I move amendments Nos. 1 to 4 inclusive:—
1. In page 8, lines 56 and 57, Section 17 (1), to delete the words "between the hours of nine o'clock in the forenoon and six o'clock in the afternoon" and to delete in page 9, line 2, the words "on such land".
2. In page 9, Section 17, to insert before sub-section (3) a new sub-section as follows:—
Save for the purpose of carrying out urgent repairs, no person shall enter on any land under this section between the hours of 6 p.m. on any day and the hour of 9 a.m. on the following day.
3. In page 9, line 10, Section 17 (3), to insert before the word "the" the words "for a purpose other than the carrying out of urgent repairs".
4. In page 9, to add at the end of Section 17, a new sub-section as follows:—
In this section, the expression "urgent repairs" means repairs the immediate carrying out of which is necessary to prevent a stoppage or diminution of the relevant supply of water or to prevent serious injury to persons or property.
Those four amendments hang together. They are introduced to meet points raised by Deputy Benson on the Committee Stage. The effect of the amendments is that if the sanitary authority require to execute urgent repairs, that is repairs which are necessary to prevent a stoppage or diminution of the relevent supply of water or to prevent serious injury to persons or property, they may enter on the land at any hour. Under the Bill they could not enter between the hours of 9 o'clock in the forenoon and 6 o'clock in the afternoon.