Welsh Development Agency Act 1975

SCHEDULES

Section 2.

SCHEDULE 1 U.K. The Welsh Development Agency

Appointment and tenure of members of the Agency and of committees E+W+S

1 It shall be the duty of the Secretary of State—

(a) to satisfy himself, before he appoints a person to be a member of the Agency, or gives his approval to the appointment of a person to be a member of a committee of the Agency, that he will have no such financial or other interest as is likely to affect prejudicially the performance of his functions as a member; and

(b) to satisfy himself from time to time with respect to each member that he has no such interest;

and a person who is a member of the Agency or of such a committee or whom the Secretary of State proposes to appoint as a member of the Agency or the Agency propose to appoint as a member of a committee shall, whenever required by the Secretary of State to do so, furnish the Secretary of State with such information as he may specify with a view to carrying out his duty under this paragraph.

2 Subject to the following provisions of this Schedule, a person shall hold and vacate office as a member or the chairman or deputy chairman of the Agency or as a member of a committee of the Agency in accordance with the terms of the instrument appointing him to that office.

3 A person may at any time resign his office as a member or the chairman or deputy chairman of the Agency by giving the Secretary of State a signed notice in writing stating that he resigns that office.

4 Where a member becomes or ceases to be the chairman or deputy chairman, the Secretary of State may vary the terms of the instrument appointing him a member of the Agency so as to alter the date on which he is to vacate office as a member.

5 If the chairman or deputy chairman ceases to be a member, he shall cease to be the chairman or deputy chairman, as the case may be.

6 (1) If the Secretary of State is satisfied that a member of the Agency—

(a) has been absent from meetings of the Agency for a period longer than three consecutive months without the permission of the Agency, or

(b) has become bankrupt or made an arrangement with his creditors, or

(c) is incapacitated by physical or mental illness, or

(d) is otherwise unable or unfit to discharge the functions of a member,

the Secretary of State may declare his office as a member of the Agency vacant.

(2) Without prejudice to the Secretary of State’s power to remove the chief executive from membership of the Agency under sub-paragraph (1) above, he may declare the office of chief executive vacant if he is satisfied that a condition mentioned in that sub-paragraph is fulfilled in relation to the chief executive.

(3) The Secretary of State shall notify a declaration under sub-paragraph (1) or (2) above in such manner as he thinks fit; and thereupon the office to which it relates shall become vacant.

7 A person who ceases to be a member, or ceases to be chairman or deputy chairman, of the Agency, shall be eligible for re-appointment.

Staff E+W+S

8 Subject to section 2(4) and (5) above, the staff of the Agency shall be appointed by the Agency, F1 . . .

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in Sch. 1 para. 8 repealed (1.10.1998) by ss. 128, 152, Sch. 14 Pt. I para. 12(2), Sch. 18 Pt. III; S.I. 1998/2244, art. 4

Remuneration etc. E+W+S

9 The Agency shall pay to each of their members and to each member of their staff or of any of their committees such remuneration and such reasonable allowances in respect of expenses as the Secretary of State may determine F2 . . ..

Textual Amendments

F2 Words in Sch. 1 para. 9 repealed (1.10.1998) by ss. 128, 152, Sch. 14 Pt. I para. 12(3), Sch. 18 Pt. III; S.I. 1998/2244, art. 4

10 The Agency shall make such provision as may be determined by the Secretary of State F3 . . .for the payment of pensions, allowances or gratuities (including refunds of contributions to any pension fund with or without interest or other additions) to or in respect of such members or past members of the Agency as may be so determined.

Textual Amendments

F3 Words in Sch. 1 para. 10 repealed (1.10.1998) by ss. 128, 152, Sch. 14 Pt. I para. 12(4), Sch. 18 Pt. III; S.I. 1998/2244, art. 4

11 Where a person ceases to be a member of the Agency otherwise than on the expiry of his term of office and it appears to the Secretary of State that there are special circumstances which make it right for that person to receive compensation, the Secretary of State F4 . . ., may direct the Agency to make to that person a payment of such amount as the Secretary of State may determine F5 . . ..

Textual Amendments

F4 Words in Sch. 1 para. 11 repealed (1.10.1998) by ss. 128, 152, Sch. 14 Pt. I para. 12(5)(a), Sch. 18 Pt. III; S.I. 1998/2244, art. 4

F5 Words in Sch. 1 para. 11 repealed (1.10.1998) by ss. 128, 152, Sch. 14 Pt. I para. 12(5)(b), Sch. 18 Pt. III; S.I. 1998/2244, art. 4

12 (1) The Agency may, in the case of such of the persons employed by them as may be determined by the Secretary of State F6 . . ., pay such pensions, allowances or gratuities to or in respect of them, make such payments towards the provision of such pensions, allowances or gratuities (including refunds of contributions to any pension fund with or without interest or other additions) or provide and maintain such schemes (whether contributory or not) for the payment of such pensions, allowances or gratuities as may be determined by the Secretary of State F7 . . ..

(2) Where a person employed by the Agency and participating in a scheme for the payment of pensions, allowances or gratuities which is applicable to such persons becomes a member of the Agency, his service as a member may be treated for the purposes of the scheme as service as a person employed by the Agency, whether or not provision for or in respect of him is made under paragraph 10 above.

(3) Except so far as the Agency are satisfied that adequate machinery exists for the purpose, it shall be the duty of the Agency to seek consultation with any organisation appearing to them to be appropriate with a view to the conclusion between the Agency and that organisation of such agreements as appear to the parties to be desirable with respect to the establishment and maintenance of machinery for the settlement by negotiation of terms and conditions of employment of persons employed by the Agency, with provision for reference to arbitration in default of such settlement in such cases as may be determined by or under the agreements.

Textual Amendments

F6 Words in Sch. 1 para. 12(1) repealed (1.10.1998) by ss. 128, 152, Sch. 14 Pt. I para. 12(6)(a), Sch. 18 Pt. III; S.I. 1998/2244, art. 4

F7 Words in Sch. 1 para. 12(1) repealed (1.10.1998) by ss. 128, 152, Sch. 14 Pt. I para. 12(6)(b), Sch. 18 Pt. III; S.I. 1998/2244, art. 4

Disqualification of members of the Agency for House of Commons U.K.

