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The Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980 (Commencement No. 7) Order 1981
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1981 No. 1618 (C.41)
LOCAL GOVERNMENT, ENGLAND AND WALES
The Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980 (Commencement No. 7) Order 1981
Made
10th November 1981
Laid before Parliament
20th November 1981
Coming into Operation
11th December 1981
The Secretary of State for the Environment, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 94(2) and (4) of the Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980 and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following order:—
1. This order may be cited as the Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980 (Commencement No. 7) Order 1981 and shall come into operation on 11th December 1981.
2. Part X of the Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980 shall come into operation on 11th December 1981 in the areas of all councils of districts in England and London boroughs in which the said Part X is not already in operation, and in the City of London.
Michael R.D. Heseltine
Secretary of State for the Environment
10th November 1981
EXPLANATORY NOTE
This order brings Part X of the Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980 into operation in those areas of England in which it is not already in operation. The areas in which it is already in operation are specified in the Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980 (Commencement No. 1) Order 1980 (S.I. 1980/1871), the Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980 (Commencement No. 4) Order 1981 (S.I. 1981/194) and the Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980 (Commencement No. 6) Order 1981 (S.I. 1981/1251). Part X of the Act provides for registers to be kept of land owned by public bodies, being land which is not being used or not being sufficiently used for the purposes of the performance of a public body's functions or of carrying on their undertaking. Part X also provides that the Secretary of State may direct a public body which own land on a register to take steps to dispose of it.
NOTE AS TO EARLIER COMMENCEMENT ORDERS
The following provisions of the Act have been or will be brought into force by commencement orders made before the date of this order.
| Provisions | S.I. No. |
|---|---|
| Part III on various dates | 1981/341 |
| Section 68 (partially) on 11th December 1980 | 1980/1893 |
| Part VIII on various dates | 1980/1893 |
| Part X in specified areas on 31st December 1980 | 1980/1871 |
| Sections 33, 34, 37, 44, 45(1)–(4), Part IX of Schedule 34 (partially) on 1st April 1982 | 1980/2014 |
| Part X in specified areas on 19th March 1981 | 1981/194 |
| Part X in specified areas on 2nd October 1981 | 1981/1251 |
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