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Lords Amendment: No. 115, in page 53, line 10, leave out "1st April 1974" and insert:
the passing of this Act".
§ Mr. SpeedI beg to move, That this House doth agree with the Lords in the said Amendment.
This again is largely a drafting matter. The new local government areas are defined in terms of areas as they exist at the date of the passing of the Act. The new words bring the provisions regarding the treatment of accretions from the sea into line with this, instead of applying them only to accretions occurring after 1st April, 1974.
This may be over-cautious but we feel it is better to be safe than sorry.
§ Question put and agreed to.
§ Subsequent Lords Amendments agreed to.