HC Deb 21 July 1927 vol 209 cc714-6

Resolved, That the draft of a Special Order proposed to be made by the Board of Trade under Section 10 of the Gas Regulation Act, 1920, on the application of the Earl-Shilton Gas-Light and Coke Company, Limited, which was presented on the 11th July and published, be approved.

Resolved, That the draft of a Special Order proposed to be made by the Board of Trade under Section 10 of the Gas Regulation Act, 1920, on the application of the Exeter Gaslight and Coke Company, which was presented on the 11th July and published, be approved.

Resolved, That the draft of a Special Order proposed to be made by the Board of Trade under Section 10 of the Gas Regulation Act, 1920, on the application of the Mayor, Aldermen, Burgesses of the borough of Richmond, in the county of York, which was presented on the 7th July and published, be approved.

Resolved, That the draft of a Special Order proposed to be made by the Board of Trade under Section 10 of the Gas Regulation Act, 1920, on the application of the St. Ives (Hunts) Gas Company, Limited, which was presented on the 8th July and published, be approved.

Resolved, That the draft of a Special Order proposed to be made by the Board of Trade under Section 10 of the Gas Regulation Act, 1920, on the application of the Basingstoke Gas Company, which was presented on the 27th June and published, be approved.

Resolved, That the draft of a Special Order proposed to be made by the Board of Trade under Section 10 of the Gas Regulation Act, 1920, on the application of the Stroud Gaslight and Coke Company, which was presented on the 5th July and published, be approved.

Resolved, That the draft of a Special Order proposed to be made by the Board of Trade under Section 10 of the Gas Regulation Act, 1920, on the application of the Ipswich Gas Light Company, which was presented on the 8th July and published, be approved.

Resolved, That the draft of a Special Order proposed to be made by the Board of Trade under Section 10 of the Gas Regulation Act, 1920, on the application of the Redditch Gas Company, which was presented on the 11th July and published, be approved, subject to the addition of the following Clause:

For protection of the Warwickshire County Council.)

The following provision for the protection of the Warwickshire County Council (in this Section referred to as "the county council") shall, unless otherwise agreed upon in writing between the company and the county council, apply and have effect (that is to say):

Section eight of the Gasworks Clauses Act, 1847, incorporated with this Order shall be read and have effect as if in respect of any street, bridge, sewer, drain, or tunnel under the control or management of the county council the period of fourteen clear days were inserted therein instead of the period of three clear days in the said Section mentioned and the notice therein mentioned shall be given to the surveyor of the county council:

Provided that this Section shall not apply in the case of any opening or breaking up for the purpose of laying, connecting, or repairing consumers' service pipes."—[Sir Burton Chadwick.]

The remaining Orders were read, and postponed.

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