The Senior Deputy Speaker
That the standing orders relating to private business be amended as follows:
Standing Order 1A Deposit of documents etc. at offices of government departments and public bodies
Line 3, after “deposited” insert “or delivered”
Line 3, after “with” insert “, or by reference to,”
Line 5, after “deposited” insert “or delivered”
Line 19, leave out paragraph (3) and insert—
“(3) The provisions of these orders which contain such references as are mentioned in paragraph (1) above are—
(a) Standing Order 27(8),
(b) Standing Order 27A(1),
(c) Standing Order 29,
(d) Standing Order 30,
(e) Standing Order 30A(1),
(f) Standing Order 31(1),
(g) Standing Order 32,
(h) Standing Order 33,
(i) Standing Order 34,
(j) Standing Order 37,
(k) Standing Order 39,
(l) Standing Order 42,
(m) Standing Order 43,
(n) Standing Order 45(3), and,
(o) Standing Order 47(2)”
Standing Order 10A Publication of notice relating to works bill
Line 15, at end insert—
“(2) It shall be sufficient compliance with the requirement in paragraph (1) that notices shall be displayed for two consecutive weeks for the promoters to use reasonable endeavours to secure that the notices are so displayed.”
Standing Order 12 Posting of notices in case of tramway, etc., bills
Line 13, leave out sub-paragraph (b) and insert—
“(b) not later than 20th November notice of such proposed alteration or disturbance shall be posted in, or where that is not reasonably practicable, in some conspicuous position as close as is reasonably practicable to, every such street or road in the manner directed by the said authority, or—
(i) if no directions have been received from the said authority within seven days after the said application, or
(ii) if the directions received cannot reasonably be complied with,
in some conspicuous position in the street or road, or where that is not reasonably practicable, in some conspicuous position as close as is reasonably practicable to the street or road;”
Standing Order 31 Deposit of copy of plan, etc., in case of bill affecting tidal lands
Line 20, after “shall” insert “, if the plan is not based on an ordnance map,”
Standing Order 32 Deposit of copy of plan, etc., of bill affecting fisheries
Line 11, leave out paragraph (2) and insert—
“(2) A copy of the said portion of the deposited plan and section shall also—
(a) be delivered on or before 20th November, or
(b) be sent by registered post, having been posted on or before 17th November,
to the recipient or recipients specified in Standing Order 1A.”
Standing Order 33 Delivery of copy of plan, etc., affecting banks, etc., of river
Line 7, leave out from “affected,” to end of line 11 and insert-
“shall—
(a) be delivered on or before 20th November, or
(b) be sent by registered post, having been posted on or before 17th November,
to the recipient or recipients specified in Standing Order 1A.”.
Line 15, after “and” insert “, if the plan is not based on an ordnance map,”
Standing Order 38 Deposit of printed copies of bills in Parliament Office
Line 32, at end insert—
“(see also Standing Order 201 (Time for delivering notices and making deposits))”
Standing Order 42 Delivery of copies of bills affecting watercourses to Environment Agency
Line 5, leave out from “thereof” to end of line 11 and insert—
“shall—
(a) be delivered on or before 4th December, or
(b) be sent by registered post, having been posted on or before 1st December,
to the recipient or recipients specified in Standing Order 1A.”
Standing Order 43 Delivery of copies of bills affecting rivers or estuaries to Environment Agency.
Line 5, leave out from “river” to end of line 12 and insert—
“shall—
(a) be delivered on or before 4th December, or
(b) be sent by registered post, having been posted on or before 1st December,
to the recipient or recipients specified in Standing Order 1A.”
Standing Order 47 Deposit of statement as to houses and persons on land to be acquired
Line 8, leave out from “shall,” to “deposit” in line 10 and insert “in relation to any area to which this order applies,”
Standing Order 48 Description of plan
Line 31, leave out paragraph (3) and insert—
“(3) Where a viaduct or tunnelling is intended the same shall be marked on the plan, the latter to be shown by a dotted line.”
Standing Order 50 Particulars in case of railways and tramroads
Line 4, leave out from “plan” to end of line 15
Standing Order 51 Particulars in case of diversion of roads, etc.
Line 6, leave out from “plan” to end of line 8 and insert—
“(2) In the case of a bill by which it is proposed to authorise the diversion of any public footpath or bridleway, the course of such diversion shall be marked upon the plan, and where it is the intention of the promoters to apply for powers to make any lateral deviation from the course of the proposed diversion of any public footpath or bridleway, the limits of such deviation shall be defined upon the plan.”
Standing Order 55 Section
Line 18, leave out from “tunnelling” to end of line 20 and insert “or a viaduct is intended, the same shall be marked on the deposited section.”
Standing Order 57 Section of railway or tramroad
Line 9, leave out from “each” to end of line 12 and insert “end of a section of railway or tramroad with a constant gradient; and that gradient shall also be marked.”
Line 26, leave out paragraph (4)
Standing Order 59 Cross sections of roads, etc.
Line 4, after “tramroad” insert “and such works are not works for which a section has been drawn in accordance with Standing Order 55”.