13 In Part II of Schedule 1 to the M1 House of Commons Disqualification Act 1975 (bodies of which all members are disqualified), there shall be inserted at the appropriate place in alphabetical order:— “ The Welsh Development Agency ”.

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 The text of Sch. 1 para. 13 is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991.

Marginal Citations

M1 1975 c. 24.

Proceedings E+W+S

14 Subject to paragraph 15 below and to any direction under section 1 above, the quorum of the Agency and of the Agency’s committees and the arrangements relating to meetings of the Agency and of such committees shall be such as the Agency may determine.

15 (1) A member of the Agency or of any such committee who is in any way directly or indirectly interested in a contract made or proposed to be made by the Agency, or in any other matter whatsoever which falls to be considered by the Agency or by the committee in question, shall disclose the nature of his interest at a meeting of the Agency or the committee and the disclosure shall be recorded in the minutes of the meeting.

(2) The member shall not—

(a) in any case of any such contract, take part in any deliberation or decision with respect to the contract; and

(b) in the case of any other matter, take part in any deliberation or decision with respect to the matter if the Agency or the committee decide that the interest in question might prejudicially affect the member’s consideration of the matter.

(3) For the purposes of this paragraph, a notice given by a member at a meeting of the Agency or a committee to the effect that he is a member of a specified body corporate or firm and is to be regarded as interested in any contract which is made with the body corporate or firm after the date of the notice, and in any other matter whatsoever concerning the body corporate or firm which falls to be considered after that date, shall be a sufficient disclosure of his interest.

(4) A member need not attend in person at a meeting of the Agency or a committee in order to make a disclosure which he is required to make under this paragraph, if he takes reasonable steps to secure that the disclosure is made by a notice which is taken into consideration and read at such a meeting.

16 The validity of any proceedings of the Agency or a committee shall not be affected by any vacancy among the members or by any defect in the appointment of a member or by any failure to comply with the requirements of paragraph 15 above.

Incorporation of Agency and execution of instruments and contracts E+W+S

17 The Agency shall be a body corporate.

18 The fixing of the common seal shall be authenticated by the signature of the chairman of the Agency or some other person authorised by the Agency to act for that purpose.

19 A document purporting to be duly executed under the seal of the Agency shall be received in evidence and shall be deemed to be so executed unless the contrary is proved.

[F8 19A (1) A certificate signed by the chief executive of the Agency that any document purporting to be made or issued by or on behalf of the Agency was so made or issued shall be conclusive evidence of that fact.

(2) A document purporting to be such a certificate shall be received in evidence and be deemed to be such a certificate unless the contrary is proved.]

Textual Amendments

F8 Sch. 1 para. 19A inserted (1.10.1998) by 1998 c. 38, s. 128, Sch. 14 Pt. I para. 12(7); S.I. 1998/2244, art. 4

[F9 19B A person dealing with the Agency, or with a person claiming under the Agency, shall not be concerned to inquire—

(a) whether any directions have been given to the Agency under this Act or whether any directions so given have been complied with; or

(b) whether any approval, authority or consent of the Secretary of State or the Treasury required for any of the purposes of this Act has been given, or whether any condition or limitation subject to which any such approval, authority or consent was given has been complied with,

and, in favour of any such person, the validity of anything done by the Agency shall not be affected by anything contained in any such direction, approval, authority or consent or by reason that any such direction, approval, authority or consent has not been given.]

Textual Amendments

F9 Sch. 1 para. 19B inserted (1.10.1998) by 1998 c. 38, s. 128, Sch. 14 Pt. I para. 12(7); S.I. 1998/2244, art. 4

Stamp duty U.K.

20 (1) Stamp duty shall not be chargeable on any instrument which is certified to the Commissioners of Inland Revenue by the Agency as having been made or executed for the purpose of the transfer to the Agency of securities or other property held—

(a) by or on behalf of the Crown; or

(b) by a company all of whose shares are held by or on behalf of the Crown or by a wholly owned subsidiary of such a company.

(2) No such instrument as is mentioned in sub-paragraph (1) above shall be deemed to be duly stamped unless it is stamped with the duty for which it would but for this paragraph be liable or it has, in accordance with the provisions of section 12 of the M2 Stamp Act 1891, been stamped with a particular stamp denoting that it is not chargeable with any duty or that it is duly stamped.

Marginal Citations

M2 1891 c. 39.

Circulars U.K.

[F10 21 Section 21(1) of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (restrictions on financial promotion) does not apply to any invitation or inducement to engage in an investment activity (within the meaning of section 21(8) of that Act) which the Agency communicate or cause to be communicated in discharge of their functions.F10 ]

Textual Amendments

F10 Sch. 1 para. 21 substituted (3.7.2002) by The Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Consequential Amendments) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/1555), art. 6

Acquisition of holdings of minority shareholders E+W+S

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F11 22

Textual Amendments

F11 Sch. 1 para. 22 repealed by Financial Services Act 1986 (c. 60, SIF 69), s. 212(3), Sch. 17 Pt. I

Section 7.

SCHEDULE 2 E+W+S Members and staff of the Welsh Industrial Estates Corporation

Transfer of Staff E+W+S

1 In the case of any person to be employed by them on and after the coming into operation of section 7 above, who immediately before that date is employed by the Welsh Industrial Estates Corporation, the Agency shall ensure that—

(a) so long as he continues in the employment of the Agency and until he is served with a statement in writing specifying new terms and conditions of employment, each such person enjoys terms and conditions of employment not less favourable, taken as a whole, than those which he enjoyed as a member of the Corporation’s staff immediately before joining the Agency’s staff; and

(b) the said new terms and conditions are such that, so long as he is engaged in duties reasonably comparable to those in which he was engaged immediately before he joined the Agency’s staff, the terms and conditions of his employment, taken as a whole, are not less favourable than those which he then enjoyed.

