HC Deb 18 October 1968 vol 770 c815

Lords Amendment No. 117: In page 94, line 38, leave out from "(8)" to "and" in line 39 and insert: any reference to the appropriate Minister were a reference to the Minister within the meaning of this section".

Mr. Snow

I beg to move, That this House does agree with the Lords in the said Amendment.

This is a Northern Ireland drafting Amendment. Although subsection (1) defines "the Minister" for the purposes of the Clause, it could be questioned whether the definition applies also, as intended, to the provisions of Clause 100 in so far as they are applied by Clause 102, with Amendments, to Northern Ireland. The words which it is proposed should be deleted—"the word 'appropriate' were omitted"—were therefore unsatisfactory. The substituted words remove the possible ambiguity.

Question put and agreed to.

Subsequent Lords Amendments agreed to.

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