§ The Attorney-GeneralI beg to move, in page 3, line 15, leave out "In," and insert:
Fur the purposes of Sub-section (1) of Section one of.1.45 p.m.This is really a drafting Amendment but it requires a little explanation. Clause 6 (1) provides that the expressions "coal" and "petroleum" shall include products of coal and petroleum, and we wanted to put in those words in order that it might be clear under Clause 1 (1), where the general duties of the Minister are set out, that he should be enjoined to take into account not only coal and coke but its by-product, and what can be done with it. As drafted, it applies to the word "coal" wherever it appears and, if left as it was, it might have been too wide. The First Schedule says that all functions exercised by the Board of Trade in relation to coal are to be transferred to the Ministry. If that was left as it stands it might be too wide, because it might mean that any function of the Board of Trade in connection with any by-product of coal was automatically transferred.
§ Amendment agreed to.
§ Further Amendments made: In page 3, line 17, leave out from beginning to end of line 18.
§ In line 21, leave out "said Order in Council" and insert "Minister, of the 563 Crown (Minister of Fuel and Power) Order, 1942."—[The Attorney-General.]
§ Clause, as amended, ordered to stand part of the Bill.
§ Clauses 7 and 8 ordered to stand part of the Bill.