HC Deb 29 July 1946 vol 426 cc742-3

Lords Amendment: In page 41, line 13, at end, insert: (d) the following subsection were substituted for subsection (6) of the said section— '(6) The powers of compulsory acquisition of land exercisable by the Ministry of Commerce for Northern Ireland under subsection (3) of section two of the Roads Act (Northern Ireland), 1937, shall include the power to acquire lands compulsorily, in accordance with the provisions of the said subsection, for the purpose of providing or improving any highway which is to be provided or improved in pursuance of an order under subsection (1) of this section, or for any other purpose for which land is required in connection with such an order, and the said Act shall have effect accordingly. The powers conferred on the said Ministry by this subsection shall be exercisable in relation to any land notwithstanding that such land is the property of a statutory undertaker or is declared by any other enactment to be inalienable.'".

Mr. Ivor Thomas

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

This Amendment provides the adaptation to Northern Ireland of the Amendment received from another place to Clause 28, page 20, line 15.

Lords Amendment: In page 42, line 46, at end, insert: (14) Any reference in this Act to an Act of Parliament shall be construed as including a reference to an Act of the Parliament of Northern Ireland; and in this Act the expression ' enactment ' includes an enactment of that Parliament.

Mr. Ivor Thomas

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

The Northern Ireland draftsmen have for long contended that the phrase ''Act of Parliament," when used in an Act of the United Kingdom, does not include an Act of the Northern Ireland Parliament unless that is specifically stated. Accordingly, we make that provision here.