Compensation for members or staff of the Corporation E+W+S

2 The Secretary of State may, out of money provided by Parliament, pay to any person who was a member of the Corporation immediately before the coming into operation of section 7 above and who is not appointed a member of the Agency such sums by way of compensation for loss of office as he may, with the consent of the Minister for the Civil Service, determine.

3 The Secretary of State shall by regulations require the Agency to pay, in such cases and to such extent as may be determined by or under the regulations, compensation to or in respect of persons hitherto employed by the Corporation who suffer loss of employment or loss or diminution of emoluments or pension rights in consequence of the provisions of this Act.

4 Different regulations may be made under paragraph 3 above in relation to different classes of persons, and any such regulations may be so framed as to have effect as from a date prior to the making thereof, so, however, that so much of any regulations as provides that any provision therein is to have effect as from a date earlier than the making thereof shall not place any person other than the Agency in a worse position that he would have been in if the regulations had been made to have effect only as from the date of the making thereof.

5 Regulations under paragraph 3 above—

(a) may prescribe the procedure to be followed in making claims for compensation, and the manner in which and the person by whom the question whether any or what compensation is payable is to be determined, and

(b) may apply, with or without modifications, the provisions of any other rules or regulations relating to similar matters.

6 The power to make regulations conferred by paragraph 3 above shall be exercisable by statutory instrument which shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.

Continuity of employment E+W+S

7 For the purposes of—

[F12 the Employment Rights Act 1996], there shall be deemed to have been no break in the employment of any person who is transferred to the employment of the Agency by virtue of paragraph 1 of this Schedule.

Textual Amendments

F12 Words in Sch. 2 para. 7 substituted (22.8.1996) by 1996 c. 18, ss. 240, 243, 244, Sch. 1 para. 8 (with ss. 191-195, 202)

Consequential repeals E+W+S

8 In section 10(1) of the M3 Local Employment Act 1972 the words “and the Welsh Industrial Estates Corporation” and the words “and Wales respectively” are repealed.

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C2 The text of Sch. 2 para. 8 is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991.

Marginal Citations

M3 1972 c. 5.

Section 18.

SCHEDULE 3 E+W+S Financial and administrative provisions relating to Agency

Financing of the Agency by Government E+W+S

1 (1) In respect of the exercise of the functions of the Agency under section 1(3)(b) and (c) above the Secretary of State may, with the consent of the Treasury pay to the Agency out of money provided by Parliament such sums (in this Schedule referred to as “public dividend capital”) as the Secretary of State thinks fit.

(2) The Secretary of State may direct that so much of the debt assumed by the Agency under paragraph 7 below as he may, with the approval of the Treasury, determine shall be treated as an addition to that capital.

(3) In consideration of receiving public dividend capital, the Agency shall make to the Secretary of State, as respects each accounting year (except such a year as respects which the Agency satisfy the Secretary of State that it is inappropriate to make a payment in pursuance of this sub-paragraph), payments of such amounts as may be proposed by the Agency and agreed by the Secretary of State, or such other amounts as the Secretary of State may determine, after consultation with the Agency; and any sums received by the Secretary of State in pursuance of this sub-paragraph shall be paid into the Consolidated Fund.

[F13 (3A) The Agency may with the agreement of the Secretary of State, and shall if the Secretary of State with the approval of the Treasury requires them to do so, make payments to the Secretary of State in reduction of the public dividend capital of the Agency; and any sums received by the Secretary of State in pursuance of this sub-paragraph shall be paid into the Consolidated Fund.]

(4) The statement of account prepared in respect of any financial year in pursuance of paragraph 4(3) below shall include particulars of the sums which in that year are paid to the Agency or are paid into the Consolidated Fund in pursuance of this paragraph.

(5) The Secretary of State shall not make a payment, signify agreement or make a determination in pursuance of this paragraph except with the approval of the Treasury.

Textual Amendments

F13 Sch. 3 para. 1(3A) inserted by Industry Act 1980 (c. 33, SIF 64), ss. 4(3), 22

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C3 Sch. 3 para. 1(2): Treasury approval requirements continued in effect (1.7.1999) by S.I. 1999/672, art. 2, Sch. 1

2 The Secretary of State may, out of money provided by Parliament, pay to the Agency—

(a) such sums, . . . F14 , in respect of administrative expenses relating to any of their functions, and

(b) such other sums in respect of the exercise of their functions, other than those to which the public dividend capital relates,

as he may, with the consent of the Treasury, determine.

Textual Amendments

F14 Words repealed by Industry Act 1980 (c. 33, SIF 64), ss. 21(1), 22, Sch. 2

Borrowing Powers E+W+S

3 (1) The Agency may borrow money only—

(a) in accordance with [F15 sub-paragraph (2)] below, or

(b) from their wholly owned subsidiaries.

[F16 (2) For the purpose of the exercise of any of their functions, the Agency may borrow—

(a) in sterling from the Secretary of State, or

(b) with the consent of the Secretary of State and the approval of the Treasury, or in accordance with any general authority given by the Secretary of State with the approval of the Treasury, either in sterling or in a currency other than sterling from a person other than the Secretary of State.]

(4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F17

Textual Amendments

F15 Words substituted by Industrial Development Act 1985 (c. 25, SIF 64), s. 5(2)

F16 Sch. 3 para. 3(2) substituted for sub-paras. (2) and (3) by Industrial Development Act 1985 (c. 25, SIF 64), s. 5(1)

F17 Sch. 3 para. 3(4) repealed by Industry Act 1980 (c. 33, SIF 64), ss. 21(1), 22, Sch. 2

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C4 Sch. 3 para. 3(2): Treasury approval requirements continued for certain purposes (1.7.1999) by S.I. 1999/672, art. 2, Sch. 1

Government loans to the Agency E+W+S

4 (1) The Secretary of State may, with the approval of the Treasury, lend to the Agency any sums which the Agency have power to borrow from him under paragraph 3 above, and the Treasury may issue to the Secretary of State out of the National Loans Fund any sums necessary to enable the Secretary of State to make loans in pursuance of this sub-paragraph.

(2) Any loans made in pursuance of sub-paragraph (1) above shall be repaid to the Secretary of State at such times and by such methods, and interest on the loans shall be paid to him at such times and at such rates, as he may from time to time direct; and all sums received by the Secretary of State in pursuance of this sub-paragraph shall be paid into the National Loans Fund.

