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Consideration of Bill: 2nd June 2008                  

2431

 

Planning Bill, continued

 
 

Mrs Jacqui Lait

 

Mr David Jones

 

35

 

Page  54,  line  31  [Clause  107],  leave out from ‘order’ to ‘must’.

 

Mrs Jacqui Lait

 

Mr David Jones

 

36

 

Page  54,  line  33  [Clause  107],  leave out ‘appropriate authority’ and insert

 

‘Secretary of State’.

 

Mrs Jacqui Lait

 

Mr David Jones

 

37

 

Page  54,  line  36  [Clause  107],  leave out ‘appropriate authority’ and insert

 

‘Secretary of State’.

 

Mrs Jacqui Lait

 

Mr David Jones

 

38

 

Page  54,  line  37  [Clause  107],  leave out ‘authority’ and insert ‘Secretary of State’.

 

Mrs Jacqui Lait

 

Mr David Jones

 

39

 

Page  54,  line  38  [Clause  107],  leave out subsection (5).

 


 

Mrs Jacqui Lait

 

Mr David Jones

 

40

 

Page  57,  line  29,  leave out Clause 110.

 


 

Mrs Jacqui Lait

 

Mr David Jones

 

56

 

Page  58,  line  3  [Clause  110],  at end insert—

 

‘(5A)    

An order to which this section applies is subject to special parliamentary

 

procedure.’.

 

Mrs Jacqui Lait

 

Mr David Jones

 

41

 

Page  58,  line  30  [Clause  112],  leave out subsection (2).

 



 
 

Consideration of Bill: 2nd June 2008                  

2432

 

Planning Bill, continued

 
 

Mrs Jacqui Lait

 

Mr David Jones

 

42

 

Page  59,  line  18  [Clause  114],  leave out from beginning to third ‘the’.

 

Mrs Jacqui Lait

 

Mr David Jones

 

43

 

Page  59,  line  20  [Clause  114],  leave out paragraph (b).

 

Mrs Jacqui Lait

 

Mr David Jones

 

44

 

Page  59,  line  32  [Clause  114],  leave out from beginning to third ‘the’.

 

Mrs Jacqui Lait

 

Mr David Jones

 

45

 

Page  59,  line  34  [Clause  114],  leave out paragraph (b).

 


 

Mrs Jacqui Lait

 

Mr David Jones

 

46

 

Page  61,  line  42  [Clause  118],  leave out from beginning to third ‘the’.

 


 

Mrs Jacqui Lait

 

Mr David Jones

 

47

 

Page  62,  line  1  [Clause  118],  leave out paragraph (b).

 


 

Mrs Jacqui Lait

 

Mr David Jones

 

48

 

Page  63,  line  1  [Clause  119],  leave out from beginning to third ‘the’.

 

Mrs Jacqui Lait

 

Mr David Jones

 

49

 

Page  63,  line  3  [Clause  119],  leave out paragraph (b).

 



 
 

Consideration of Bill: 2nd June 2008                  

2433

 

Planning Bill, continued

 
 

Paddy Tipping

 

65

 

Page  65,  line  13  [Clause  122],  at end insert ‘, and

 

(c)    

organisations representing public rights of way user groups, as

 

prescribed, have been consulted.’.

 


 

Mrs Jacqui Lait

 

Mr David Jones

 

50

 

Page  66,  line  28  [Clause  128],  leave out ‘decision-maker’ and insert ‘Secretary of

 

State’.

 

Mrs Jacqui Lait

 

Mr David Jones

 

51

 

Page  66,  line  30  [Clause  128],  leave out subsection (3).

 


 

Secretary Hazel Blears

 

161

 

Page  67,  line  23  [Clause  130],  after ‘in’, insert ‘, or carried out for the purposes

 

of,’.

 

Secretary Hazel Blears

 

162

 

Page  67,  line  25  [Clause  130],  leave out from ‘means’ to end of line 37 and insert

 

‘any operation except an operation of a prescribed description.’.

 

Secretary Hazel Blears

 

163

 

Page  67,  line  42  [Clause  131],  after ‘to’, insert ‘subsection (3) and’.

