice

 

Mr Peter Atkinson

 

Not called  71

 

Clause  62,  page  24,  line  36,  at end insert—

 

‘(1A)    

Where an application to register a right of way for mechanically propelled

 

vehicles was made on or after 19th May 2005 and before commencement the


 
 

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authority to whom application was made may decline to register the right of way

 

on a definitive map or statement if it considers that use of the right of way by

 

mechanically propelled vehicles would be—

 

(a)    

detrimental to the natural environment, or

 

(b)    

detrimental to the interests of other permitted users.’.

 

Mr James Paice

 

Mr Peter Atkinson

 

Not called  73

 

Clause  62,  page  25,  line  6,  leave out ‘commencement’ and insert ‘19th May 2005’.

 

Clause Agreed to.

 


 

Mr Roger Williams

 

Withdrawn  107

 

Clause  63,  page  25,  line  24,  at end add—

 

‘(4)    

Under sections 1, 9, 14, 22, 65, 68, 69, 71 and 92 of the Road Traffic Regulation

 

Act 1984 (c. 27), the relevant National Parks Authority may exercise the

 

functions of the local traffic authority for the purposes of controlling traffic by

 

way of a traffic regulation order on any unsealed road including those classed as

 

footpath, bridleway, restricted byway, byway open to all traffic or unclassified

 

county road within the relevant National Park.

 

(5)    

In subsection (4), “unsealed” means any route which has an earth, gravel or

 

cobbled surface and is not made up of tarmac, concrete or asphalt along its

 

course.’.

 

Clause Agreed to.

 

Clause 64 Agreed to.

 

[Adjourned till Tuesday next at 10.30 a.m.


 
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