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Page (5, line 1, leave out subsection (6) and insert:—
("(5) No order shall be made under this section with respect to any bridge to which any right to take tolls attaches.")
§ THE MARQUESS OF LONDONDERRYMy Lords, the Bill as introduced expressly precluded the Minister from transferring by Order from the owner of a bridge to a highway authority any right to take tolls. It would in any case have been impracticable for the Minister to make an Order for the reconstruction or improvement of a bridge at the expense of a highway authority while the right to take tolls remained with the owner. The effect of the new subsection on the Minister's powers will, therefore, be only negligible. I beg to move that this House doth agree with the Amendment.
§ Moved, That this House doth agree with the Commons in the said Amendment.—(The Marquess of Londonderry.)
§ On Question, Motion agreed to.