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GOODS VEHICLES (LICENSING OF OPERATORS) BILL

NOTICE OF AMENDMENTS TABLED ON
2 NOVEMBER 2009 FOR CONSIDERATION STAGE

Clause 1, Page 1, Line 10

Leave out ‘within the meaning given in Schedule 1’

Minister of the Environment

Clause 1, Page 1, Line 16

At end insert -

‘(2A) For the purposes of subsection (2)(a) a goods vehicle is a small goods vehicle if—

(a) it does not form part of a vehicle combination and—

(i) it has a relevant plated weight not exceeding 3.5 tonnes, or
(ii) in the case of a vehicle which does not have a relevant plated weight, it has an unladen weight not exceeding 1525 kilograms; or

(b) it forms part of a vehicle combination and complies with such conditions as may be prescribed;

and “relevant plated weight” in paragraph (a) means a plated weight of the description specified in relation to that paragraph by regulations.’

Minister of the Environment

Clause 4, Page 4, Line 4

At end insert ‘(if any)’

Minister of the Environment

Clause 4, Page 4, Line 5

After ‘fee’ insert ‘(if any)’

Minister of the Environment

Clause 24, Page 20, Line 36

Leave out subsection (3)

Minister of the Environment

Clause 24, Page 20, Line 39

Leave out ‘subsection (3)’ and insert ‘section 26(1)’

Minister of the Environment

Clause 26, Page 22, Line 17

After ‘first’ insert ‘giving the holder of the licence or (as the case may be) the person concerned notice that it is considering doing so and’

Minister of the Environment

Clause 38, Page 29, Line 11

Leave out paragraph (c)

Minister of the Environment

Clause 39, Page 30, Line 10

Leave out ‘or paragraph 4(1) of Schedule 4’

Minister of the Environment

Clause 39, Page 30, Line 16

Leave out ‘or paragraph 4(1) of Schedule 4’

Minister of the Environment

Clause 50

The Minister of the Environment gives notice of his intention to oppose the question that clause 50 stand part of the Bill.

Minister of the Environment

New Clause

After clause 51 insert -

‘Payment of grants

51A.—(1) The Department may, with the approval of the Department of Finance and Personnel, pay such grants to such persons or bodies as it considers appropriate in connection with any provision of, or the purposes of, this Act.
(2) Grants under this section shall be subject to such terms and conditions as the Department may, with the approval of the Department of Finance and Personnel, determine.’

Minister of the Environment

Clause 55, Page 36, Line 19

Leave out ‘commissioners’ and insert ‘authority’

Minister of the Environment

Clause 57, Page 38, Line 17

After ‘section’ insert ‘1(2)(d), 12(12) or’

Minister of the Environment

Schedule 1

The Minister of the Environment gives notice of his intention to oppose the question that Schedule 1 stand part of the Bill.

Minister of the Environment

Schedule 3, Page 47, Line 29

Leave out from ‘for’ to end of line 30 and insert ‘authorising a vehicle detained by virtue of paragraph 1 to be returned to the owner, in prescribed circumstances, without the need for any application under paragraph 8.’

Minister of the Environment

Schedule 4

The Minister of the Environment gives notice of his intention to oppose the question that Schedule 4 stand part of the Bill.

Minister of the Environment