Part of Sustainable and Secure Buildings Bill – in a Public Bill Committee am 11:15 am ar 3 Mawrth 2004.
Andrew Stunell
Shadow Chief Whip (Commons), Shadow Spokesperson (Environment, Food and Rural Affairs), Liberal Democrat Chief Whip, Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)
11:15,
3 Mawrth 2004
I beg to move Amendment No. 10, in
Clause 6, page 6, line 25, leave out from 'may' to end of line 29 and insert—
'(a) provide for requiring that, in prescribed circumstances, a person of a prescribed class or description is to give to a local authority or an approved inspector a certificate to the effect that the requirements of building regulations as to matters of a prescribed description are satisfied;
(b) provide for requiring that such certificates be given within such periods or at such times and in such forms as may be prescribed;
(c) provide that a local authority or an approved inspector is not to exercise or perform a prescribed power or duty unless—
(i) such a certificate has been given to them or him; or
(ii) such a certificate has been given to them or him and the certificate has been accepted by them or him;
(d) make provision as to—
(i) the acceptance of such certificates by local authorities and approved inspectors; and
(ii) other steps to be taken by local authorities or approved inspectors in connection with such certificates.'.
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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.
