Charities Bill [HL]

moved Amendment No. 98:"Page 59, line 29, leave out subsection (4) and insert—" ““(4)   Where an application (““the certificate application””) has been made in accordance with section 50 for a public collections certificate in respect of the collection and either— (a)   the certificate application has not been determined by the end of the period mentioned in subsection (2) above, or (b)   the certificate application has been determined by the issue of such a certificate but at a time when there is insufficient time remaining for the application mentioned in subsection (2) (““the permit application””) to be made by the end of that period, the permit application must be made as early as practicable before the day (or the first of the days) on which the collection is to take place.”” The noble Lord said: My Lords, Clause 57 makes provision for applications to be made to the relevant local authority for a permit to collect in a public place. It requires such an application to be accompanied by a valid public collection certificate issued by the Charity Commission. The amendment simply makes provision for an application for a permit to be made as early as practicable after the prescribed period for such applications in circumstances where the applicant has not received a public collections certificate from the Charity Commission either within the prescribed period or in time to apply for a local authority permit within the prescribed period. I hope that noble Lords will agree that this small but perfect amendment improves the current provision. I beg to move. On Question, amendment agreed to. Clause 58 [Determination of applications and issue of permits]: