The Town and country planning act, 1954 / with general introduction and annotations by D.P. Kerrigan and J.D. James.

  • Great Britain.
Date:
1955
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Credit: The Town and country planning act, 1954 / with general introduction and annotations by D.P. Kerrigan and J.D. James. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    THE BILL AND HANSARD During the progress of the Bill for the Town and Country Planning Act, 1954, through Parliament, it was several times reprinted to incorporate amendments. As there were many hundreds of changes, many of them involving a re-numbering of the clauses and Schedules, readers may find considerable difficulty in following the earlier debates, as reported in Hansard, or the articles, explaining or commenting on the Bill, which appeared in legal and technical journals. The following is a combined list of the reprints of the Bill and of the daily issues of the reports of proceedings in Parliament, including debates in committee, and shows which print of the Bill was under discussion at each stage. The list should also be of assistance in reading learned articles if it is possible to guess the probable date of composition from the date of publication. It has not been thought necessary to provide any tables correlating the actual section numbers with the numbers of the clauses in the prints of the Bill. In the notes to the Act, post, there are some references to Hansard, but it is hoped that in each case the reference is self-explanatory. In many cases, where the form of the Bill was substantially altered, the better course appeared to be to omit altogether the reference to earlier debates. HOUSE OF COMMONS Date (1954) Bill Hansard February 26 [Bill 72] February 26 First Reading (524 H. of C. Official Report 709) March 15 Second Reading (525 H. of C. Official Report 39-163) April 8 Standing Committee C 1st Sitting (Clauses 1 and 2) April 13 and Sitting (Clauses 2 and 3) April 29 3rd Sitting (Clauses 3 and 4) May 4 4th Sitting (Clauses 4 to 7) May 6 |. 5th Sitting (Clauses 7 to I0) May II 6th Sitting (Clauses ro to 14) May 13 7th Sitting (Clauses 14 to 20) May 18 8th Sitting (Clauses 20 to 23) May 20 oth Sitting (Clause 23) May 25 toth Sitting (Clauses 24 to 31) May 27 11th Sitting (Clauses 31 to 34) june 1 12th Sitting (Clauses 34 to 37) June 3 13th Sitting (Clauses 37 to 41) June 16 14th Sitting (Clauses 42 to 53) June 17 15th Sitting (other clauses) Juine-22 16th Sitting (Schedules) June 22 [Bill 134] July 13 Committee of House; Report; Third Reading. (530 H. of C. Official Report 298-436) HOUSE OF- LORDS July 14 (150) First Reading (188 H. of L. Official Report 985) October 19 Second ok (189 H. of L. Official Report 434-449 and 459-501 November 1 Committee—First Day (189 H. of L. Official Report 851-942) November 2 Committee—Second Day (189 H. of L. Official Report 979-1076) November 3 Conclusion of Second Day (189 H. of L. Official Report I077-III0) November 2 (166) November 15 Report (189 H. of L. Official Report 1415-1490) November 16 Third Reading (189 H. of L. Official Report 1499-1515) November 16 (176) HOUSE OF COMMONS November 16 [Bill 163] Lords Amend- ments to Lords Bill (150) November 22 Consideration of Lords Amendments (533 H. of C. Official Report 787-934) November 25 Royal Assent. The text of the Act, corresponding (except in pagination) with Lords Bill (176), was published on December 8, 1954.