I move amendment No. 191 :—
In line 21, before " signs ", to insert " recklessly or through gross negligence ".
This section deals with a certificate in relation to aircraft. It simply provides—
" Every person subject to military law who signs any certificate in relation to an aircraft or aircraft material without ensuring the accuracy thereof is guilty of an offence against military law and shall, on conviction by court-martial, be liable to suffer imprisonment or any less punishment awardable by court martial."
I should imagine that what normally happens is that certificates are taken, perhaps, by subordinates up to a superior and that superior sings it on the O.K. of a subordinate that he trusts. He does not do that recklessly nor does he do it through gross negligence. He signs it on the initials or recommendation of some person who is a competent person serving under him. If he signs such a certificate recklessly or through gross negligence it should be an offence, but if he signs it in the circumstances that I have described I do not think he is guilty of an offence, not the type of offence that would make him liable to imprisonment. I would ask the Minister to accept that.