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Report Stage Proceedings: 18 May 2011                  

608

 

Localism Bill, continued

 
 

Barbara Keeley

 

Alison Seabeck

 

Jack Dromey

 

Negatived on division  13

 

Page  114,  line  36,  leave out Clause 130.

 


 

Barbara Keeley

 

Alison Seabeck

 

Jack Dromey

 

Negatived on division  271

 

Page  115,  line  7  [Clause  130],  at end insert—

 

‘(2A)    

Subsection (2) shall not apply to a secure tenancy if immediately before the

 

tenancy was granted the person who became the tenant under the tenancy, or in

 

the case of joint tenants, one or more of them was—

 

(a)    

a secure tenant of the same or another dwelling-house, or

 

(b)    

an assured tenant of a private registered provider of social housing or a

 

registered social landlord (otherwise than under an assured shorthold

 

tenancy) in respect of the same or another dwelling-house.’.

 


 

Barbara Keeley

 

Alison Seabeck

 

Jack Dromey

 

Not called  272

 

Page  116,  line  33  [Clause  130],  leave out from beginning to end of line 30 on page

 

117 and insert—

 

    

‘sections 83 to 85A of the Housing Act 1985 shall apply equally to Flexible

 

Tenancies and references to secure tenancies in those sections shall be read

 

accordingly.’.

 

Mr Nick Raynsford

 

Not called  362

 

Page  116,  line  33  [Clause  130],  after ‘Subject’, insert ‘to the discretion of the court,

 

in circumstances where the tenant has made representations against the granting of

 

possession, not to make an order if it considers that order disproportionate, and subject’.

 


 

Barbara Keeley

 

Alison Seabeck

 

Jack Dromey

 

Not called  14

 

Page  118,  line  19,  leave out Clause 131.

 



 
 

Report Stage Proceedings: 18 May 2011                  

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Localism Bill, continued

 
 

Barbara Keeley

 

Alison Seabeck

 

Jack Dromey

 

Not called  277

 

Page  121,  line  36  [Clause  134],  at end insert—

 

‘(c)    

or P is another member of the tenant’s family and has resided with the

 

tenant throughout the period of 12 months ending with the tenant’s

 

death.’.

 

Secretary Eric Pickles

 

Agreed to  191

 

Page  121,  line  36  [Clause  134],  at end insert—

 

‘(1A)    

A person (“P”) is qualified to succeed the tenant under a secure tenancy of a

 

dwelling-house in England if—

 

(a)    

at the time of the tenant’s death the dwelling-house is not occupied by a

 

spouse or civil partner of the tenant as his or her only or principal home,

 

(b)    

an express term of the tenancy makes provision for a person other than

 

such a spouse or civil partner of the tenant to succeed to the tenancy, and

 

(c)    

P’s succession is in accordance with that term.’.

 

Secretary Eric Pickles

 

Agreed to  192

 

Page  121,  line  37  [Clause  134],  after ‘(1)’, insert ‘or (1A)’.

 

Secretary Eric Pickles

 

Agreed to  193

 

Page  121,  line  39  [Clause  134],  leave out ‘(whether or not the tenant’s spouse or

 

civil partner)’.

 


 

Secretary Eric Pickles

 

Agreed to  194

 

Page  122,  line  40  [Clause  135],  at end insert—

 

‘(1ZA)    

Subject to subsection (1B), in any case where—

 

(a)    

there is an assured periodic tenancy of a dwelling-house in England under

 

which—

 

(i)    

the landlord is a private registered provider of social housing,

 

and

 

(ii)    

the tenant is a sole tenant,

 

(b)    

the tenant under the tenancy dies,

 

(c)    

immediately before the death, the dwelling-house was not occupied by a

 

spouse or civil partner of the tenant as his or her only or principal home,

 

(d)    

an express term of the tenancy makes provision for a person other than

 

such a spouse or civil partner of the tenant to succeed to the tenancy, and

 

(e)    

there is a person whose succession is in accordance with that term,

 

    

then, on the death, the tenancy vests by virtue of this section in that person (and,

 

accordingly, does not devolve under the tenant’s will or intestacy).’.

