HC Deb 30 July 1935 vol 304 cc2607-8

Lords Amendment: In page 200, line 23, at the end, insert: (2) Nothing in this section affects any power of His Majesty in Council to fix a date later than the commencement of Part III of this Act for the coming into operation, either generally or for particular purposes, of any of the provisions of this Act relating to the Federal Court, the Federal Public Service Commission or the Federal Railway Authority.

9.39 p.m.

Mr. BUTLER

I beg to move, "That this House doth agree with the Lords in the said Amendment."

It is necessary to insert this Sub-section so that if one of these bodies, such, for instance, as the Federal Railway Authority is not in readiness for appointment on the actual inception of provincial autonomy, it will be possible to appoint it at a later date. During this period, since the units will have been created in the Provinces, it will be necessary, as the House has previously been warned, that these Federal bodies should start their work. This is inserted to remove any misapprehension that there was no power to appoint such a body unless it was appointed on the inception of provincial autonomy.

Subsequent Lords Amendments to page 289, line 4, agreed to.