I beg to move, in page 98, line 1, to insert: Without prejudice to the foregoing provisions of this Subsection, a resolution of a county council altering the boundaries of a special district or combining two or more special districts or parts thereof or dissolving a special district may, if the council consider the circumstances of the case so require, make provision for payment during such period not exceeding ten years as the council may determine, in the case of any such alteration or combination, of rates of different amounts per pound within the areas affected by the alteration or combination or, in the case of any such dissolution, of rates of different amounts per pound within the area which formed the special district from the amount of the rates payable within the rest of the landward area of the county. These are underlined words which have to be moved into the Bill formally.

Amendment agreed to.

Clause, as amended, ordered to stand part of the Bill.

Clauses 148 to 329 ordered to stand part of the Bill.