HL Deb 31 October 1990 vol 522 cc1855-6

5 Clause 58, page 64, line 45, at end insert— ("(4A) Where, at any time during the period of its responsibility for any land, it appears to a waste regulation authority that the condition of the land is, by reason of the relevant matters affecting the land, such that pollution of water is likely to be caused, it shall be the duty of the authority to consult the National Rivers Authority as to the discharge by the authority of the duty imposed on it in relation to the land by subsection (6) below.")

The Commons agreed to this amendment with the following amendment—

5A Line 6, after 'Authority' insert 'or, in Scotland, the river purification authority whose area includes the land in question'.

Baroness Blatch

My Lords, I beg to move that the House do agree with the Commons in their Amendment No. 5A to Lords Amendment No. 5.

Moved, That the House do agree with the Commons in their Amendment No. 5A to Lords Amendment No. 5.

On Question, Motion agreed to.