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House of Commons

 
 

Tuesday 18th April 2006

 

Standing Committee Proceedings

 

Standing Committee A

 

Road Safety Bill [Lords]


 

[Seventh sitting]


 

Mr Owen Paterson

 

Stephen Hammond

 

Mr Henry Bellingham

 

Withdrawn  97

 

Clause  39,  page  46,  line  39,  leave out subsection (3).

 

Clause Agreed to.

 

Clause 40 Agreed to.

 


 

Mr Owen Paterson

 

Stephen Hammond

 

Mr Henry Bellingham

 

Not called  99

 

Schedule  5,  page  99,  leave out lines 33 to 35.

 

Mr Owen Paterson

 

Stephen Hammond

 

Mr Henry Bellingham

 

Not called  100

 

Schedule  5,  page  102,  leave out lines 17 to 19.

 

Dr Stephen Ladyman

 

Agreed to  8

 

Schedule  5,  page  106,  line  27,  after ‘conducted’ insert ‘, conditions which must be

 

satisfied during the currency of an appointment, the charging of reasonable fees in respect

 

of applications for appointment or appointments or in connection with any examination

 

or assessment which may be required before appointment or during the currency of any

 

appointment’.


 
 

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Mr Owen Paterson

 

Stephen Hammond

 

Mr Henry Bellingham

 

Not called  101

 

Schedule  5,  page  106,  leave out lines 30 and 31.

 

Mr Owen Paterson

 

Stephen Hammond

 

Mr Henry Bellingham

 

Not called  103

 

Schedule  5,  page  108,  leave out lines 30 and 31.

 

Mr Owen Paterson

 

Stephen Hammond

 

Mr Henry Bellingham

 

Not called  102

 

Schedule  5,  page  108,  leave out lines 34 to 36.

 

Dr Stephen Ladyman

 

Agreed to  9

 

Schedule  5,  page  113,  line  8,  after ‘evidencing’ insert ‘the passing of an

 

examination (or part of an examination) required by regulations under section 132 of this

 

Act or’.

 

Dr Stephen Ladyman

 

Agreed to  10

 

Schedule  5,  page  113,  line  15,  after ‘evidencing’ insert ‘the passing of an

 

examination (or part of an examination) required by regulations under section 132 of this

 

Act or’.

 

Schedule, as amended, Agreed to.

 


 

Mr Owen Paterson

 

Stephen Hammond

 

Mr Henry Bellingham

 

Withdrawn  86

 

Clause  41,  page  47,  line  29,  leave out ‘, understanding’.

 

Mr Owen Paterson

 

Stephen Hammond

 

Mr Henry Bellingham

 

Not called  98

 

Clause  41,  page  48,  line  2,  leave out from ‘assistants’ to end of line 4.

 

Clause Agreed to.

 

Clauses 42 to 46 Agreed to.

 



 
 

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Mr Owen Paterson

 

Stephen Hammond

 

Mr Henry Bellingham

 

Withdrawn  87

 

Clause  47,  page  53,  line  30,  leave out from ‘outside the United Kingdom’ and

 

insert ‘that has ratified the Treaty on European Vehicle and Driving Licence Information

 

System’.

 

Mr Owen Paterson

 

Stephen Hammond

 

Mr Henry Bellingham

 

Not called  72

 

Clause  47,  page  53,  line  40,  leave out ‘outside the United Kingdom’ and insert

 

‘that has ratified the Treaty on European Vehicle and Driving Licence Information

 

System.’.

 

Clause Agreed to.

 


 

Mr Owen Paterson

 

Stephen Hammond

 

Mr Henry Bellingham

 

Not selected  73

 

Page  54,  line  2,  leave out Clause 48.

 

Clause Agreed to.

 


 

Dr Stephen Ladyman

 

Not selected  104

 

Page  54,  line  15,  leave out Clause 49.

 

Clause Negatived on division.

 


 

Mr Owen Paterson

 

Stephen Hammond

 

Mr Henry Bellingham

 

Negatived on division  74

 

Clause  50,  page  54,  line  31,  leave out ‘six’ and insert ‘twelve’.

 

Mr Owen Paterson

 

Stephen Hammond

 

Mr Henry Bellingham

 

Not called  75

 

Clause  50,  page  54,  line  32,  leave out from ‘shall’ to end of line 33 and insert ‘be

 

disqualified for not less than twelve months.’.


 
 

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Dr Stephen Ladyman

 

Not selected  105

 

Page  54,  line  26,  leave out Clause 50.

 

Clause Negatived on division.

 


 

Mr Owen Paterson

 

Stephen Hammond

 

Mr Henry Bellingham

 

Not called  76

 

Clause  51,  page  54,  line  41,  leave out from from ‘conviction’ to ‘to’ in line 42.

 

Dr Stephen Ladyman

 

Not selected  106

 

Page  54,  line  36,  leave out Clause 51.

 

Clause Negatived on division.

 


 

Dr Stephen Ladyman

 

Not selected  107

 

Page  55,  line  3,  leave out Clause 52.

 

Clause Negatived on division.

 


 

Dr Stephen Ladyman

 

Not selected  108

 

Page  55,  line  11,  leave out Clause 53.

 

Clause Negatived.

 


 

Dr Stephen Ladyman

 

Not selected  109

 

Page  55,  line  39,  leave out Clause 54.

 

Clause Negatived on division.

 



 
 

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Dr Stephen Ladyman

 

Not selected  110

 

Page  56,  line  4,  leave out Clause 55.

