§ Read 3a, with the Amendments, and passed, and returned to the Commons.
§ The Amendments were as follows:
| PART II. |
| Standing Order 12, page 18, leave out the Standing Order and insert the following new Standing Order:— |
| ("Posting of notices in case of tramway etc. Bills. (House of Commons, 12.) |
| 12.—(1) In the case of a Bill whereby it is proposed, in connection with the construction of a tramway or a trolley vehicle system or an underground railway or tramroad, to confer powers authorising any alteration or disturbance of the surface of any street or road— |
| (a) not later than the Twelfth day of November application shall be made in writing to every authority having control of any such street or road for directions as to the manner in which notice of such proposed powers is to be posted in the street or road; |
| (b) not later than the Twentieth day of November notice of such proposed powers shall be posted in every such street or road in the manner directed by the said authority or, if no directions have been received from the said authority within seven days after the said application, in some conspicuous position in the street or road; |
| (c) the said notice shall be kept posted as aforesaid for not less than fourteen consecutive days. |
| (2) Where the said powers are proposed to be conferred in connection with the construction of a tramway or an underground railway or tramroad, the notice posted under this Order, in any street or road shall also state the place or places at which the plans of the tramway, railway or tramroad will be or have been deposited for public inspection under Standing Orders 27 and 36 with local government officers for areas comprising the street or road or any part thereof.") |
| Standing Order 15, page 19, leave out the Standing Order and insert the following new Standing Order:— |
| ("Notice to owners and lessees of railways, etc. affected by proposed tramway or trolley vehicle system. (House of Commons, 15.) |
| 15.—(1) On or before the Fifth day of December, in the case of a Bill whereby it is proposed to authorise the construction of a tramway or trolley vehicle system either— |
| (a) crossing any railway, tramroad, tramway or trolley vehicle system on the level or by means of a bridge; or |
| (b) crossing any canal by means of a bridge; or |
| (c) otherwise affecting or interfering with any railway, tramroad, tramway, trolley vehicle system or canal; |
| notice in writing of the proposal shall be given to the owner, and (if leased) also to the lessee, of the railway, tramroad, tramway, trolley vehicle system or canal to be crossed or affected. |
| (2) Where the Bill proposes to authorise the construction of a tramway, I he notice shall also state the place or places at which the plans of the tramway have been or will be deposited for public inspection.") |