§ After Clause 76, page 66, insert the following new clause:
§ Effect of Act on local Acts.
§ (".— (1) The powers conferred by Part V of this Act on any drainage board shall be deemed to be conferred in addition to and not in substitution for any like powers conferred by any local Act on that board.
§ (2) Where the boundaries of a drainage district or drainage area are altered under this Act, all powers exerciseable under any local Act by the drainage board of the district or area with respect to land included therein shall, except so far as the scheme or order effecting the alteration otherwise provides, be exerciseable with respect to land added to the district or area by the scheme or order.")
§ EARL DE LA WARRMy Lords, I beg to move that we agree with this Amendment.
§ Moved, That this House doth agree with the Commons in the said Amendment.—(Earl De La Warr.)
§ On Question, Motion agreed to.