The Welsh Development Agency (Transfer of Functions to the National Assembly for Wales and Abolition) Order 2005

PART 1 E+W

Commencement Information

I1 Sch. 2 Pt. 1 in force at 23.11.2005, see art. 1(1)

Primary Legislation: E+W

Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 (c. 56) E+W

1.  In the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954—

(1) in subsection (1A)(a) of section 59 (Compensation for exercise of powers under sections 57 and 58), after “Welsh Development Agency Act 1975,” insert “and were transferred to the National Assembly for Wales by virtue of the Welsh Development Agency (Transfer of Functions to the National Assembly for Wales and Abolition) Order 2005.”;

(2) for section 59(1A)(b) substitute—

“(b) the tenant was not the tenant of the premises when the interest by virtue of which the certificate was given was acquired by the Welsh Development Agency or, if the interest was acquired on or after 1 April 2006, by the National Assembly for Wales in exercise of functions transferred to it by the Welsh Development Agency (Transfer of Functions to the National Assembly for Wales and Abolition) Order 2005”;

(3) in subsection (1) of section 60A (Welsh Development Agency premises), for “Welsh Development Agency is the landlord, and the Secretary of State” substitute “National Assembly for Wales is the landlord by virtue of the Welsh Development Agency (Transfer of Functions to the National Assembly for Wales and Abolition) Order 2005 or by virtue of the Assembly exercising its functions under that Order, and the Assembly”; and

(4) in section 60A(2) for “Secretary of State” substitute “National Assembly for Wales”.

Public Bodies (Admission to Meetings) Act 1960 (c. 67) E+W

2.  In the Public Bodies (Admission to meetings) Act 1960, in paragraph 1 of the Schedule (Bodies to which this Act applies) omit paragraph (ba).

Land Compensation Act 1961 (c. 33) E+W

3.  In the Land Compensation Act 1961, in subsection (3)(za) of section 23 (Compensation where planning decision made after acquisition), for “Welsh Development Agency Act 1975 (acquisitions by Welsh Development Agency)” substitute “Welsh Development Agency Act 1975 (Powers of land acquisition)”.

Finance Act 1969 (c. 32) E+W

4.  In the Finance Act 1969, in section 58 (Disclosure of information for statistical purposes by Board of Inland Revenue), in the table in subsection (4), in the first column (“Body”), for “The Welsh Development Agency” substitute “The National Assembly for Wales”.

Employment and Training Act 1973 (c. 50) E+W

5.  In section 4 (Obtaining and disclosure of information by the Commission and agencies etc) of the Employment and Training Act 1973—

(1) in subsection (3)(e)(ii), omit “the Welsh Development Agency”;

(2) in subsection (3)(e), after sub-paragraph (ii) add—

“(iii) an officer of the National Assembly for Wales who is authorised by that body to receive the information for the purposes of its functions under the Welsh Development Agency Act 1975”;

(3) in subsection (5)(dd)—

(a) for “Welsh Development Agency” substitute “National Assembly for Wales”, and

(b) for “conferred on that Agency by the Welsh Development Agency Act 1975;” substitute “conferred on that body by the Welsh Development Agency Act 1975;”.

House of Commons Disqualification Act 1975 (c. 24) E+W

6.  In the House of Commons Disqualification Act 1975, in Part 2 of Schedule 1 (Offices disqualifying for membership), omit “The Welsh Development Agency.”.

Race Relations Act 1976 (c. 74) E+W

7.  In the Race Relations Act 1976, in Part 2 of Schedule 1A (Bodies and other persons subject to general statutory duty), omit “The Welsh Development Agency.”.

Industry Act 1980 (c. 33) E+W

8.  In the Industry Act 1980—

(1) omit section 2 (Transfer of property to Secretary of State); and

(2) omit section 2A (Stamp duty land tax).

Acquisition of Land Act 1981 (c. 67) E+W

9.  In the Acquisition of Land Act 1981—

(1) in subsection (3) of section 17 (Local authority and statutory undertakers land), omit “the Welsh Development Agency”; and

(2) in Schedule 3 (Acquisition of rights over land by the creation of new rights), in paragraph 4(3), omit “, the Welsh Development Agency”.

Finance Act 1996 (c. 8) E+W

10.  In section 43A (Contaminated land) of the Finance Act 1996—

(1) in subsection (5)(h), omit “the Welsh Development Agency”; and

(2) in subsection (6), omit the definition of “the Welsh Development Agency”.

