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This is a draft item of legislation. This draft has since been made as a UK Statutory Instrument: The British Waterways Board (Transfer of Functions) Order 2012 No. 1659
17.—(1) Section 27(1) (power of Ministers in relation to Boards) is amended as follows.
(2) After subsection (5), insert—
“(5A) In the application of subsections (1) to (5) to the British Waterways Board, references to the Minister are to be read as references to the Scottish Ministers.”.
(3) In subsection (6), after “Board”, in each place occurring, insert “or Canal & River Trust”.
(4) In subsection (7), for the words from “Each Board” to “shall” substitute “The Docks Board shall”.
(5) In subsection (8), for the words from “each Board” to “shall” substitute “the Docks Board shall”.
(6) Omit subsection (8A).
(7) In subsection (8B), omit “in or as regards Scotland” in both places occurring.
(8) In subsection (8C), omit “in Scotland”.
Section 27 was amended by the Transport Act 1968, sections 46(5) and 51(3), the Railways Act 1974 (c. 48), section 4(6); the Transport Act 2000, Schedule 31, Part 4 and S.I. 2000/3251. There are further amendments not relevant to this Order.
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