Commons Bill [HL]

Two of our amendments are grouped with Amendment No. 79. I wish to speak to Amendments Nos. 81 and 82. Amendment No. 81 seeks to insert into subsection (2)(a) the words,"““at any time in the past or in the future””," because ““made”” is one of those words which, in a context such as this, does not carry a specific tense. We would like to make it clear that mistakes made before this Bill comes into force will be included in the corrections. Amendment No. 82 is a probing amendment designed to allow us to ascertain two facts. First, is there an implication in this subsection that the registration authority will be required to advertise every time it intends to correct a mistake in a register? If so, should not that fact appear in the Bill and should there not be some indication of the nature of the advertisement that would be required? Secondly, how does it relate to paragraphs 3, 4 and 5 of Schedule 1, each of which closes with a sub-paragraph stating:"““Where, on an application under this paragraph a commons registration authority is satisfied that this paragraph applies in relation to any land which is the subject of the application, it must grant the application so far as relating to that land””." Does the incorrect registration to which these sub-paragraphs refer never result from a registration authority error?