 

Secretary Hazel Blears

 

164

 

Page  67,  line  42  [Clause  131],  at end insert—

 

‘(3)    

To the extent that the development for which development consent is granted is

 

development within section 16(3), the order granting the consent has effect for the

 

benefit of a person for the time being interested in the land only if the person is a

 

gas transporter.

 

(4)    

“Gas transporter” has the same meaning as in Part 1 of the Gas Act 1986 (see

 

section 7(1) of that Act).’.

 



 
 

Consideration of Bill: 2nd June 2008                  

2434

 

Planning Bill, continued

 
 

remaining proceedings

 

Grants for advice and assistance: England and Wales

 

Secretary Hazel Blears

 

NC28

 

To move the following Clause:—

 

‘In section 304A(1) of TCPA 1990 (grants for assisting the provision of advice

 

and assistance in connection with planning matters), after paragraph (b) insert—

 

“(ba)    

the Planning Act 2008;”’.

 


 

Grants for advice and assistance: Scotland

 

Secretary Hazel Blears

 

NC29

 

To move the following Clause:—

 

‘(1)    

The Secretary of State may make grants for the purpose of assisting any person

 

to provide advice and assistance in connection with any matter which is related

 

to the application of this Act to Scotland.

 

(2)    

The Secretary of State may, as respects any such grant, provide that it is to be

 

subject to such terms and conditions as the Secretary of State thinks appropriate.

 

(3)    

In section 253A of the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1997 (c. 8)

 

(Scottish Ministers’ power to make grants for assisting the provision of advice

 

and assistance in connection with certain planning matters)—

 

(a)    

in subsection (1), after “Acts” insert “(other than the matter mentioned in

 

subsection (1A))”, and

 

(b)    

after subsection (1) insert—

 

“(1A)    

That matter is anything relating to the types of land to which

 

paragraphs 17 and 18 of Schedule 14 apply.”’.

 


 

Application to Parliament

 

Secretary Hazel Blears

 

NC35

 

To move the following Clause:—

 

‘This Act has effect despite any rule of law relating to Parliament or the law and

 

practice of Parliament.’.

 



 
 

Consideration of Bill: 2nd June 2008                  

2435

 

Planning Bill, continued

 
 

Amendment of the Telecommunications Act 1984

 

Andrew Stunell

 

Dan Rogerson

 

Mr Elfyn Llwyd

 

NC5

 

To move the following Clause:—

 

‘(1)    

Schedule 2 to the Telecommunications Act 1984 (c. 12) is amended as follows.

 

(2)    

After paragraph 5(3) insert—

 

“(3A)    

No order under this paragraph shall be made in respect of any land or

 

premises consisting of an educational, nursery or medical facility.”

 

(3)    

After paragraph 5 insert—

 

“5A(1)  

A notice may be served by a properly constituted body on the operator

 

of an electronic communications network which may require that—

 

(a)    

all telecommunications masts and associated apparatus be

 

removed from premises or land used for—

 

(i)    

medical or health related purposes, or

 

(ii)    

education, including use as a nursery; and

 

(b)    

any land or premises, which has been the subject of a

 

compulsory purchase made under the powers granted by

 

section 118 of the Communications Act 2003 shall revert to

 

the original owner.

 

      (2)  

On an application made by the properly constituted body, at the end of

 

a period of no fewer than 28 days starting with the date of the serving

 

of the notice under sub-paragraph (1), the County Court shall make an

 

order for—

 

(a)    

the discontinuance of use and the removal of all

 

telecommunications masts and associated apparatus and

 

equipment, and

 

(b)    

the reversion of any land or premises set out in the notice.

 

      (3)  

On the granting of an order under this paragraph, the County Court

 

shall order that—

 

(a)    

all transmissions from telecommunications masts and

 

associated apparatus which is the subject of the order shall

 

cease at the end of a period not to exceed 28 days, and

 

(b)    

all equipment shall be removed within a period not to exceed

 

3 months from the date of the order.

 

      (4)  

No compensation shall be payable to the operator of the

 

telecommunications masts and associated apparatus as a result of any

 

order made by a Court under this paragraph.

