§ Mr. RentonI beg to move, in page 39. line 30, after "Minister", to insert:
and (in the case of the Generating Board or an Area Board) to the Electricity Council ".This Amendment is consequential upon the new Clause which we passed yesterday requiring the Electricity Council to compile consolidated accounts. It will require the Generating Board aid the area boards, when submitting their individual accounts to the Minister under Section 46 (4) of the 1947 Act, to send a copy to the Electricity Council. That is all that the Amendment does; it requires the boards to send to the Council a copy of the reports they make to the Minister.
§ Amendment agreed to.
§ Mr. RentonI beg to move, in page 39, to leave out lines 35 to 49.
This Amendment is consequential upon the first new Clause dealing with the 639 supply of electricity to the railways. It removes from Schedule 3 of the Bill the Amendments we originally made to Section 49 of the 1947 Act, which is replaced by the new Clause. The Amendments are no longer necessary.
§ Amendment agreed to.
§ Mr. RentonI beg to move, in page 40. line 26, at the end, to insert
The Amendment will apply the provisions of Section 63 of the 1947 Act, which deals with the service of notices, to the service of notices under the Bill. This is necessary for occasions when an electricity board serves a notice, under Clause 28, of intention to enter land for the purpose of exploration, in accordance with the topic which we were discussing a short while ago.
Section 63 After the words "this Act", in the second place where they occur, there shall be inserted the words "or the Electricity Ac:, 1957". The service of the notice may be carried out by handing it to the person concerned, or leaving it at his house, or sending it to him by registered post, or, when his name and address cannot be found, merely by affixing it to the premises to which the notice relates.
§ Amendment agreed to.
§ Mr. RentonI beg to move, in page 42, line 47, at the end, to insert:
§ "The House of Commons Disqualification Act, 1957
§ In Part H of the First Schedule, for the words "The Central Electricity Authority" there shall be substituted the words "The Central Electricity Generating Board ". and after the words "The Electricity Board for Northern Ireland" there shall be inserted the words "The Electricity Council".
§ The Amendment is necessary because the House of Commons Disqualification Bill, 1957, which will become law before this Bill receives the Royal Assent, does not refer to membership of the Electricity Council and the Generating Board. I think it will be generally agreed that it would not be proper for Members of Parliament to be members of the Electricity Council or the Generating Board. The Amendment will ensure that they do not become so.
§ Amendment agreed to.