§ [No. 89.]
§ Schedule 3, page 56, line 15, at end insert 'and the appropriate Minister.
§ (3) For the purposes of this Schedule "the appropriate Minister" is, in relation to any statutory undertakers specified in column (1) of the following Table, the Minister specified in relation to those undertakers in column (2) of that Table.
| (1) | (2) |
| Statutory undertakers | Appropriate Minister |
| 1. Statutory undertakers authorised to carry on any railway, light railway, tramway, road transport, dock, harbour or pier undertaking. | The Secretary of State for Transport. |
| 2. Statutory undertakers authorised to carry on any water transport, canal or inland navigation undertaking. | The Secretary of State for the Environment. |
| 3. Statutory undertakers authorised to carry on any lighthouse undertaking. | The Secretary of State for Trade. |
| 4. Statutory undertakers authorised to carry on an undertaking for the supply of electricity, gas or hydraulic power. | The Secretary of State for Energy. |
| 5. Statutory undertakers authorised to carry on an undertaking for the supply of water. | The Secretary of State for Wales. |
| 6. The Post Office | The Secretary of State for Industry. |
| 7. The Civil Aviation Authority or the British Airports Authority | The Secretary of State for Trade. |
| 8. The National Coal Board | The Secretary of State for Energy. |
| 9. The United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority | The Secretary of State for Energy. |
§ (4) References in this Schedule to the Secretary of State and the appropriate Minister shall have effect—
- (a) as references to the Secretary of State and the appropriate Minister, if the appropriate Minister is not the one concerned as the Secretary of State; and
- (b) as references to the once concerned as the Secretary of State alone, if he is also the appropriate Minister.
§ (5) If, in relation to anything required or authorised to be done under the new towns code, any question arises as to which Minister is or was the appropriate Minister in relation to any statutory undertakers, that question shall be determined by the Treasury.'
§ The LORD CHANCELLORMy Lords, I beg to move that this House doth agree with the Commons in their Amendment No. 89. This Amendment was dealt with earlier.
§ Moved, That this House doth agree with the Commons in the said Amendment. —(The Lord Chancellor.)
§ On Question, Motion agreed to.