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Schedule 4. — (Transitional Provisions.)

ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE BILL [Lords] – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 30 April 1964.

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Amendments made:

In page 42, line 4, after "appointments" insert "the".

In line 31, leave out from "area" to end of line 40, and insert:— if the county council of Essex, Kent or Surrey, as the case may be are requested by the Greater London Council to provide any accommodation or equipment necessary for the purposes of the said arrangements and decline to do so or fail to agree with the Greater London Council about the terms or conditions on which it is to be provided, the dispute shall be referred to the Secretary of State who may give such directions in the matter as he thinks fit, but no county council shall be required by virtue of this sub-paragraph to provide any accommodation or equipment for those purposes after 1st April 1970

In page 43, line 6, at end insert— (2) Any order made under or by virtue of sub-paragraph (1) of this paragraph may contain transitional and other consequential provisions.

In page 44, line 8 at end, insert:— and (c) the lay justices elected to the committee under paragraph 6 (1) of this Schedule or paragraph (a) of this sub-paragraph shall as soon as practicable after being elected choose a person in accordance with section 13 (5) of this Act to be deputy chairman of the committee".

In line 19, leave out "by justices of the peace for" and insert:— under paragraph 6 of this Schedule in the case of".

In line 45, at end insert:— (5) Any requirements imposed by the foregoing provisions of this paragraph shall have effect subject to the provisions of any instrument made under any enactment including this Act.

In page 46, line 43, leave out "an existing" and insert "a".

In line 49, leave out "on 1st April 1965" and insert "by this Act".

In page 47, line 21, at end insert:— and sub-paragraph (1) of this paragraph shall with necessary modifications apply to things done by any such committee for the purpose of disposing of proceedings in pursuance of this sub-paragraph".

In line 41, at end insert— (3) Any expenditure incurred by the Greater London Council under this paragraph in connection with any of the matters mentioned in sub-paragraph (1) (b) of this paragraph shall be chargeable only on the outer London boroughs.

In page 51, line 7, leave out "an existing" and insert "a".

In line 8, leave out "an existing" and insert "a".

In line 44, leave out from "to" to "which" in line 45 and insert— a petty sessions area, petty sessional division or licensing district".

In line 46, leave out from "to" to "which" in line 47 and insert an existing petty sessions area, petty sessional division or licensing district".

In line 49, after "by" insert "or in consequence of".—[Mr. Brooke.]

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division

The House of Commons votes by dividing. Those voting Aye (yes) to any proposition walk through the division lobby to the right of the Speaker and those voting no through the lobby to the left. In each of the lobbies there are desks occupied by Clerks who tick Members' names off division lists as they pass through. Then at the exit doors the Members are counted by two Members acting as tellers. The Speaker calls for a vote by announcing "Clear the Lobbies". In the House of Lords "Clear the Bar" is called. Division Bells ring throughout the building and the police direct all Strangers to leave the vicinity of the Members’ Lobby. They also walk through the public rooms of the House shouting "division". MPs have eight minutes to get to the Division Lobby before the doors are closed. Members make their way to the Chamber, where Whips are on hand to remind the uncertain which way, if any, their party is voting. Meanwhile the Clerks who will take the names of those voting have taken their place at the high tables with the alphabetical lists of MPs' names on which ticks are made to record the vote. When the tellers are ready the counting process begins - the recording of names by the Clerk and the counting of heads by the tellers. When both lobbies have been counted and the figures entered on a card this is given to the Speaker who reads the figures and announces "So the Ayes [or Noes] have it". In the House of Lords the process is the same except that the Lobbies are called the Contents Lobby and the Not Contents Lobby. Unlike many other legislatures, the House of Commons and the House of Lords have not adopted a mechanical or electronic means of voting. This was considered in 1998 but rejected. Divisions rarely take less than ten minutes and those where most Members are voting usually take about fifteen. Further information can be obtained from factsheet P9 at the UK Parliament site.