HC Deb 23 October 1975 vol 898 c822

Amendments made: No. 49, in page 17, line 16, at end insert— '"the appropriate Minister" in relation to any statutory undertakers in relation to whom it is defined by section 224 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1971 or any other Act, has the meaning assigned to it by the Act so defining it;'. No. 50, in page 17, line 25, leave out from 'undertakers"' to end of line 27 and insert— 'means—

  1. (a) persons authorised by virtue of any enactment to carry on any railway, light railway, tramway, road transport, water transport, canal, inland navigation, dock, harbour, pier or lighthouse undertaking, or any undertaking for the supply of electricity, gas, hydraulic power or water, and
  2. (b) the Civil Aviation Authority, the National Coal Board, the Post Office and any other authority, body or undertakers which by virtue of any enactment are to be treated as statutory undertakers for the purposes of the Town and Country Planning Act 1971;
and "statutory undertaking" shall be construed accordingly;'.—[Mr. Alec Jones.]

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