Amendments proposed to the Commons Bill [Lords] - continued House of Commons

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Chris Huhne
Mr Roger Williams
Mr Dan Rogerson

101

Clause     30,     page     16,     line     27,     at end insert—

    '(1A)   Such constitution or order under section 26 should ensure that holders of rights on the common have a majority.'.

   

Mr James Paice

51

Clause     30,     page     16,     line     29,     at end insert—

      '( ) the proportion of members of the association who should be owners of rights.'.

   

Mr David Drew
Chris Huhne
Mr Roger Williams
Mr Dan Rogerson

73

Clause     30,     page     16,     line     33,     at end insert—

      '(e) the holding of meetings in public'.

   

Mr David Drew
Paddy Tipping
Mr Paul Truswell

37

Clause     30,     page     16,     line     35,     leave out paragraph (3)(a) and insert—

      '(a) the election of at least half the members of the association;

      (aa) the local community from which members are to be drawn and the role of representatives of town and parish councils'.

   

Mr James Paice

65

Clause     30,     page     16,     line     41,     at end insert—

      '(h) membership of the association consisting of common rights holders, the owner of the land, tenants and holders of sporting rights.'.


   

David Maclean

93

Clause     31,     page     17,     line     43,     at end insert—

    '(5A)   Where a commons association is established for an area of land that consists of more than one common, it may exercise the functions conferred on it under subsection (1) separately for each common or group of commons.'.


   

Mr James Paice

52

Clause     32,     page     18,     line     13,     at end insert—

      '( ) In exercising its powers under subsection (1) the association may appoint agents to act on its behalf and such agents may include voluntary commons associations which are members of the statutory body.'.

   

Mr James Paice
Chris Huhne
Mr Roger Williams
Mr Dan Rogerson

62

Clause     32,     page     18,     line     15,     at end insert 'including agreements with commons associations, or with such persons as the council considers to represent the interests of persons exercising rights of common over the land.'.

   

Mr David Drew

74

Clause     32,     page     18,     line     18,     leave out paragraph (d).

   

Chris Huhne
Mr Roger Williams
Mr Dan Rogerson

102

Clause     32,     page     18,     line     18,     at end insert—

      '( ) make arrangements for the resolution of disputes;'.

   

Mr James Paice

53

Clause     32,     page     18,     line     19,     at end insert—

      '(f) appoint tribunals for the resolution of disputes.'.

   

Chris Huhne
Mr Roger Williams
Mr Dan Rogerson

103

Clause     32,     page     18,     line     19,     at end insert—

      '(f) establish tribunals.'.

   

Mr David Drew

75

Clause     32,     page     18,     line     25,     at end add—

    '( )   The powers of a commons association to acquire land as specified in subsection (2)(d) includes a power to cause its registration as common land or as a town or village green'.

   

Mr David Drew

91

Clause     32,     page     18,     line     25,     at end add—

    '( )   The powers of a commons association to dispose of land as specified in subsection (2)(d) shall be subject to provisions of section 16 (Deregistration and exchange: applications) as if the association is the owner of the land.'.


   

Mr David Drew

77

Clause     36,     page     20,     line     20,     after 'authority', insert 'after public advertisement and consideration of any representations'.

   

Mr David Drew

76

Clause     36,     page     20,     line     30,     leave out paragraphs (c) and (d).

   

Mr James Paice

67

Clause     36,     page     20,     line     41,     at end add—

    '(4)   Section 36(2)(e) shall not be taken to apply to the National Trust Acts 1907-1971'.


   

Mr James Paice

54

Clause     38,     page     21,     line     27,     after 'of', insert 'materially'.

   

Mr James Paice

55

Clause     38,     page     21,     line     31,     after 'of', insert 'permanent'.

   

Mr James Paice

56

Clause     38,     page     21,     line     33,     at end insert—

      '(d) the parking of vehicles used as accommodation.'.

   

Mr Jim Knight

9

Clause     38,     page     22,     line     7,     leave out from 'are' to end of line 8 and insert 'carried out under a power conferred in relation to that particular land by or under any enactment;'

   

Mr Jim Knight

10

Clause     38,     page     22,     line     9,     leave out from 'where' to end of line 11 and insert 'the works are carried out under a power conferred by or under any enactment applying to common land;'

   

Mr Jim Knight

11

Clause     38,     page     22,     line     13,     leave out 'the appropriate national authority' and insert 'any person'

   

Mr James Paice

57

Clause     38,     page     22,     line     16,     at end insert—

      '( ) works necessary to comply with management agreements between a statutory commons association and a public body.'.

   

Mr James Paice

58

Clause     38,     page     22,     line     16,     at end insert—

      '( ) works which have been agreed by a statutory commons association as necessary for the welfare of animals.'.

   

Mr James Paice

59

Clause     38,     page     22,     line     16,     at end insert—

      '( ) works which have been agreed by a statutory commons association as necessary to prevent the unlawful access of vehicles onto the common.'.

   

Mr Jim Knight

12

Clause     38,     page     22,     line     17,     leave out subsection (7) and insert—

    '(7)   In subsection (6)(a) the reference to an enactment does not include Part 2 of this Act.'

   

Mr Jim Knight

13

Clause     38,     page     22,     line     29,     leave out from 'under' to end of line 31 and insert 'subsection (1) of this section constitutes consent for the purposes of that subsection only.'


   

Mr Jim Knight

14

Clause     39,     page     23,     line     12,     leave out 'the person to whom the consent is given' and insert 'any person carrying out or proposing to carry out works in accordance with the consent'

   

Mr Jim Knight

15

Clause     39,     page     23,     line     13,     at end insert—

    '(5A)   Regulations may specify a time limit for the making of applications under subsection (5).'


   

Mr James Paice

66

Clause     40,     page     23,     line     28,     at end insert 'including guidelines on timescale for decision.'.


   

Mr David Drew

78

Clause     41,     page     23,     line     40,     at end insert—

    '(1A)   It is the duty of the commons registration authority to prevent, as far as possible, the unlawful encroachment on any common land for which it is the registration authority'.

   

Mr Jim Knight

16

Clause     41,     page     23,     line     41,     leave out from 'order' to end of line 42

   

Mr Jim Knight

17

Clause     41,     page     23,     line     43,     leave out 'to remove the works and restore' and insert 'for removal of the works and restoration of'

   

Mr Jim Knight

18

Clause     41,     page     24,     line     3,     leave out 'to carry out the works' and insert 'for the works to be carried out'

   

Mr David Drew

79

Clause     41,     page     24,     line     4,     at end add—

    '(2A)   If the person carrying out the works fails to comply with an order under this section, an eligible person may carry out any outstanding requirements of the order and recover from the person in default the costs reasonably incurred by the eligible person in doing so.

    (2B)   If an eligible person other than a local authority considers that outstanding requirements under subsection (2A) are beyond the capability or resources of that person, they may require an appropriate local authority to carry out those requirements.'.

   

Mr David Drew

80

Clause     41,     page     24,     line     4,     at end add—

      (a) If a person fails without reasonable excuse to comply with an order under subsection (2) above, he is guilty of an offence and liable to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale; and if the offence is continued after conviction he is guilty of a further offence and liable to a fine not exceeding one-twentieth of that level for each day on which the offence is so continued.

      (b) Where, after a person is convicted of an offence under paragraph (a) above, the local authority for the common concerned exercise any power to remove the cause of the obstruction, they may recover from that person the amount of any expenses reasonably incurred by them in, or in connection with, doing so.'.



 
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