Clause 14 - Power to amend or repeal private or local acts
Vehicles (Crime) Bill
9:15 pm
Mr Michael Fabricant (Lichfield, Conservative)
Just a moment.
I read and re-read clause 14(1) and it made no sense at all—until I consulted the explanatory notes. They state:
Clause 14 allows the Secretary of State to amend or repeal any private or local Act if it appears to conflict with this Act.
Does omitting from clause 14(1) the sense of its explanatory note create an all-powerful clause that will enable the Secretary of State to amend or repeal any private or local Act passed before, or in the same Session as, this Bill, whether or not it conflicts with this Bill?