(3) The Secretary of State shall prepare in respect of each financial year an account of the sums issued to him in pursuance of sub-paragraph (1) above and the sums received by him in pursuance of sub-paragraph (2) above and of the disposal by him of those sums and shall send the account to the Comptroller and Auditor General before the end of the month of November next following the end of that year; and the Comptroller and Auditor General shall examine, certify and report on the account and lay copies of it and of his report before each House of Parliament.

(4) The Secretary of State shall not make a loan or give a direction in pursuance of this paragraph except with the approval of the Treasury; and the form of the account prepared in pursuance of sub-paragraph (3) above and the manner of preparing it shall be such as the Treasury may direct.

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C5 Sch. 3 para. 4(1)(4): Treasury approval requirements continued in effect (1.7.1999) by S.I. 1999/672, art. 2, Sch. 1

C6 Sch. 3 para. 4(3): transfer of certain functions (1.7.1999) by 1999/672, art. 2, Sch. 1

C7 Sch. 3 para. 4(3) modified by S.I. 1999/672, art. 2, Sch. 1

Borrowing by wholly owned subsidiaries E+W+S

5 It shall be the duty of the Agency to secure that no wholly owned subsidiary of theirs borrows money otherwise than from the Agency or from another wholly owned subsidiary of theirs, except with the consent of the Secretary of State and the approval of the Treasury.

Guarantees E+W+S

6 (1) The Treasury may guarantee, in such manner and on such conditions as they think fit, the repayment of the principal of [F18 the payment of interest on and the discharge of any other financial obligation in connection with] any sums which the Agency borrow from a person other than the Secretary of State.

(2) Immediately after a guarantee is given under this paragraph, the Treasury shall lay a statement of the guarantee before each House of Parliament; and where any sum is issued for fulfilling a guarantee so given, the Treasury shall lay before each House of Parliament a statement relating to that sum, as soon as possible after the end of each financial year, beginning with that in which the sum is issued and ending with that in which all liability in respect of the principal of the sum and in respect of interest on it is finally discharged.

(3) Any sums required by the Treasury for fulfilling a guarantee under this paragraph shall be charged on and issued out of the Consolidated Fund.

(4) If any sums are issued in fulfilment of a guarantee given under this paragraph, the Agency shall make to the Treasury, at such time and in such manner as the Treasury from time to time direct, payments of such amounts as the Treasury so direct in or towards repayment of the sums so issued and payments of interest, at such rate as the Treasury so direct, on what is outstanding for the time being in respect of sums so issued.

(5) Any sums received by the Treasury in pursuance of sub-paragraph (4) above shall be paid into the Consolidated Fund.

Textual Amendments

F18 Words substituted by Miscellaneous Financial Provisions Act 1983 (c. 29, SIF 99:1), s. 4(1), Sch. 2

The Agency’s Capital Debt E+W+S

7 (1) Upon any acquisition to which this paragraph applies, the Agency shall assume a debt to the Secretary of State of such amount as may be notified to the Agency in writing by him, with the approval of the Treasury.

(2) This paragraph applies to any acquisition by the Agency—

(a) of property held—

(i) by or on behalf of the Crown; or

(ii) by a company all of whose shares are held by or on behalf of the Crown or by a wholly owned subsidiary of such a company; . . . F19

(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F19

but does not apply to the transfer of property to the Agency under section 7 above.

(3) Subject to sub-paragraph (4) below, in a case to which sub-paragraph (2)(a) above applies, the amount to be notified is the aggregate of the following, namely—

(a) the consideration given when the property was first brought into public ownership, and

(b) the costs and expenses of and incidental to its being brought into public ownership.

(4) If it appears to the Secretary of State in any such case that there has been such a change in circumstances since the property was first brought into public ownership that its true value would not be reflected by reference to the consideration mentioned in sub-paragraph (3) above, the Secretary of State, with the approval of the Treasury, shall determine the amount to be notified.

(5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F20

(6) The rate of interest payable on so much of the Agency’s capital debt as the Secretary of State does not direct to be treated as an addition to the Agency’s public dividend capital, and the date from which interest is to begin to accrue, the arrangements for paying off the principal, and the other terms of the debt shall be such as the Secretary of State, with the approval of the Treasury, may from time to time determine; and different rates and dates may be determined under this sub-paragraph with respect to different portions of the debt.

(7) Any sums received by the Secretary of State under sub-paragraph (6) above shall be paid into the National Loans Fund.

Textual Amendments

F19 Sch. 3 para. 7(2)(b) and word “or” immediately preceding it repealed by Industry Act 1980 (c. 33, SIF 64), ss. 21(1), 22, Sch. 2

F20 Sch. 3 para. 7(5) repealed by Industry Act 1980 (c. 33, SIF 64), ss. 21(1), 22, Sch. 2

Accounts of the Agency, etc. E+W+S

8 (1) The Agency shall keep proper accounts and proper records in relation to the accounts and shall prepare in respect of each accounting year a statement of accounts in such form as the Secretary of State may, with the approval of the Treasury, determine.

(2) The statement of account prepared by the Agency for each accounting year shall be submitted to the Secretary of State at such time as he may direct.

(3) The Secretary of State shall, on or before 30th November in any year, transmit to the Comptroller and Auditor General the statement of account prepared by the Agency under this paragraph for the accounting year last ended.

(4) The Comptroller and Auditor General shall examine and certify the statement of account transmitted to him under this paragraph and lay before Parliament copies of the statement of account together with his report thereon.

(5) The Agency shall provide the Secretary of State with such information relating to their activities or proposed activities as he may from time to time require, and for that purpose shall permit any person authorised in that behalf by the Secretary of State or the Comptroller and Auditor General to inspect and make copies of their accounts, books, documents or papers and shall afford to that person such explanation thereof as he may reasonably require.

