Clause 47.—(INTERPRETATION.) (Hansard, 16 June 1958)

§ Mr. Maudling
I beg to move, in page 47, line 2, at the end to insert: appropriate Minister" in relation to a statutory undertaking has the same meaning as in the Act of 1947, in relation to a sewerage undertaking or sewage disposal undertaking means the Minister of Housing and Local Government, and in relation to a river board or other drainage authority means the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food. 786 This Amendment is made necessary by the fact that Clause 12 applies the procedures of Section 25 of the Town and Country Planning Act, 1944, to the apparatus of sewerage undertakers and drainage authorities. It is necessary, therefore, to say in the Bill who are the appropriate Ministers for sewerage undertakings and drainage authorities. The 787 appropriate Ministers-are the Minister of Housing and Local Government for sewerage undertakings and the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food for drainage authorities in England and Wales. In Scotland, the Secretary of State is to be the appropriate Minister in both cases.

§ Mr. Maudling
I beg to move, in page 47, line 11, at the end to insert: drainage authority" has the same meaning as in the Land Drainage Act. 1930. This Amendment provides that the words "drainage authority" shall have the same meaning as in the Land Drainage Act, 1930.

§ Mr. Maudling
There is on the Notice Paper an Amendment in my name, in page 47, line 19, to leave out from "minerals" to the end of line 20 and to insert: has the same meaning as in the Act of 1947". Since this Amendment was put down, further doubt has arisen on a legal point, and I therefore do not propose to move it.
8.30 p.m.
I beg to move, in page 48, line 1, to leave out "by sections four and six" and to insert: in relation to opencast site orders by section four and in relation to storage site orders by section five. This Amendment is consequential on the introduction of the new Clause dealing with storage site orders.

§ Mr. Maudling
I beg to move, in page 48, line 3, to leave out from "has" to "of" in line 4 and to insert: (subject to the provisions of sections (General limitations on effect of compulsory rights orders) and six of this Act) the meaning assigned to it in relation to opencast site orders by section four and in relation to storage site orders by section five. This is a drafting Amendment and is consequential on the new Clause dealing 788 with the general limitation on the effect of compulsory rights orders.

§ Mr. Maudling
I beg to move, in page 48, line 6, at the end to insert: river board" has the same meaning as in the River Boards Act, 1948. This Amendment provides a definition of "river board", which is the definition in the River Boards Act, 1948.