§ Mr. Arthur JonesI beg to move Amendment No. 81, in page 43, line 22, after ' notice ', insert:
' and of the draft order'.This amendment concerns paragraph 14(2) of Part III of Schedule 2 regarding the submission of a copy of the draft order to those involved in any changes required by the Minister to the regional water authorities. It is a simple matter and a minor point.
§ Mr. Graham PageMy hon. Friend says that this is a minor point. However, it is useful. The requirements contained in paragraph 14 were derived from Schedule 5 of the Water Resources Act 1290 1963, which prescribed the procedure for orders altering the boundary of a river authority. There will have been consultations with the authorities concerned before the stage of publishing a notice. In many cases copies of the draft order will be deposited at the offices of an authority for the purpose of public inspection under paragraph 14(1). In cases where that does not apply it would be more convenient for the authority to receive a copy of the draft order automatically than to have to ask for one or, alternatively, to inspect one of the deposited copies. Equally, the sending out of the further copy would not impose a significant extra burden on Government Departments. I therefore advise the House to accept the amendment.
§ Amendment agreed to.