Part of Road Safety Bill – in a Public Bill Committee at 7:00 pm on 1 February 2005.
Mr David Jamieson
Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Department for Transport
7:00,
1 February 2005
For total clarity, I point out that those people who are genuine volunteers—who receive no recompense for their services—should not be affected at all. The 1998 Act extends to vehicles that are hired, which involves some sort of payment to the person who is carrying out the contract. It does not affect genuine volunteers.
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.
