For Sub-section (1) of Section eight of the principal Act the following Sub-section shall be substituted: (I)If

1. (a) there is opposition to the Order and the opposition has not been withdrawn; or
2. (b) the opposition has been withdrawn after inquiry held; or
3. (c) although there is no opposition, inquiry has been held;

the Secretary for Scotland shall refuse to issue a Provisional Order if the commissioners report that the Order should not be made, or if they do not so report he may issue an Order as prayed, or with such modifications as, having regard to the recommendations of the commissioners and of the chairmen, he may think proper and necessary; but before making and issuing an Order, if any modification has been made on the draft Order originally deposited, the Secretary for Scotland shall cause a printed copy thereof to be deposited in the office of the Clerk of the Parliaments and in the Private Bill Office of the House of Commons, and also at the office of the Treasury, and of such other public Departments as may be prescribed, and shall not for such time as may be prescribed issue a Provisional Order; and if, in such event, any recommendation is made to the Secretary for Scotland by the chairmen or the Treasury or any of such other public Departments with regard to matters arising out of any such modification he may have regard thereto before issuing a Provisional Order."—[Mr. Albert Russell.]