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Page 7, line 1, leave out sub-sections (1) and (2) and insert:
("(1) The powers conferred by this Act on drainage hoards shall so far as concerns the main river including the banks thereof and drainage works in connection with the main river be exercisable solely by the catchment board.
§ (2) Where a catchment area abuts on the sea or on any estuary the catchment board of that area may construct all such works and do all such things in the sea or in that estuary as may, in their opinion, be necessary to secure an adequate outfall for the main river.")
§ EARL DE LA WARRMy Lords, I beg to move that your Lordships agree with this drafting Amendment.
§ Moved, That this House doth agree with the Commons in the said Amendment.—(Earl De La Warr.)
§ On Question, Motion agreed to.