HC Deb 14 May 1947 vol 437 cc1629-30

Amendment made: In page 122, line 26; at end, insert: 6. Immediately after the order has been made, the Minister of Transport shall publish in the manner prescribed by paragraph r of this Schedule a notice stating that the order has been made, and naming a place where a copy of the order may be seen at all reason-

"The Electricity (Supply) Act, 1919, 9 & 10 Geo. 5,c. 100. In Section twenty-one for the words 'local authority,' in the second place where those words occur, there shall be substituted the words 'local planning authority within the meaning of the Town and Country Planning Act, 1947'; after the words 'county council,' in the second place where those words occur, there shall be inserted the words 'not being the local planning authority'; and at the end of the section there shall be added the following words:—
Provided that in the case of lines to be placed in a county district or in any part of the area of a county borough which is comprised in the area of a joint planning board, the local planning authority and the council of that district or borough may agree that the foregoing provisions of this section shall have effect as if for the reference therein to the local planning authority there were substituted a reference to that council, and where notice of any such agreement is given to the Minister of Fuel and Power the said provisions shall have effect accordingly"

In page 123, line 17, column 2, after "Act," insert: and the words 'except at such places as may be permitted by them.'

In page 124, line 31, after "1947," insert: in Subsection (6) after the word 'shall,' there shall be inserted the words 'in the case of land comprised in an area defined by a development plan as an area of comprehensive development or of land contiguous or adjacent to any such area which is designated by the development plan as subject to compulsory acquisition by the appropriate local authority '; for the word 'land,' in the second place where that word occurs, there shall be substituted the words 'any such land'; and for the words 'accommodation thereon,' there shall be substituted the words 'thereon accommodation suitable to their reasonable requirements.'

In line 42, column 2, at end, insert: and in Subsection (4) for the words 'the two last preceding Subsections,' there shall be substituted the words 'Subsection (2) of this Section.'

In page 125, line 20, column 2, leave out "for subsection (2)," and insert: and at the end of that subsection there shall be inserted the words if the Minister is satis-

able hours, and paragraphs 2 and 3 of this Schedule shall apply to any such notice as they apply to the notice required to be published by the said paragraph 1.

7. Subsections (2) to (4) of the Section (Validity and date of operation of development plans) of this Act shall apply to any order under Section forty-six of this Act as they apply to a development plan approved or made under Part II of this Act, and as if for references therein to the notice required by Subsection (1) of that Section there were substituted references to the notice required by the last foregoing paragraph."—l[Mr. Silkin.]