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3(1)In the following enactments, namely—E+W+S
(b)section 39 of the M2Opencast Coal Act 1958 except in its application to Scotland;
(c)paragraph 2 of Schedule 6 to the M3Gas Act 1965;
F2(d). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(e)the M4Welsh Development Agency Act 1975;
F3(f). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(g)the M5New Towns Act 1981,
“the appropriate Minister”, in relation to a a licence holder, shall mean the [F4Secretary of State for Trade and Industry].
(2)In the following enactments, namely—
(a)section 39 of the Opencast Coal Act 1958 in its application to Scotland;
(b)the M6Pipe-lines Act 1962;
(c)Schedule 3 to the M7Harbours Act 1964;
(d)the M8New Towns (Scotland) Act 1968;
F5(e). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
F6(f). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(g)section 121 of the M9Highways Act 1980;
(h)the M10Acquisition of Land Act 1981,
[F7(i)section 9 of the Enterprise and New Towns (Scotland) Act 1990;]
“the appropriate Minister”, in relation to a licence holder, shall mean the Secretary of State.
Textual Amendments
F1Sch. 16 para. 3(1)(a) repealed (E.W.) (01.12.1991) by Water Consolidation (Consequential Provisions) Act 1991 (c. 60, SIF 130), ss. 3(1), 4(2), Sch. 3 Pt. I.
F2Sch. 16 para. 3(1)(d) repealed by Planning (Consequential Provisions) Act 1990 (c. 11, SIF 123:1, 2), s. 3, Sch. 1 Pt. I
F3Sch. 16 para. 3(1)(f) repealed (1.10.1998) by 1998 c. 38, s. 152, Sch. 18 Pt. IV (with ss. 137(1), 139(2), 141(1), 143(2)); S.I. 1998/2244, art. 4
F4Words in Sch. 16 para. 3(1) substituted (5.7.1992) by S.I. 1992/1314, art. 3(3), Sch. para. 1(e).
F5Sch. 16 para. 3(2)(e) repealed (27.5.1997) by 1997 c. 11, ss. 3, 6(2), Sch. 1 Pt. I (with s. 5, Sch. 3)
F6Sch. 16 para. 3(2)(f) repealed by Enterprise and New Towns (Scotland) Act 1990 (c. 35, SIF 64), s. 38(2), Sch. 5 Pt. I
F7Sch. 16 para. 3(2)(i) inserted by Enterprise and New Towns (Scotland) Act 1990 (c. 35, SIF 64), s. 38(1), Sch. 4 para. 17(b)
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Sch. 16 para. 3(1): transfer of functions (5.3.2009) by The Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/229), arts. 1(2), 4, Sch. 1(c)
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