§ Procedure for purposes of section 21
§ 14. The provisions of Part I of this Schedule, except paragraph 1 thereof, shall have effect with respect to any draft statement submitted to the Minister under section 21 (1) of this Act, subject to the following modifications:—
- (a) except in paragraph 9 of this Schedule, any reference to the river authority, unless the reference is to the river authority area, shall be construed as a reference to the Water Resources Board;
- (b) in paragraph 9 of this Schedule, the first reference to the river authority shall be construed as a reference to the Water Resources Board and the second such reference shall be construed as a reference to the river authority and the Board;
- (c) the river authority shall be included among the bodies on whom, under paragraph 4 of this Schedule, a copy of the notice is required to be served.
§ 15.—(1) This paragraph applies to any proposals of the Minister for amending a statement in accordance with section 21 (3) of this Act.
§ (2) The Minister shall give notice of the proposals to the river authority; and the river authority shall publish such a notice as the Minister may require—
- (a) stating the general effect of the proposals;
- (b) specifying a place in the river authority area where a copy of the proposals and of any relevant map or plan may be inspected by any person free of charge at all reasonable times during the period of twenty-eight days beginning with the date of first publication of the notice; and
- (c) stating that any person may within that period, by notice in writing to the Minister, object to the amendment, in accordance with the proposals, of the statement of minimum acceptable flows to which the proposals relate.
§ (3) Paragraphs 3 to 6 of this Schedule shall have effect in relation to any proposals to which this paragraph applies as they have effect in relation to a draft statement within the meaning of Part I of this Schedule, subject to the modification that in paragraph 5, for the words 'draft statement has been submitted to', there shall he substituted the words 'proposals have been prepared by'.
§ (4) Paragraphs 11 to 13 of this Schedule shall have effect with respect to any proposals to which this paragraph applies, subject to 1312 the modification that any reference to the proposals as submitted to the Minister shall be construed as a reference to the proposals as prepared by the Minister."
§ The noble Lord said: This drafting Amendment was anticipated by Government Amendments in Clause 21 (1) and (3) which introduced into those subsections references to Part III of Schedule 6. Neither paragraph 14, nor paragraph 15 of this new Part III makes any change of substance in the procedures. All the changes made are necessary by reason of the fact that action is being taken not by a river authority but by the Water Resources Board, which is referred to in paragraph 14, or by the Minister, which is dealt with in paragraph 15. I beg to move.
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Amendment moved—
Page 118, line 4, at end insert the said Part III.—(Lord Hastings.)
§ On Question, Amendment agreed to.
§ Schedule 6, as amended, agreed to.
§ Remaining Schedules agreed to.
§ House resumed: Bill reported with Amendments.