§ 10 Clause 33, page 29, line 10, at end insert 'and'.
§ 11 Page 29, line 13, leave out from 'mentioned' to end of line 15.
§ 12 Clause 38, page 33, line 47, after 'given' insert 'under this section or any other enactment'.
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13 Page 34, line 6, at end insert:
'() It is the duty of a new Agency to comply with any direction which is given to that new Agency by a Minister of the Crown under this section or any other enactment.'.
§ 14 Clause 39. page 34. line 40. leave out from 'whole' to end of line 41 and insert 'of any relevant licensed period;'.
§ 15 Page 34, line 42, leave out 'that' and insert 'any such'.
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16 Page 34, line 43, at end insert:
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'and in this subsection "relevant licensed period" means the period during which an environmental licence is in force or such part of that period as may be prescribed.'.
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17 Clause 40, page 36, line 50, at end insert:
'(4A) If and to the extent that a charging scheme relates to any licence under Chapter II of Part II of the 1991 Act (abstraction and impounding), the Secretary of State may consider it appropriate to attribute to the carrying out of the Agency's functions in relation to activities to which such a licence relates any costs and expenses incurred by the Agency in carrying out any of its functions under Part II of that Act or under section 6(2) above.
(4B) Subsection (4A) above is without prejudice to what costs and expenses the Secretary of State may consider it appropriate to attribute to the carrying out of any functions of a new Agency, the Minister or the Secretary of State in relation to activities to which environmental licences of any particular description relate.'.
Earl FerrersMy Lords, I beg to move that the House do agree with the Commons in their Amendments Nos. 10 to 17 en bloc. These amendments were spoken to earlier.
§ Moved, That the House do agree with the Commons in their Amendments Nos. 10 to 17 en bloc.—(Earl Ferrers.)
§ On Question, Motion agreed to.