Lords Amendment: In page 2, line 7, after "authority" insert "or on or after that date".

I beg to move, That this House doth agree with the Lords in the said Amendment.

This Amendment is to correct a defect in the drafting of Clause 1 and has been approved by the Home Office.

Question put and agreed to.

Subsequent Lords Amendments agreed to.

Lords Amendment: In page 2, line 34, at end insert: (f) that horses will be maintained in a good state of health and that in the case of a horse kept for the purpose of its being let out on hire for riding or a horse kept for the purpose of its being used in providing instruction in riding, the horse will be suitable for the purpose for which in that case it is kept;".

I beg to move, That this House doth agree with the Lords in the said Amendment.

The term "unsuitable" would include horses that bolt.

Question put and agreed to.

Remaining Lords Amendments agreed to.