 

Clause Negatived on division.

 

Clauses 56 and 57 Agreed to.

 

Clause 58 Agreed to on division.

 

Clauses 59 and 60 Agreed to.

 


 

Dr Stephen Ladyman

 

Agreed to  111

 

Schedule  6,  page  126,  line  25,  at end insert—

 

‘(16A) Safety arrangements at level crossings

 

Short title and chapter

Extent of repeal

 
 

Level Crossings Act 1983 (c. 16)

In section 1—

 
  

(a)    

in subsection (3)(b), the words “barriers or

 
  

other”, and

 
  

(b)    

in subsection (11), the definition of “local

 
  

authority”.’.

 
 

Schedule, as amended, Agreed to.

 

Clause 61 Agreed to.

 


 

Mr Owen Paterson

 

Stephen Hammond

 

Mr Henry Bellingham

 

Mr Alistair Carmichael

 

Not called  77

 

Clause  62,  page  59,  line  7,  at end insert—

 

‘( )    

Section 16 shall come into force on 1st January 2007’.

 

Mr Greg Knight

 

Not called  14

 

Clause  62,  page  59,  line  24,  at beginning insert—

 


 

‘Subject to Section 5’.

 

Clause Agreed to.

 



 
 

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Dr Stephen Ladyman

 

Agreed to  11

 

Clause  63,  page  59,  line  25,  leave out ‘Section 15 extends’ and insert ‘Sections

 

11(3) and 15 and Schedule (Prohibition on driving: immobilisation, removal and disposal

 

of vehicles) extend’.

 

Clause, as amended, Agreed to.

 


 

Dr Stephen Ladyman

 

Agreed to  12

 

Clause  64,  page  59,  line  32,  leave out subsection (2).

 

Clause, as amended, Agreed to.

 


 

New Clauses

 

Prohibition on driving: immobilisation, removal and disposal of vehicles

 

Dr Stephen Ladyman

 

Added  nc4

 

To move the following Clause:—

 

‘(1)    

In section 99A of the Transport Act 1968 (c. 73) (powers to prohibit driving of

 

vehicles in connection with contravention of provisions about drivers’ hours),

 

after subsection (5) insert—

 

“(6)    

Schedule (Prohibition on driving: immobilisation, removal and disposal

 

of vehicles) to the Road Safety Act 2006 makes provision about the

 

immobilisation of vehicles the driving of which has been prohibited

 

under subsection (1) of this section and about their removal and

 

disposal.”

 

(2)    

In section 3 of the Road Traffic (Foreign Vehicles) Act 1972 (c. 27) (prohibition

 

on driving of foreign vehicles: enforcement provisions), after subsection (7)

 

insert—

 

“(8)    

Schedule (Prohibition on driving: immobilisation, removal and disposal

 

of vehicles) to the Road Safety Act 2006 makes provision about the

 

immobilisation of vehicles the driving of which has been prohibited

 

under section 1 of this Act and about their removal and disposal.”

 

(3)    

In section 73 of the Road Traffic Act 1988 (c. 52) (prohibition on driving of unfit

 

or overloaded vehicles: supplementary provisions), after subsection (4) insert—

 

“(5)    

Schedule (Prohibition on driving: immobilisation, removal and disposal

 

of vehicles) to the Road Safety Act 2006 makes provision about the

 

immobilisation of vehicles the driving of which has been prohibited


 
 

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under section 69 or 70 of this Act and about their removal and

 

disposal.”.’.

 


 

Compulsory surrender of old-form licences

 

Dr Stephen Ladyman

 

Added  nc5

 

To move the following Clause:—

 

‘(1)    

In the Road Traffic Act 1988 (c. 52), after section 98 insert—

 

“98A  

Compulsory surrender of old-form licences

 

(1)    

The Secretary of State may by order require the holders of licences of a

 

specified description, or any specified description of the holders of such

 

licences, to surrender the licences and their counterparts to the Secretary

 

of State.

 

(2)    

An order under this section may specify as the description of licences to

 

be surrendered—

 

(a)    

licences which are not in the form of a photocard, or

 

(b)    

licences in the form of a photocard of a description no longer

 

specified by the Secretary of State as a form in which licences are

 

granted.

 

(3)    

An order under this section must specify the date by which the licences

 

to which it relates (and their counterparts) are to be surrendered; and may

 

specify different dates in relation to different descriptions of licence

 

holders.

 

(4)    

An order under this section must include provision for the grant of a new

 

licence to every holder of a licence surrendered (with its counterpart) in

 

pursuance of the order who—

 

(a)    

pays such fee (if any) as is specified by the order, and

 

(b)    

provides the Secretary of State with such evidence or further

 

evidence as the Secretary of State may require (which may

 

include a photograph which is a current likeness of him).

 

(5)    

A replacement licence granted pursuant to provision made by virtue of

 

subsection (4) above expires on the date on which the surrendered licence

 

would have expired had it not been surrendered (but subject to subsection

 

(6) below).

 

(6)    

Where the period for which the surrendered licence was granted was

 

based on an error with respect to the licence holder’s date of birth such

 

that (if the error had not been made) that licence would have been

 

expressed to expire on a different date, the replacement licence expires

 

on that different date.

 

(7)    

A person who, without reasonable excuse, fails to comply with any

 

requirement to surrender a licence and its counterpart imposed by an

 

order under this section is guilty of an offence.

 

(8)    

An order under this section may—


 
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