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C8 Sch. 3 para. 8(3) modified (1.10.1998) by 1998 c. 38, s. 138(4); S.I. 1998/2244, art. 4

C9 Sch. 3 para. 8(1): Treasury approval requirements continued in effect (1.7.1999) by S.I. 1999/672, art. 2, Sch. 1

C10 Sch. 3 para. 8(3)-(5): transfer of certain functions (1.7.1999) by S.I. 1999/672, art. 2, Sch. 1

C11 Sch. 3 para. 8(4) modified (1.7.1999) by S.I. 1999/672, art. 2, Sch. 1

Annual report E+W+S

9 (1) It shall be the duty of the Agency to make to the Secretary of State as soon as possible after the end of each accounting year a report dealing with the operations of the Agency during that year.

(2) It shall be the duty of the Secretary of State to lay before each House of Parliament a copy of each report received by him under this paragraph.

(3) If a report so laid sets out a direction under section 1 above . . . F21 a copy of which has not been laid in accordance with subsection (11) of that section, a statement of the reason why the copy was not so laid shall be annexed to the Agency’s report by the Secretary of State, and the said subsection (11) shall not apply to the direction.

Textual Amendments

F21 Words repealed by Industry Act 1980 (c. 33, SIF 64), ss. 21(1), 22, Sch. 2

Section 21A.

F22 SCHEDULE 4 E+W+S Acquisition of land

Textual Amendments

F22 Sch. 4 inserted (1.10.1998) by 1998 c. 38, s. 127, Sch. 13 para. 3 (with ss. 139(2), 143(2)); S.I. 1998/2244, art. 4

F23 Part I E+W+S Compulsory acquisition

Textual Amendments

F23 Sch. 4 inserted (1.10.1998) by 1998 c. 38, s. 127, Sch. 13 para. 3 (with ss. 139(2), 143(2)); S.I. 1998/2244, art. 4.

F24 1 (1) The M4 Acquisition of Land Act 1981 applies in relation to the compulsory acquisition of land under section 21A above.

(2) The M5 Acquisition of Land Act 1981 has effect in its application by virtue of sub-paragraph (1) above with the modifications made by the following provisions of this Part.

Textual Amendments

F24 Sch. 4 inserted (1.10.1998) by 1998 c. 38, s. 127, Sch. 13 para. 3 (with ss. 139(2), 143(2)); S.I. 1998/2244, art. 4.

Marginal Citations

M4 1981 c. 67.

M5 1981 c. 67.

Valid from 01/04/2006

[F25 1A E+W+S  

(1) Where a compulsory purchase order is prepared in draft by the Assembly under section 21A(1)(b) or (2)(b) above—

(a) a notice under paragraph 3 of Schedule 1 to the 1981 Act (notice to owners, lessees and occupiers) shall be served on every relevant local authority;

(b) each relevant local authority has a right to object in accordance with the notice; and

(c) the references in paragraphs 4 and 4A of Schedule 1 to that Act to relevant objections include references to an objection made by any relevant local authority.]

Textual Amendments

F25 Sch. 4 paras. 1, 1A substituted for Sch. 4 para. 1 (1.4.2006) by The Welsh Development Agency (Transfer of Functions to the National Assembly for Wales and Abolition) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/3226), arts. 1(1)(2), 7(1), Sch. 1 para. 33(1) (with art. 3(1))

F26 2 (1) This paragraph applies where a compulsory purchase order of the Agency authorising the acquisition of any land is submitted to the Secretary of State in accordance with section 2(2) of the M6 Acquisition of Land Act 1981.

(2) If the Secretary of State—

(a) is satisfied that the order ought to be confirmed so far as it relates to part of the land comprised in it; but

(b) has not for the time being determined whether it ought to be confirmed so far as it relates to any other such land,

he may confirm the order so far as it relates to the land mentioned in paragraph (a) above and give directions postponing the consideration of the order so far as it relates to any other land specified in the directions until such time as may be so specified.

(3) Where the Secretary of State gives directions under sub-paragraph (2) above, the notices required by section 15 of the M7 Acquisition of Land Act 1981 to be published and served shall include a statement of the effect of the directions.

Textual Amendments

F26 Sch. 4 inserted (1.10.1998) by 1998 c. 38, s. 127, Sch. 13 para. 3 (with ss. 139(2), 143(2)); S.I. 1998/2244, art. 4.

Marginal Citations

M6 1981 c. 67.

M7 1981 c. 67.

F27 3 (1) Where a compulsory purchase order is made by the Agency—

(a) a notice under section 12 of the M8 Acquisition of Land Act 1981 (notice specifying the time for making objections) shall be served on every relevant local authority;

(b) each relevant local authority shall have a right to object in accordance with the notice; and

(c) the references in section 13 of that Act to objections made by an owner, lessee or occupier shall include references to an objection made by any relevant local authority.

(2) For the purposes of sub-paragraph (1) above, each of the following is a relevant local authority—

(a) the council of any county, county borough or district in whose area the land, or any part of the land, is situated;

(b) any joint planning board in whose district the land, or any part of the land, is situated; and

(c) any National Park authority which is the local planning authority for a National Park in which the land, or any part of the land, is situated.

Textual Amendments

F27 Sch. 4 inserted (1.10.1998) by 1998 c. 38, s. 127, Sch. 13 para. 3 (with ss. 139(2), 143(2)); S.I. 1998/2244, art. 4.

Marginal Citations

M8 1981 c. 67.

Valid from 01/04/2006

[F28 3A E+W+S For the purposes of paragraphs 1A and 3 above, each of the following is a relevant local authority —

(a) the council of any county, county borough or district in whose area the land, or any part of the land, is situated;

(b) any joint planning board in whose district the land, or any part of the land, is situated; and

(c) any National Park authority which is the local planning authority for a National Park in which the land, or any part of the land, is situated.]

Textual Amendments

F28 Sch. 4 para. 3A inserted (1.4.2006) by The Welsh Development Agency (Transfer of Functions to the National Assembly for Wales and Abolition) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/3226), arts. 1(1)(2), 7(1), Sch. 1 para. 33(3) (with art. 3(1))

F29 Part II E+W+S Acquisition by agreement

Textual Amendments

F29 Sch. 4 inserted (1.10.1998) by 1998 c. 38, s. 127, Sch. 13 para. 3 (with ss. 139(2), 143(2)); S.I. 1998/2244, art. 4.

