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Clause 4 - Giving of fixed penalty notices by vehicle examiners

Part of Road Safety Bill – in a Public Bill Committee at 4:45 pm on 20 January 2005.

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Photo of David Wilshire David Wilshire Assistant Chief Whip, Whips 4:45, 20 January 2005

For the sake of clarity, I wonder whether the Minister was straying into discussing Clause 4 and schedule 1 at the same time. I do not want to say anything about schedule 1 at the moment, but I hope that we will not be precluded from having a separate debate on it.

Clause

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clause

A parliamentary bill is divided into sections called clauses.

Printed in the margin next to each clause is a brief explanatory `side-note' giving details of what the effect of the clause will be.

During the committee stage of a bill, MPs examine these clauses in detail and may introduce new clauses of their own or table amendments to the existing clauses.

When a bill becomes an Act of Parliament, clauses become known as sections.

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