ORDERS, REGULATIONS AND BYELAWS (Hansard, 2 May 1973)

§ Mr. Graham Page
I beg to move Amendment No. 78, in page 33, line 37, leave out subsection (3) and insert: '(3) Part I of Schedule 6 to this Act shall have effect with respect to the making of byelaws by the appropriate Minister or Ministers by virtue of any enactment under which water authorities perform their functions and Part II of that Schedule shall have effect with respect to the making of byelaws by water authorities, other statutory water undertakers and internal drainage boards under any enactment'.

§ Mr. Speaker
With this amendment it will be convenient to discuss Amendments Nos. 122 to 129.

§ Mr. Page
This is a drafting amendment, but I should put on record the purpose of this and the other amendments.
Clause 32(3) gives effect to Schedule 6, the procedure relating to the making of byelaws. The purpose of the amendments is to distinguish between Part I of the Schedule, which relates to the making of byelaws by Ministers, and Part II which relates to the making of byelaws by other bodies. The amendments make it clear that Part I is to govern only byelaws made by Ministers under water legislation and not any byelaws they may make under other legislation. They also make clear that Part II 1289 is to govern all byelaws made by water authorities, other statutory water undertakers, and internal drainage boards.
Finally, the amendments replace the reference to the Secretary of State and the Minister by the phrase used elsewhere in the Bill, the appropriate Minister or Ministers ".