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Copies of Bill to be made available.
4A.—(1) The Promoters shall on and after the Fourth Day of December make available for inspection, and for sale at a reasonable price, copies of the Bill at an office in London and, if it affects Scotland, at an office in Edinburgh—
(2) It shall be sufficient compliance with sub-paragraph (a) or sub-paragraph (b) of the foregoing paragraph to make available for inspection and for sale in the area of the local authority, or, as the case may be, in the rural district, copies of such part only of the Bill as alters functions of the local authority or, as the case may be, of the parish council or parish meeting.
(3) It shall be sufficient compliance with sub-paragraph (d) of paragraph (1) of this Order to make available for inspection and for sale in the county, county borough or burgh copies of such part only of the Bill as authorises the construction of works or the compulsory acquisition of lands or of rights to use lands in that county, county borough or burgh or as extends the time limited by a former Act for any of those purposes.
(4) In this Order "London local authority" means the London County Council, the Common Council of the City of London or the council of a metropolitan borough.
(5) The offices of a local authority, it situated outside the area of that authority, shall for the purposes of this Order be deemed to be in that area.
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(6) A Bill that alters functions of a member or an officer of a local authority shall for the purposes of this Order be deemed to alter functions of that authority.
Publication of notices in newspapers.
10.—(1) The notice shall be published, in the newspapers prescribed by the next following paragraph, once in each of two consecutive weeks with an interval of at least six clear days between publications, the second publication being not later than the Eleventh day of December.
(2) The newspapers referred to in the foregoing paragraph are the following:—
(3) Where part only of a Bill alters functions of a local authority, it shall be sufficient compliance with paragraph (1) of this Order to publish, in a newspaper or newspapers circulating in the area of the authority, so much only of the notice as relates to that part.
(4) Where part only of a Bill authorises the construction of works or the compulsory acquisition of lands or of rights to use lands in a county, county borough or burgh or extends the time limited by a former Act for any of those purposes, it shall be sufficient compliance with paragraph (1) of this Order to publish, in a newspaper or newspapers circulating in the county, county borough or burgh, so much only of the notice as relates to that part.
(5) A Bill that alters functions of a member or an officer of a local authority shall for the
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purposes of this Order be deemed to alter functions of that authority.
County Council Bills conferring powers on county district councils, Proof of need.
124A.—(1) A Committee on a Private Bill promoted by the council of a county shall not hear evidence that a provision in the Bill that alters functions of the council of a county district in the county is acceptable to that county district council unless the evidence comprises proof, as required by paragraph (3) of this Order, that the inclusion in the Bill of that provision has been approved by that county district council in the manner required by paragraph (2) of this Order.
(2) Approval for the purposes of paragraph (1) of this Order shall be by resolution passed by a majority of the whole number of the members of the council of the county district at a meeting thereof held after ten clear days' notice of the meeting and of the purposes thereof, has been given by advertisement in one or more local newspapers circulating in the county district, such notice being given in addition to the ordinary notice required to be given for the convening of a meeting of the council.
(3) The proof referred to in paragraph (1) of this Order shall be a document purporting to be a copy of the resolution referred to in paragraph (2) of this Order together with a certificate purporting to be signed by the clerk of the council to the effect that the copy is a true copy and that the resolution was passed by the majority, and after the notice, mentioned in that paragraph.
(4) A provision that alters functions of a member or an officer of the council of a county district shall for the purposes of this Order be deemed to alter functions of that council.
(5) This Order shall not apply to a Bill promoted by a county council in Scotland.
§ These Amendments give effect so far as has been found practicable to the recommendations of the Joint Committee on the Promotion of Private Bills of last Session. Similar Amendments were agreed to in another place yesterday.
§ Question put and agreed to.