F30 4 E+W+S The provisions of Part I of the M9 Compulsory Purchase Act 1965 (so far as applicable), other than section 31, apply in relation to the acquisition of land by agreement under section 21A above; and in Part I of that Act as so applied “land” has the meaning given by Schedule 1 to the M10 Interpretation Act 1978.

Textual Amendments

F30 Sch. 4 inserted (1.10.1998) by 1998 c. 38, s. 127, Sch. 13 para. 3 (with ss. 139(2), 143(2)); S.I. 1998/2244, art. 4.

Marginal Citations

M9 1965 c. 56.

M10 1978 c. 30.

F31 Part III E+W+S “Cleansing”Provisions

Textual Amendments

F31 Sch. 4 inserted (1.10.1998) by 1998 c. 38, s. 127, Sch. 13 para. 3 (with ss. 139(2), 143(2)); S.I. 1998/2244, art. 4.

F32 Extinguishment of rights over land compulsorily acquired E+W+S

Textual Amendments

F32 Sch. 4 inserted (1.10.1998) by 1998 c. 38, s. 127, Sch. 13 para. 3 (with ss. 139(2), 143(2)); S.I. 1998/2244, art. 4.

F33 5 (1) On the completion by the Agency of a compulsory acquisition of land under section 21A above, all—

(a) private rights of way; and

(b) rights of laying down, erecting, continuing or maintaining any apparatus on, under or over the land,

shall be extinguished and any such apparatus shall vest in the Agency.

(2) Sub-paragraph (1) above does not apply to any right vested in, or apparatus belonging to, statutory undertakers for the purpose of the carrying on of their undertaking.

(3) Sub-paragraph (1) above has effect in relation to any right or apparatus not falling within sub-paragraph (2) above subject—

(a) to any direction given by the Agency before the completion of the acquisition that sub-paragraph (1) above shall not apply to any right or apparatus specified in the direction; and

(b) to any agreement which may be made (whether before or after the completion of the acquisition) between the Agency and the person in or to whom the right or apparatus is vested or belongs.

(4) Any person who suffers loss by the extinguishment of a right or the vesting of any apparatus under this paragraph shall be entitled to compensation from the Agency.

(5) Any compensation payable under this paragraph shall be determined in accordance with the M11 Land Compensation Act 1961.

Textual Amendments

F33 Sch. 4 inserted (1.10.1998) by 1998 c. 38, s. 127, Sch. 13 para. 3 (with ss. 139(2), 143(2)); S.I. 1998/2244, art. 4.

Marginal Citations

M11 1961 c. 33.

F34 Power to override easements and other rights E+W+S

Textual Amendments

F34 Sch. 4 inserted (1.10.1998) by 1998 c. 38, s. 127, Sch. 13 para. 3 (with ss. 139(2), 143(2)); S.I. 1998/2244, art. 4.

F35 6 (1) The erection, construction or carrying out, or maintenance, of any building or work on land which has been acquired by the Agency under section 21A above, whether done by the Agency or by a person deriving title under the Agency, is authorised by virtue of this paragraph if it is done in accordance with planning permission even if it involves—

(a) interference with an interest or right to which this paragraph applies; or

(b) a breach of a restriction as to the user of land arising by virtue of a contract.

(2) Nothing in this paragraph authorises interference with—

(a) any right of way; or

(b) any right of laying down, erecting, continuing or maintaining apparatus on, under or over land,

which is vested in or belongs to statutory undertakers for the purpose of the carrying on of their undertaking.

(3) This paragraph applies to any easement, liberty, privilege, right or advantage annexed to land and adversely affecting other land, including any natural right to support.

(4) Compensation in respect of any interference or breach in pursuance of sub-paragraph (1) above—

(a) shall be payable under section 7 or 10 of the M12 Compulsory Purchase Act 1965; and

(b) shall be assessed in the same manner and subject to the same rules as in the case of other compensation under those sections in respect of injurious affection where the compensation is to be estimated in connection with a purchase to which that Act applies or the injury arises from the execution of works on land acquired by such a purchase.

(5) Where a person deriving title under the Agency—

(a) is liable to pay compensation by virtue of sub-paragraph (4) above; but

(b) fails to discharge that liability,

the liability shall be enforceable against the Agency.

(6) Nothing in sub-paragraph (5) above affects any agreement between the Agency and any other person for indemnifying the Agency against any liability under that sub-paragraph.

(7) Nothing in this paragraph authorises any act or omission on the part of any person which is actionable at the suit of any person on any grounds other than an interference or breach such as is mentioned in sub-paragraph (1) above.

(8) In this paragraph—

(a) a reference to a person deriving title from another person includes a reference to any successor in title of that other person; and

(b) a reference to deriving title is a reference to deriving title either directly or indirectly.

Textual Amendments

F35 Sch. 4 inserted (1.10.1998) by 1998 c. 38, s. 127, Sch. 13 para. 3 (with ss. 139(2), 143(2)); S.I. 1998/2244, art. 4.

Marginal Citations

M12 1965 c. 56.

F36 Use and development of consecrated land and burial grounds E+W+S

Textual Amendments

F36 Sch. 4 inserted (1.10.1998) by 1998 c. 38, s. 127, Sch. 13 para. 3 (with ss. 139(2), 143(2)); S.I. 1998/2244, art. 4.

F37 7 (1) Any consecrated land (whether or not including a building) which has been acquired by the Agency under section 21A above may be used by any person in any manner in accordance with planning permission in spite of any obligation or restriction imposed under ecclesiastical law or otherwise in respect of consecrated land.

(2) Sub-paragraph (1) above does not apply to land which consists or forms part of a burial ground.

(3) Any use of consecrated land authorised by sub-paragraph (1) above, and the use of any land (not being consecrated land) which was—

(a) acquired by the Agency under section 21A above; and

(b) at the time of acquisition included a church or other building used or formerly used for religious worship or the site of such a building,

shall be subject to compliance with the requirements of regulations made by the Secretary of State for the purposes of this paragraph with respect to the removal and re-interment of any human remains and the disposal of monuments and fixtures and furnishings.