 



 
 

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Localism Bill, continued

 
 

Secretary Eric Pickles

 

Agreed to  195

 

Page  123,  line  10  [Clause  135],  at end insert—

 

‘(1ZA)    

Subject to subsection (1B), in any case where—

 

(a)    

there is an assured tenancy of a dwelling-house in England for a fixed

 

term of not less than two years under which—

 

(i)    

the landlord is a private registered provider of social housing,

 

and

 

(ii)    

the tenant is a sole tenant,

 

(b)    

the tenant under the tenancy dies,

 

(c)    

immediately before the death, the dwelling-house was not occupied by a

 

spouse or civil partner of the tenant as his or her only or principal home,

 

(d)    

an express term of the tenancy makes provision for a person other than

 

such a spouse or civil partner of the tenant to succeed to the tenancy, and

 

(e)    

there is a person whose succession is in accordance with that term,

 

    

then, on the death, the tenancy vests by virtue of this section in that person (and

 

accordingly does not devolve under the tenant’s will or intestacy).’.

 

Secretary Eric Pickles

 

Agreed to  196

 

Page  123,  line  11  [Clause  135],  leave out ‘or’ and insert ‘, (1ZA),’.

 

Secretary Eric Pickles

 

Agreed to  197

 

Page  123,  line  11  [Clause  135],  after ‘(1A)’, insert ‘or (1AA)’.

 

Secretary Eric Pickles

 

Agreed to  198

 

Page  123,  line  14  [Clause  135],  leave out ‘(whether or not the tenant’s spouse or

 

civil partner)’ and insert ‘(and, accordingly, does not devolve under the tenant’s will or

 

intestacy)’.

 

Secretary Eric Pickles

 

Agreed to  199

 

Page  123,  line  19  [Clause  135],  leave out from ‘housing’ to end of line 20.

 

Secretary Eric Pickles

 

Agreed to  200

 

Page  123,  line  23  [Clause  135],  at end insert—

 

‘(4A)    

In subsection (5) after “(1)(b)” insert “or (1A)(c)”.’.

 

Secretary Eric Pickles

 

Agreed to  201

 

Page  123,  line  26  [Clause  135],  after ‘subsection’, insert ‘(1ZA), (1AA) or’.

 


 

Secretary Eric Pickles

 

Agreed to  202

 

Page  125,  line  11  [Clause  139],  at end insert ‘that—

 

(i)    

is not a shared ownership lease, and


 
 

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(ii)    

is’.

 

Secretary Eric Pickles

 

Agreed to  203

 

Page  125,  line  12  [Clause  139],  at end insert—

 

‘(1B)    

In subsection (1A)—

 

“assured tenancy” has the same meaning as in Part 1 of the Housing Act

 

1988;

 

“secure tenancy” has the meaning given by section 79 of the Housing Act

 

1985; and

 

“shared ownership lease” means a lease—

 

(c)    

granted on payment of a premium calculated by reference to a

 

percentage of the value of the dwelling-house or of the cost of

 

providing it, or

 

(d)    

under which the lessee (or the lessee’s personal representatives)

 

will or may be entitled to a sum calculated by reference, directly

 

or indirectly, to the value of the dwelling-house.”’.

 


 

Mr Nick Raynsford

 

Not called  364

 

Page  128,  line  35,  leave out Clause 148.

 


 

Secretary Eric Pickles

 

Agreed to  204

 

Page  130,  line  4,  leave out Clause 152.

 

Barbara Keeley

 

Alison Seabeck

 

Jack Dromey

 

Not called  278

 

Page  130,  line  18,  leave out Clause 153.

