Clause 37 - Commencement and duration
London Olympics Bill
Public Bill Committees, 18 October 2005, 6:00 pm
Richard Caborn (Minister of State (Sport), Department for Culture, Media & Sport; Sheffield Central, Labour)
I beg to move amendment No. 53, in clause 37, page 25, line 7, at end insert
‘, and
(f)section (Scotland)’.
Jimmy Hood (Lanark & Hamilton East, Labour)
With this it will be convenient to discuss the following amendments:
Government amendments Nos. 51 and 52
Government new clause 3—Scotland.
Richard Caborn (Minister of State (Sport), Department for Culture, Media & Sport; Sheffield Central, Labour)
The Government amendments in this group make the changes necessary to ensure that the Bill is consistent as it applies to Scotland and Scottish law. New clause 3 incorporates the majority of Scotification amendments required, including the necessary alterations in terminology. Government amendment No. 53 allows for the clause to be commenced immediately on Royal Assent. Government amendment No. 51 gives Scottish Ministers the order-making power to commence clauses on street trading, outdoor advertising and arrestable offences as they affect Scotland and Scottish venues.
Amendments made: No. 43, in clause 37, page 25, line 8, after ‘Act’, insert ‘(including paragraphs 11 to 13 of Schedule 2)’.
No. 51, in clause 37, page 25, line 9, leave out ‘and an order’ and insert—
‘(2A)But the following provisions of this Act, so far as they extend to Scotland, shall come into force in accordance with provision made by order of the Scottish Ministers—
(a)sections 17 to 29, and
(b)section 36(2) and (3).
(2B)An order under subsection (2) or (2A)’.
No. 44, in clause 37, page 25, line 20, at end insert—
‘(4A)Paragraph 13 of Schedule 2, which inserts new sections 12A and 12B into the Olympic Symbol etc. (Protection) Act 1995, shall have effect in relation to things arriving in the United Kingdom during the period—
(a)beginning with the day specified under subsection (2) above for the commencement of paragraph 11 of Schedule 2, and
(b)ending with 31st December 2012.’.—[Mr. Caborn.]