(4) Any use of consecrated land authorised by sub-paragraph (1) above shall be subject to such provisions as may be prescribed by such regulations for prohibiting or restricting the use of the land, either absolutely or until the prescribed consent has been obtained, so long as any church or other building used or formerly used for religious worship, or any part of such a building, remains on the land.

(5) Any regulations made for the purposes of this paragraph—

(a) shall contain such provisions as appear to the Secretary of State to be required for securing that any use of land which is subject to compliance with the regulations is, as nearly as may be, subject to the same control as is imposed by law in the case of a similar use authorised by an enactment not contained in this Act or by a Measure or as it would be proper to impose on a disposal of the land in question otherwise than in pursuance of an enactment or Measure;

(b) shall contain such requirements relating to the disposal of any such land as is mentioned in sub-paragraphs (3) and (4) above as appear to the Secretary of State necessary for securing that the provisions of those sub-paragraphs are complied with in relation to the use of the land; and

(c) may contain such incidental and consequential provisions (including provision as to the closing of registers) as appear to the Secretary of State to be appropriate for the purposes of the regulations.

(6) Any land consisting of a burial ground, or part of a burial ground, which has been acquired as mentioned in sub-paragraph (1) above may be used by any person in any manner in accordance with planning permission in spite of—

(a) anything in any enactment relating to burial grounds; or

(b) any obligation or restriction imposed under ecclesiastical law or otherwise in respect of burial grounds.

(7) Sub-paragraph (6) above shall not have effect in relation to any land which has been used for the burial of the dead until the requirements prescribed by regulations made under this paragraph with respect to the removal and re-interment of human remains, and the disposal of monuments, in or on the land have been complied with.

(8) Provision shall be made by any regulations made for the purposes of this paragraph—

(a) for requiring the persons in whom the land is vested to publish notice of their intention to carry out the removal and re-interment of any human remains or the disposal of any monuments;

(b) for enabling the personal representatives or relatives of any deceased person themselves to undertake the removal and re-interment of the remains of the deceased, and the disposal of any monument commemorating the deceased, and for requiring the persons in whom the land is vested to defray the expenses of such removal, re-interment and disposal, not exceeding such amount as may be prescribed; and

(c) for requiring compliance with such reasonable conditions (if any) as may be imposed in the case of consecrated land, by the bishop of the diocese, with respect to the manner of removal, and the place and manner of re-interment, of any human remains and the disposal of any monuments and with any directions given in any case by the Secretary of State with respect to the removal and re-interment of any human remains.

(9) Subject to the provisions of regulations made under this paragraph, no faculty shall be required for the removal and re-interment in accordance with the regulations of any human remains or for the removal or disposal of any monuments; and the provisions of section 25 of the M13 Burial Act 1857 (prohibition of removal of human remains without the licence of the Secretary of State except in certain cases) shall not apply to a removal carried out in accordance with the regulations.

(10) Nothing in this paragraph authorises any act or omission on the part of any person which is actionable at the suit of any person on any ground other than contravention of any such obligation, restriction or enactment as is mentioned in sub-paragraph (1) or (6) above.

(11) In this paragraph—

• “burial ground” includes any churchyard, cemetery or other ground, whether consecrated or not, which has at any time been set apart for the purposes of interment; and

• “monument” includes a tombstone or other memorial.

Textual Amendments

F37 Sch. 4 inserted (1.10.1998) by 1998 c. 38, s. 127, Sch. 13 para. 3 (with ss. 139(2), 143(2)); S.I. 1998/2244, art. 4.

Marginal Citations

M13 1857 c. 81.

F38 Use and development of land for open spaces E+W+S

Textual Amendments

F38 Sch. 4 inserted (1.10.1998) by 1998 c. 38, s. 127, Sch. 13 para. 3 (with ss. 139(2), 143(2)); S.I. 1998/2244, art. 4.

F39 8 (1) Any land which—

(a) is, or forms part of, a common, an open space or a fuel or field garden allotment; and

(b) has been acquired by the Agency under section 21A above,

may be used by any person in any manner in accordance with planning permission in spite of anything in any enactment relating to land of that kind or in any enactment by which the land is specially regulated.

(2) Sub-paragraph (1) does not authorise any act or omission on the part of any person which is actionable at the suit of any person on any ground other than contravention of any such enactment as is mentioned in that sub-paragraph.

Textual Amendments

F39 Sch. 4 inserted (1.10.1998) by 1998 c. 38, s. 127, Sch. 13 para. 3 (with ss. 139(2), 143(2)); S.I. 1998/2244, art. 4.

F40 Paragraphs 6 to 8: supplementary E+W+S

Textual Amendments

F40 Sch. 4 inserted (1.10.1998) by 1998 c. 38, s. 127, Sch. 13 para. 3 (with ss. 139(2), 143(2)); S.I. 1998/2244, art. 4.

F41 9 E+W+S In construing the M14 Compulsory Purchase Act 1965 in relation to section 21A above—

(a) references to the execution of works shall be construed as including references to any erection, construction or carrying out of building or work authorised by paragraph 6 above; and

(b) in relation to any erection, construction or carrying out of building or work so authorised, references in section 10 of that Act to the acquiring authority shall be construed as references to the persons by whom the building or work in question is erected, constructed or carried out.

Textual Amendments

F41 Sch. 4 inserted (1.10.1998) by 1998 c. 38, s. 127, Sch. 13 para. 3 (with ss. 139(2), 143(2)); S.I. 1998/2244, art. 4.

Marginal Citations

M14 1965 c. 56.

F42 10 (1) Nothing in paragraph 7 or 8 above authorises any act or omission on the part of any authority or body corporate in contravention of any limitation imposed by law on their capacity by virtue of their constitution. E+W+S

(2) Any power conferred by paragraph 7 or 8 above to use land in a manner mentioned in that paragraph shall be construed as a power to use the land, whether or not it involves the erection, construction or carrying out of any building or work or the maintenance of any building or work.

