§ THE FIRST COMMISSIONER OF WORKS (VISCOUNT PEEL)My Lords, I beg to move the Motion which appears on the Paper in my name.
§ Moved, That the Draft Special Order proposed to be made by the Board of Trade under Section 10 of the Gas Regulation Act, 1920, on the application of the Northampton Gaslight Company, which was presented on the 17th June and published, be approved subject to the following addition:—
§ After Clause 11 insert the following clause:
§ For the protection of the Northamptonshire County Council.
§ "The following provision for the protection of the Northamptonshire County Council (in this section referred to as 'the County Council') shall, unless otherwise agreed upon in writing between the Company and the County Council, apply and have effect (that is to say):—
§ "Section 8 of the Gasworks Clauses Act, 1847, incorporated with this Order, shall be read and have effect as if in respect of any street, bridge, sewer, drain or tunnel, under the control or management of the County Council, the period of fourteen clear days were inserted therein instead of the period of three clear days in the said section mentioned, and the notice therein 1272 mentioned shall be given to the surveyor of the County Council: Provided that this subsection shall not apply in the case of any opening or breaking up for the purpose of laying, connecting or repairing consumers' service pipes."—(Viscount Peel.)
§ On Question, Motion agreed to.