§ Amendment made: In page 98, line 41, leave out from beginning to end of line 3, on page 99.—[Mr. Joynson-Hicks.]
§ Mr. Joynson-HicksI beg to move, in page 99, line 3, at the end, to insert:
minerals" includes stone, slate, clay, gravel, sand and other natural deposits except peat.This is a definition Clause, and this Amendment is designed to ensure that "minerals" should include not only stone, which we discussed a good deal in Committee, but various other unconsolidated deposits as well.
§ Amendment agreed to.
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Further 'Amendments made: In page 99, line 4, at end, insert:
notice" means a notice in writing.
§ In page 99, leave out lines 17 to 19.—[Mr. Joynson-Hicks.]
§ Mr. Joynson-HicksI beg to move in page 99, to leave out lines 20 to 22, and to insert:
railway company" means any persons authorised by an enactment to construct, work or carry on a railway and includes the British Transport Commission, and for the purposes of this definition the expression "enactment" includes a provision of an order or scheme made under or confirmed by an Act.This is a new definition of a railway company.
§ Amendment agreed to.
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Further Amendments made: In page 100, line 19, leave out from "of," to "products," in line 20, and insert:
getting minerals or.
§ In line 34, leave out subsections (4) and (5).—[Mr. Joynson-Hicks.]