§ Mr. Graham PageI beg to move Amendment No. 32, in page 4, line 12, after 'purposes', insert
'as are specified in the Order and'.
§ No. 33, in page 4, line 22, leave out subsection (4).
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No. 34, in page 4, line 26, at end insert—
'(5) An order under this section may empower the authority to prohibit or limit the use of water by consumers generally, by a specified class of consumer or by a particular specified consumer'.
§ No. 35, in page 4, leave out lines 30 and 31.
§ No. 36, in page 4, line 42, leave out subsection (6).
§ No. 37, in page 4, line 45, leave out subsection (7).
§ Mr. PageUnder Clause 1 an order may be made in respect of an item selected from the list. Under Clause 2 anything goes. The wording in Clause 2(1) is as follows:
and is further satisfied that the deficiency is such as to be likely to impair the economic or social well-being of persons in the area".Those are the words which distinguish the two clauses. There is a difference between the provisions of Clause 1(3)(b) and Clause 2(3)(b).In an order under Clause 2, a water authority can select a purpose not included in the list. It may take the list as a precedent but is not bound to select an item from it when applying to the Secretary of State for an order. Nor is the Secretary of State bound to make an order based on the designated list.
Amendment No. 32 provides that the local authority which is authorised to carry out this prohibitive order shall specify the purpose in the order, so that the public will know the purpose for which the water authority applied to the Secretary of State and in respect of which he has given power to prohibit.
2260 Amendment No. 33 deals with subsection (4) which gives the Secretary of State to give directions to the water authority—
§ It being Ten o'clock, The CHAIRMANleft the Chair to report Progress and ask leave to sit again.
§ Committee report Progress.