§ CHARITIES
§ Mr. Graham PageI beg to move Amendment No. 693, in page 144, line 4, after 'London', insert:
'other than the parish council, parish meeting or representative body of an existing rural parish in England (but including the corporation of a borough included in a rural district)'.Charitable property held by an existing local authority will, by Clause 204, be vested in the new authority. That is because all existing authorities come to an end and rise again as the new authorities, except for parishes, so we have had to make an exception there. This drafting Amendment is necessary because parish councils, parish meetings, and representative bodies in England are, in general, to continue after 1st April, 1974. This exception is necessary to take account of that.
§ Amendment agreed to.
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Further Amendment made: No. 694, in page 144, line 19, after 'is', insert:
'the council of the parish constituted under Part V of Schedule 1 to this Act or, where there is no such parish'.—[Mr. Graham Page.]