 


 

Remaining New Clauses

 

Pre-commencement consultation

 

Secretary Eric Pickles

 

Added  NC22

 

To move the following Clause:—

 

‘(1)    

Subsections (2) and (3) apply for the purpose of determining whether there has

 

been compliance with—


 
 

Report Stage Proceedings: 18 May 2011                  

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Localism Bill, continued

 
 

(a)    

a requirement for consultation imposed by this Act,

 

(b)    

a requirement for consultation which applies in relation to things done

 

under an Act amended by this Act, or

 

(c)    

a requirement (whether or not imposed by this Act) to do something in

 

connection with a consultation under a requirement within paragraph (a)

 

or (b).

 

(2)    

The fact that a provision of this Act was not in force when consultation took place

 

or anything was done in connection with a consultation is to be disregarded in

 

determining whether there has been compliance with the requirement.

 

(3)    

The fact that consultation was carried out by a body from whom functions are

 

transferred by this Act, or anything was done by such a body in connection with

 

a consultation, is to be disregarded in determining whether there has been

 

compliance with the requirement by a body to whom those functions are

 

transferred.

 

(4)    

Subsection (3) is without prejudice to any other provision of this Act that applies

 

to the transfer.

 

(5)    

References in this section to a requirement imposed by this Act include a

 

requirement imposed by another Act as a result of its amendment by this Act.’.

 


 

Litter deposited from motor vehicles

 

Ian Mearns

 

Not called  NC23

 

To move the following Clause:—

 

‘In Part IV of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 (litter etc) in section 87

 

(offence of leaving litter) after subsection (7) insert—

 

“(8)    

Where litter is deposited from a motor vehicle, the person in charge of the

 

vehicle shall, for the purposes of subsection (1) above, be treated as

 

having deposited the litter whether or not he gave any instructions for this

 

to be done.

 

(9)    

The registered keeper of a vehicle shall, for the purposes of subsection

 

(8) above, be deemed to be the person in charge of the vehicle unless

 

within twenty one days of receipt of the summons for an offence

 

prosecuted by virtue of subsection (8) above the registered keeper

 

provides in writing to the prosecutor notification of such identifying

 

details as are available to him of any other person he claims to have been

 

the person in charge of the vehicle at the relevant time.

 

(10)    

For the purposes of subsection (8) above a constable or an authorised

 

officer of a principal litter authority may by notice in writing served on

 

him, require any person to furnish such information specified in the

 

notice as may reasonably be required to ascertain the person in charge of

 

the vehicle at the relevant time, in such form and within such period,

 

being not less than fourteen days following service of the notice, as is so

 

specified.


 
 

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Localism Bill, continued

 
 

(11)    

It is an offence for a person, without reasonable excuse to fail to comply

 

with any requirement imposed under subsection (10) above.”’.

 


 

Street litter notices

 

Gordon Henderson

 

Not called  NC33

 

To move the following Clause:—

 

‘(1)    

In Part 4 of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 (litter etc.) in section 93(2)

 

after “unoccupied” insert “or where there is multiple occupancy”.

 

(2)    

In Part 4 of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 (litter etc.) in section 94(1)(a)

 

omit “commercial or retail premises” and insert “premium other than dwellings”.

 


 

Protection of businesses and non-domestic users of buildings from complaints

 

Simon Hughes

 

Not called  NC38

 

To move the following Clause:—

 

‘(1)    

The Environmental Protection Act 1990 is amended as follows.

 

(2)    

After section 80(2) insert—

 

“2AA (1)  

Except that a local authority must not issue an abatement notice to a

 

business, place of worship or other non-domestic user of land for a

 

statutory nuisance falling within section 79(1)(g) if the following

 

conditions are met.

 

      (2)  

The first condition is that the relevant premises was already in use for

 

the same purpose at the time when the complainant became a local

 

resident, and that such use resulted in a similar noise, and a similar

 

level of noise, at that time.

 

      (3)  

The second condition is that use of the relevant premises complies

 

with the planning permission for that land and other legislation in

 

force.”.’.

 


 

Remaining New Schedule

 

Mr Clive Betts

 

Stephen Gilbert

 

Sarah Newton

 

Not called  NS1

 

To move the following Schedule:—


 
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