Government of Wales Act 1998 (c. 38) E+W

11.  In the Government of Wales Act 1998 omit sections 132 (Winding-down) and 138 (Winding-down).

Care Standards Act 2000 (c. 14) E+W

12.  In the Care Standards Act 2000, in Schedule 2A (Persons subject to review by the commissioner under section 72B), omit paragraph 22.

Freedom of Information Act 2000 (c. 36) E+W

13.  In the Freedom of Information Act 2000, in Part 6 of Schedule 1 (Public authorities), omit “The Welsh Development Agency”.

Finance Act 2003 (c. 14) E+W

14.  In the Finance Act 2003, in Schedule 9 (Stamp duty land tax: right to buy, shared ownership leases etc), in paragraph 1(3) under the heading “New towns and development corporations”, omit “The Welsh Development Agency”.

Public Services Ombudsman (Wales) Act 2005 (c. 10) E+W

15.  In the Public Services Ombudsman (Wales) Act 2005, in Schedule 3 (Listed authorities), omit “The Welsh Development Agency.”.

Subordinate Legislation: E+W

Ministry of Overseas Development (Dissolution) Order 1979 (S.I. 1979/1451) E+W

1.  In the Ministry of Overseas Development (Dissolution) Order 1979, in Schedule 2, omit paragraph 5.

Welsh Language Schemes (Public Bodies) Order 1996 (S.I. 1996/1898) E+W

2.  In Welsh Language Schemes (Public Bodies) Order 1996, in the Schedule, omit “Welsh Development Agency” and “Awdurdod Datblygu Cymru”.

National Assembly for Wales (Transfer of Functions) Order 1999(S.I. 1999/672) E+W

3.  In the National Assembly for Wales (Transfer of Functions) Order 1999, in Schedule 1 in the entry for the Welsh Development Agency Act 1975—

(a) in the first sentence (following on from the name of the Act) omit the words “the functions of the Treasury under paragraph 4 of Schedule 3 and”,

(b) omit the second sentence (commencing “The Treasury approval requirements under paragraphs 1(2) etc”), and

(c) except for the purposes of the statement of account for the financial year 2005 to 2006 provided for in Article 3(6) of this Order, omit the fourth sentence (commencing “The functions of the Comptroller and Auditor General etc”).

Redundancy Payments (Continuity of Employment in Local Government, etc) (Modification) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/2277) E+W

4.  In the Redundancy Payments (Continuity of Employment in Local Government, etc) (Modification) Order 1999, in paragraph 23 of Schedule 1 under “Section 2— Planning and Development”, omit “The Welsh Development Agency”.

Race Relations Act 1976 (Statutory Duties) Order 2001 (S.I 2001/3458) E+W

5.  In the Race Relations Act 1976 (Statutory Duties) Order 2000, in Schedule 1, omit “the Welsh Development Agency”.

National Assembly for Wales (Disqualification) Order 2003 (S.I. 2003/437) E+W

6.  In the National Assembly for Wales (Disqualification) Order 2003, in Part 2 of the Schedule, omit “Any member, not being also an employee, of the Welsh Development Agency”.

Landlord and Tenant Act 1954, Part 2 (Notices) Regulations 2004 (S.I. 2004/1005) E+W

7.  In the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954, Part 2 (Notices) Regulations 2004—

(1) in the table in Schedule 1, in the second column adjacent to the numbers 16 and 17, after “Welsh Development Agency” insert “Act 1975”; and

(2) in Schedule 2, in forms 16 and 17—

(a) in the headings to the forms after “Welsh Development Agency” insert “Act 1975”,

(b) in paragraph 4(a) of the notes to form 16 and in paragraph 11(a) of the notes to form 17, after “Welsh Development Agency Act 1975”, insert “and were transferred to the National Assembly for Wales by virtue of the Welsh Development Agency (Transfer of Functions to the National Assembly for Wales and Abolition) Order 2005.”, and

(c) for paragraph 4(b) of the notes to form 16 and for paragraph 11(b) of the notes to form 17, substitute—

• “you were not the tenant of the premises when the interest by virtue of which the certificate referred to in paragraph 3 of this notice was given was acquired by the Welsh Development Agency or, if the interest was acquired on or after 1 April 2006, by the National Assembly for Wales in exercise of functions transferred to it by the Welsh Development Agency (Transfer of Functions to the National Assembly for Wales and Abolition) Order 2005.”