§ WATER AND SEWERAGE
§ Mr. SpeedI beg to move Amendment No. 1070, in page 113, leave out line 9 and insert—
'of all or any of the sewerage functions of local authorities'.The intention of subsection 3 is to secure greater efficiency in the discharge of local authority sewerage functions by constituting united district and joint boards to discharge those functions in place of the local authorities. The Amendment makes it clear that the subsection applies to the sewerage functions and not to the local authorities.
§ Amendment agreed to.
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Amendments made: No. 1071, in page 113, line 18 at end insert—
'(3A) The Secretary of State may make an order under subsection (3) above constituting a united district notwithstanding that there is a joint board discharging sewerage functions for part of that district.'
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No. 1072, in page 113, line 33, after 'district', insert—
'and to any joint board discharging sewerage functions for a united district which, or part of which, is proposed to be so included'.—[Mr. Speed.]
§ Mr. SpeedI beg to move Amendment No. 1073, in page 114, leave out lines 14 and 15.
The Amendment deletes the definition of "water functions" in the Clause. The definition is unnecessary because an Amendment made in Committee transferred the provision for joint boards and 761 so forth to Clause 251 where the matter is dealt with as a whole. As a result the term "water functions" is no longer used in this Clause and the definition can be deleted.
§ Amendment agreed to.