HC Deb 22 October 1973 vol 861 cc920-1

Lords Amendment: No. 101, in page 207, line 31, leave out "district council" and insert: water authority, regional council, district council and water development board for every area

Mr. Younger

I beg to move, That this House doth agree with the Lords in the said amendment.

Mr. Deputy Speaker

It will be convenient to take at the same time the following Lords Amendments:

No. 102, in page 207, line 38, leave out "district council" and insert: water authority, regional council, district council and water development board for any area ". No. 103, in page 207, line 44, leave out "district council" and insert: water authority, regional council, district council and water development board for any area No. 182, in Schedule 28, page 300, line 2, at end insert: In Schedule 2, paragraph 13.

Mr. Younger

These are drafting amendments in the interest of clarity and simplicity.

Question put and agreed to.

Subsequent Lords amendments agreed to.

Lords Amendment: No. 104, in page 215, line 5, at end insert:

"The Water Act 1973

64. In the Water Act 1973 any reference to a regional water board shall be construed as a reference to a water authority."

Mr. Gordon Campbell

I beg to move, That this House doth agree with the Lords in the said amendment.

The amendment provides for references in certain sections of the English Water Act 1973 to regional water boards to be construed as references to the new Scottish water authorities when in 1975 these bodies take over the functions of regional water boards.

Question put and agreed to.

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