 

      (5)  

For the purposes of this paragraph—

 

   “exempted apparatus” means—

 

(a)    

a public call box, or

 

(b)    

an antenna which cannot be used for receiving a signal

 

transmitted from a telecommunications mast, and

 

(c)    

radio equipment which cannot be used in connection with a

 

telecommunications mast;

 

   “a properly constituted body” means—


 
 

Consideration of Bill: 2nd June 2008                  

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Planning Bill, continued

 
 

(a)    

in relation to a medical facility, its management committee or

 

proprietor,

 

(b)    

in relation to an educational establishment other than a nursery

 

or private education establishment, its governing body, and

 

(c)    

in relation to a nursery or private education establishment, its

 

governing body, management committee, or proprietor;

 

   “telecommunications masts and associated apparatus” has the same

 

meaning as the term “electronic communications apparatus” except that

 

the definition of that term does not include exempted apparatus.”.’.

 


 

Amendment of the Communications Act 2003

 

Andrew Stunell

 

Dan Rogerson

 

Mr Elfyn Llwyd

 

NC6

 

To move the following Clause:—

 

‘(1)    

The Communications Act 2003 (c. 21) is amended as follows.

 

(2)    

In section 119(2) (power of Ofcom to give assistance in relation to certain

 

proceedings), at end insert “or

 

(c)    

any application under paragraphs 5A, 17 and 21 of that code.”

 

(3)    

In paragraph 1 of Schedule 4 (interpretation) at the appropriate place in

 

alphabetical order, insert—

 

““educational establishment” means any premises used solely or partly for

 

the education of children or young adults, and includes schools, colleges

 

and nurseries and all buildings and grounds of such establishments;

 

“medical facility” means a facility used for medical purposes, whether such

 

use is for residential or short-duration treatment or examination;”.

 

(4)    

In paragraph 3(1) of Schedule 4 (compulsory purchase of land: England), after the

 

words “in England and Wales” insert the words “other than land that is owned or

 

used by a medical facility or educational establishment”.

 

(5)    

In paragraph 4(1) of Schedule 4 (compulsory purchase of land: Scotland), after

 

the words “in Scotland” insert the words “other than land that is owned or used

 

by a medical facility or educational establishment”.

 

(6)    

In paragraph 5(1) of Schedule 4 (compulsory purchase of land: Northern Ireland),

 

after the words “in Northern Ireland” insert the words “other than land that is

 

owned or used by a medical facility or educational establishment”.’.

 


 

Secretary Hazel Blears

 

93

 

Page  28,  line  28  [Clause  50],  after ‘it’, insert ‘or right over it’.


 
 

Consideration of Bill: 2nd June 2008                  

2437

 

Planning Bill, continued

 
 

Secretary Hazel Blears

 

94

 

Page  28,  line  34  [Clause  50],  after ‘land’, insert ‘or an interest in it or right over it’.

 


 

Secretary Hazel Blears

 

95

 

Page  43,  line  9  [Clause  82],  after ‘land’, insert ‘or of an interest in or right over

 

land’.

 


 

Secretary Hazel Blears

 

96

 

Page  45,  line  41  [Clause  88],  after ‘land’, insert ‘or of an interest in or right over

 

land’.

 


 

Secretary Hazel Blears

 

97

 

Page  46,  line  6  [Clause  89],  leave out ‘subsection (1)’ and insert ‘this section’.

 

Secretary Hazel Blears

 

98

 

Page  46,  line  23  [Clause  89],  at end insert—

 

    

‘This is subject to subsection (5) of this section.

 

(5)    

Subsections (6) to (8) of section 210 of the Local Government (Scotland) Act

 

1973 (c. 65) (provisions about expenses applying where Minister causes a local

 

inquiry to be held) apply in relation to the Examining authority’s examination of

 

the application in so far as relating to a hearing held in Scotland as they apply in

 

relation to an inquiry under that section, but with references to the Minister

 

causing the inquiry to be held being read as references to the Examining

 

authority.’.

 

Secretary Hazel Blears

 

99

 

Page  46,  line  39  [Clause  91],  after ‘Chancellor’, insert ‘or (if subsection (1A)

 

applies) the Secretary of State’.


 
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