Orders of the Day — Industrial Assurance and Friendly Societies Bill – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 9 April 1948.
Mr William Hall
, Colne Valley
12:00,
9 April 1948
I beg to move, in page 8, line 18, to leave out "Provided," and to insert:
and shall have effect both as regards those provisions and as regards the relevant provisions of the Act of 1923, subject to the modification.
This is a drafting Amendment. This Clause adds certain provisions to those which a collecting society is required to set out in its rules by the Act of 1923. This Clause gives them an option to set out a statement of the provisions in question instead of the provisions themselves. As the Clause stands, the option applies only to the added provisions. This Amendment will extend that option to all the provisions that are required to be set out.
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