13(1)Section 15 (default powers in relation to proposals) shall be amended as follows.E+W+S
(2)In subsection (1)—
(a)for “Commission” substitute “ Secretary of State ”; and
(b)for “to it” substitute “ to him ”.
(3)For subsection (2) substitute—
“(2)Where proposals submitted to the Secretary of State under section 5(5), 11(1) or 13(1) above appear unsatisfactory to him, he may direct the board to submit fresh proposals within a specified time, stating in the direction in what respect the proposals already submitted appear to him unsatisfactory; and where the fresh proposals also appear unsatisfactory to the Secretary of State, he may make an order (in this section referred to as “a default order”) declaring the board to be in default.”
(4)Omit subsections (3) and (4).
(5)For subsection (5) substitute—
“(5)Where a board has failed to comply with a direction of the Secretary of State under subsection (1) or (2) above within the time specified in the direction, he may make a default order.”