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Powers of Entry etc. Bill [HL]

My Lords, I spent two years reading Roman law, but it has not been a lot of use to me since. My point does not follow from that. I think that I made this important drafting point at Second Reading. Clause 5(2) reads as if each of the three requirements has to be satisfied, but logic tells me that that cannot be the case. Paragraph (c) states that, ""the person having control of the premises has agreed … the entry"," which is at odds with the other provisions. In the next Parliament, when the noble Lord brings this Bill back—I suspect that he will, because he has a fine track record of pursuing this matter—perhaps he will look at the drafting of Clause 5(2) to make it clear whether paragraph (c) should be read with the word "or" or "and". I read it as "and", but I am not sure that that is correct.
Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
717 c1668 
Session
2009-10
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
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