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Clause 4, page 3, line 36, at end, insert:
("( ) If a county council elect under the foregoing provisions of this section to delegate their functions under this Part of this
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Act to the standing joint committee, it shall be the duty of that committee to discharge those functions so long as the delegation is in force.")
§ THE MARQUESS OF LONDONDERRYMy Lords, the object of this Amendment is to make it quite clear that where a county council decide to delegate their licensing functions to the standing joint committee for the county, the standing joint committee shall be required to discharge these functions. It meets a point raised by Lord Snell, who suggested that an awkward situation might result if a county council desired to delegate its functions and the standing joint committee showed a disinclination to accept the delegation. This Amendment, I think, covers the point which the noble Lord raised. I beg to move that this House doth agree with the Commons in their Amendment.
§ Moved, That this House doth agree with the Commons in the said Amendment.—(The Marquess of Londonderry.)
§ On Question, Motion agreed to.