I am not sure that I entirely agree with that interpretation. All that the amendments tabled by my hon. Friend the Member for Christchurch (Mr Chope) seek to do is move the word “may” from line 30 to line 31. At the moment it states:
“may make good the damage and recover the expenses”.
If amendments 7 and 8 were accepted it would state:
“shall make good the damage and may recover the expenses”.
In both cases, the “may” would apply to the question of the recovering of expenses.