§ REVIEW OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREAS IN WALES
§ The Minister of State, Welsh Office (Mr. David Gibson-Watt)I beg to move Amendment No. 550, in page 33, line 14, at beginning insert:
'Upon the completion, in relation to their district, of the special community review under Schedule 10 below'.
§ Mr. SpeakerWith this Amendment we are to take Government Amendment No. 555, in page 236, line 12, after '10'. insert 'and section 57(2)'.
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§ Mr. Gibson-WattThe purpose of these Amendments is to make it clear that the duty of a district council in Wales to keep its district under review for the purpose of making recommendations to the Local Government Boundary Commission for Wales on the constitution, abolition or alteration of communities in its area will not arise until the completion of the Special Community Review by the Welsh Commission.
Amendment No. 550 inserts the necessary words in Clause 57(2) and Amendment No. 555 is a consequential Amendment to the reference in Schedule 10(11).
§ Amendment agreed to.
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Further Amendments made: No. 551, in page 33, line 22, after 'functions', insert:
'under this Part of this Act'.
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No. 574, in page 33, line 40, at end insert:
(4) In any case where the Secretary of State has made an order under section 1 of the New Towns Act 1965 designating any land as, or as an extension of, a new town and the area of the new town as so designated or so extended is not wholly comprised within one district, he shall, as soon as practicable after the order has become operative, send to the Welsh Commission a notice stating that the order is in operation and specifying the districts within which that area is situated, and on receipt of such notice it shall be the duty of the Commission to review the areas of those districts for the purpose of considering whether or not to make such proposals in relation to them as are authorised by section 56 above and what proposals, if any, to make; and the Commission shall, if they think fit, formulate such proposals accordingly—[Mr. Graham Page.]