Alex White (Labour)

I move amendment No. 1:

In page 3, to delete lines 23 and 24 and substitute the following:

"(3) The collective citation "the Local Government Acts 1925 to 2007" includes Part 3.".

This is essentially a technical amendment. I still have a concern with the collective citation of "the Local Government Acts 1925 to 2007". As I understand it, the Water Services Act 2007 has already created a collective citation of the Local Government Acts 1925 to 2007. Therefore, we already have such a collective citation, which comprehends the Water Services Act 2007. The latter Act has not yet commenced but its collective citation does not require commencement as such and, therefore, it is deemed to have commenced on enactment. We are left with a situation whereby, unless this amendment is accepted, an anomaly could arise. I accept it is a technical amendment, which may not detain the House for as long as other matters. Nonetheless, because the Water Services Act 2007 is in place, an anomaly could arise by having two inconsistent citations in reference to the Local Government Acts in future.