§ NEW PROVISION AS TO WHAT IS "OPERATIONAL LAND" OF STATUTORY UNDERTAKERS.
§ Mr. MacDermotI beg to move Amendment No. 137, in page 49, to leave out line 42 and insert:
'has received specific Parliamentary approval; or(c) granted by a development order in respect of development specifically described in the order; or'.
§ Mr. MacDermotThese are three technical Amendments to Clause 58(3). The purpose of Clause 58 is to provide that land of statutory undertakers does not become "operational" land until a "specific planning permission" attaches to it. A "specific planning permission" is defined as (a) a permission granted on a specific planning application; and (b) permission granted by a development order for development specifically authorised by a Private Act or an 780 order subject to affirmative resolution of both Houses of Parliament. Paragraph (b) was drafted with Class XII of the General Development Order of 1963 in mind; but it is too narrow, because it fails to cover specific permissions granted in a special development order, or by the General Development Order for development specifically authorised by an order which, though not requiring affirmative resolution, is subject to special Parliamentary procedure—for example, an order made in favour of harbour undertakers under the Harbours Act, 1964. These Amendments rectify these defects.
§ Amendment agreed to.
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Further Amendments made: No. 138, page 50, line 6, leave out ' is specifically authorised by statute ' and insert:
' has received specific Parliamentary approval'.
Amendment No. 139, page 50, line 9, after ' Parliament' insert:
' or by an order which has been brought into operation in accordance with the provisions of the Statutory Orders (Special Procedure) Act 1945'.—[Mr. MacDermot.]