Flood and Water Management Bill – in a Public Bill Committee at 2:45 pm on 14 January 2010.
Amendments made: 54, in clause 12, page 9, line 6, leave out subsection (1) and insert—
‘(1) In exercising its flood and coastal erosion risk management functions, a Welsh risk management authority must—
(a) act in a manner which is consistent with the national strategy and guidance, and
(b) except in the case of a water company, act in a manner which is consistent with the local strategies and guidance.’.
Amendment 55, in clause 12, page 9, line 10, leave out from ‘exercising’ to ‘must’ and insert
‘a flood or coastal erosion risk management function in relation to an area in Wales, a water company’.
Amendment 56, in clause 12, page 9, line 12, leave out paragraph (a).
Amendment 57, in clause 12, page 9, line 16, leave out ‘risk management authority for an area in Wales’ and insert ‘Welsh risk management authority’.
Amendment 58, in clause 12, page 9, line 17, at end insert—
‘(3A) A cross-border internal drainage board for an internal drainage district that is mainly in England must—
(a) act in a manner which is consistent with the local strategies and guidance, and
(b) have regard to the national strategy and guidance.
(3B) Subsection (3A) does not affect the duties of a cross-border internal drainage board under section 11.’.—(Huw Irranca-Davies.)
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Printed in the margin next to each clause is a brief explanatory `side-note' giving details of what the effect of the clause will be.
During the committee stage of a bill, MPs examine these clauses in detail and may introduce new clauses of their own or table amendments to the existing clauses.
When a bill becomes an Act of Parliament, clauses become known as sections.
