Amendments proposed to the Water Bill [Lords], As Amended - continued	House of Commons
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Secretary Margaret Beckett

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*Page     130,     line     42     [Clause     101],     leave out 'be taken to continue' and insert 'continue to be taken'.

   

Secretary Margaret Beckett

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*Page     130,     line     44     [Clause     101],     leave out 'be taken to continue' and insert 'continue to be taken'.

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Secretary Margaret Beckett

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*Page     131,     line     4     [Clause     101],     after 'or', insert 'abstractions'.

   

Secretary Margaret Beckett

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*Page     131,     line     28     [Clause     102],     at end insert '(including in particular any instrument appointing a company to be a water or sewerage undertaker)'.

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Secretary Margaret Beckett

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*Page     133,     line     45     [Clause     104],     leave out 'Secretary of State' and insert 'appropriate authority'.

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Secretary Margaret Beckett

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*Page     134,     line     2     [Clause     104],     at end insert—

    '(4A)   Except as stated in subsection (4B), the appropriate authority for the purposes of subsection (3) is the Secretary of State after consulting the Assembly.

    (4B)   In relation to the sections listed in the first column of this table, the appropriate authority is as listed in the second column—

Section	Appropriate authority
Section 73	The Secretary of State.
Section 67	The Assembly after consulting the Secretary of State.
Sections 58, 69, 75, 77, 78, 80, 81 and 86	The Secretary of State, in relation to England; the Assembly, in relation to Wales.
Section 100 and Schedules 7, 8 and 9	As respects any amendment or repeal consequential on a provision referred to above in this table, the same appropriate authority as listed in respect of the provision in question; otherwise, the Secretary of State after consulting the Assembly.'.

   

Secretary Margaret Beckett

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*Page     134,     line     4     [Clause     104],     at end insert—

    '( )   Section 36 and Schedule 3 extend also to Scotland and Northern Ireland.'.

   

Secretary Margaret Beckett

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*Page     134,     line     5     [Clause     104],     at end insert—

'( )	section 53(1) and (2),'.

   

Secretary Margaret Beckett

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*Page     134,     line     6     [Clause     104],     at end insert—

'( )	section 73,'.

   

Secretary Margaret Beckett

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*Page     134,     line     9     [Clause     104],     at end insert—

'( )	section 102(1), (2), (7) and (8),

( )	section 103.'.

   

Secretary Margaret Beckett

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*Page     134,     line     9     [Clause     104],     at end insert—

    '( )   Section 58(9A) extends to Scotland only.

    ( )   Any amendment or repeal of a provision of the WRA made by this Act has the same extent as the provision being amended or repealed.

    ( )   Sections 3, 4, 10 and 27 have the same extent as they would have if they were contained in the WRA, and section 224 of the WRA (application to Isles of Scilly) applies in relation to those sections as it applies to the WRA.'.

   

Secretary Margaret Beckett

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*Page     134,     line     10     [Clause     104],     leave out '7, 8 or 9' and insert '7 or 8'.

   

Secretary Margaret Beckett

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*Page     134,     line     11     [Clause     104],     at end add—

    '( )   Any repeal contained in Schedule 9 has the same extent as the provision elsewhere in this Act which provides for the repeal.'.

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ORDER OF THE HOUSE [5TH NOVEMBER 2003]

Proceedings on Consideration and Third Reading

       That—

(1)	Paragraphs 4 and 5 of the Programme Order of 8th September 2003 relating to the Water Bill shall be omitted;

(2)	proceedings on consideration shall be taken in the order shown in the following table, and each part of the proceedings shall (so far as not previously concluded) be brought to a conclusion on the day on which those proceedings are commenced at the time specified in the second column;

TABLE

Proceedings	Time for conclusion of proceedings
New Clauses and new Schedules relating to Part 1; amendments relating to Part 1.	5 hours before the moment of interruption.
New Clauses and new Schedules relating to Part 2; amendments relating to Clause 34, Schedule 1, Clause 35, Schedule 2, Clause 36, Schedule 3, Clauses 37 to 56, Schedule 4.	4 hours before the moment of interruption.
New Clauses and new Schedules relating to Part 3 (except new Clauses and new Schedules relating to fluoridation); amendments relating to Clause 57, Clauses 59 to 85, Schedules 5 and 6, Clauses 86 to 98.	3 hours before the moment of interruption.
New Clauses and new Schedules relating to fluoridation; amendments relating to Clause 58; remaining new Clauses and new Schedules; amendments relating to Clauses 99 and 100, Schedules 7 to 9, Clauses 101 to 104.	1 hour before the moment of interruption.

    (3)   proceedings on Third Reading shall, so far as not previously concluded, be brought to a conclusion at the moment of interruption on the day on which those proceedings are commenced.

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Prepared 6 Nov 2003