Textual Amendments

F42 Sch. 4 inserted (1.10.1998) by 1998 c. 38, s. 127, Sch. 13 para. 3 (with ss. 139(2), 143(2)); S.I. 1998/2244, art. 4.

F43 Extinguishment of rights of way, and rights as to apparatus, of statutory undertakers E+W+S

Textual Amendments

F43 Sch. 4 inserted (1.10.1998) by 1998 c. 38, s. 127, Sch. 13 para. 3 (with ss. 139(2), 143(2)); S.I. 1998/2244, art. 4.

F44 11 (1) This paragraph applies where any land has been acquired by the Agency under section 21A above and—

(a) there subsists over that land a right vested in or belonging to statutory undertakers for the purpose of the carrying on of their undertaking, being a right of way or a right of laying down, erecting, continuing or maintaining apparatus on, under or over that land; or

(b) there is on, under or over the land apparatus vested in or belonging to statutory undertakers for the purpose of the carrying on of their undertaking.

(2) The Agency, if satisfied that the extinguishment of the right or the removal of the apparatus is necessary for the purpose of carrying out any development, may serve on the statutory undertakers a notice—

(a) stating that, at the end of the period of 28 days beginning with the day of service of the notice or such longer period as may be specified in it, the right will be extinguished; or

(b) requiring that the apparatus be removed before the end of that period.

(3) The statutory undertakers on whom a notice is served under sub-paragraph (2) above may, before the end of the period of 28 days beginning with the day on which the notice was served, serve a counter-notice on the Agency—

(a) stating that they object to all or any provisions of the notice; and

(b) specifying the grounds of their objection.

(4) Where no counter-notice is served under sub-paragraph (3) above—

(a) any right to which the notice relates shall be extinguished at the end of the period specified in the notice; and

(b) if, at the end of the period so specified in relation to any apparatus, any requirement of the notice as to the removal of the apparatus has not been complied with, the Agency may remove the apparatus and dispose of it in any way they think appropriate.

(5) If a counter-notice is served under sub-paragraph (3) above, the Agency may either—

(a) withdraw the notice (but without prejudice to the service of a further notice); or

(b) apply to the Secretary of State and the appropriate Minister for an order under this sub-paragraph embodying the provisions of the notice with or without modification.

(6) Where by virtue of this paragraph—

(a) any right vested in or belonging to statutory undertakers is extinguished; or

(b) any requirement is imposed on statutory undertakers,

those undertakers shall be entitled to compensation from the Agency.

(7) Sections 280 and 282 of the M15 Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (measure of compensation for statutory undertakers) apply to compensation under sub-paragraph (6) above as they apply to compensation under section 279(2) of that Act.

Textual Amendments

F44 Sch. 4 inserted (1.10.1998) by 1998 c. 38, s. 127, Sch. 13 para. 3 (with ss. 139(2), 143(2)); S.I. 1998/2244, art. 4.

Marginal Citations

M15 1990 c. 8.

F45 Orders under paragraph 11 E+W+S

Textual Amendments

F45 Sch. 4 inserted (1.10.1998) by 1998 c. 38, s. 127, Sch. 13 para. 3 (with ss. 139(2), 143(2)); S.I. 1998/2244, art. 4.

F46 12 (1) Before making an order under sub-paragraph (5) of paragraph 11 above, the Ministers proposing to make the order—

(a) shall afford to the statutory undertakers on whom a notice was served under sub-paragraph (2) of that paragraph an opportunity of objecting to the application for the order; and

(b) if any objection is made, shall consider the objection and afford to those statutory undertakers and to the Agency an opportunity of appearing before, and being heard by, a person appointed by the Secretary of State and the appropriate Minister for the purpose.

(2) The Ministers may then, if they think fit, make the order in accordance with the application either with or without modification.

(3) Where an order is made under paragraph 11(5) above—

(a) any right to which the order relates shall be extinguished at the end of the period specified in that behalf in the order; and

(b) if, at the end of the period so specified in relation to any apparatus, any requirement of the order as to the removal of the apparatus has not been complied with, the Agency may remove the apparatus and dispose of it in any way they think appropriate.

Textual Amendments

F46 Sch. 4 inserted (1.10.1998) by 1998 c. 38, s. 127, Sch. 13 para. 3 (with ss. 139(2), 143(2)); S.I. 1998/2244, art. 4.

F47 Notice for same purposes as paragraph 11 but given by statutory undertakers to Agency E+W+S

Textual Amendments

F47 Sch. 4 inserted (1.10.1998) by 1998 c. 38, s. 127, Sch. 13 para. 3 (with ss. 139(2), 143(2)); S.I. 1998/2244, art. 4.

F48 13 (1) This paragraph applies where any land has been acquired by the Agency under section 21A above and—

(a) there is on, under or over the land apparatus vested in or belonging to statutory undertakers; and

(b) the undertakers claim that development to be carried out on the land is such as to require, on technical or other grounds connected with the carrying on of their undertaking, the removal or re-siting of the apparatus affected by the development.

(2) The undertakers may serve on the Agency a notice claiming the right to enter on the land and carry out such works for the removal or re-siting of the apparatus or any part of it as may be specified in the notice.

(3) Where, after the land has been acquired as mentioned in sub-paragraph (1) above, development of the land begins to be carried out, no notice under sub-paragraph (2) above may be served after the end of the period of 21 days beginning with the day on which the development commenced.

(4) Where a notice is served under sub-paragraph (2) above, the Agency may, before the end of the period of 28 days beginning with the day on which the notice was served, serve a counter-notice on the statutory undertakers—

(a) stating that they object to all or any of the provisions of the notice; and

(b) specifying the grounds of their objection.

(5) Where no counter-notice is served under sub-paragraph (4) above, the statutory undertakers shall, after the end of that period of 28 days, have the rights claimed in their notice.

(6) If a counter-notice is served under sub-paragraph (4) above, the statutory undertakers who served the notice under this paragraph may either—

(a) withdraw it; or

(b) apply to the Secretary of State and the appropriate Minister for an order under this sub-paragraph conferring on the undertakers the rights claimed in the notice or such modified rights as the Secretary of State and the appropriate Minister think it appropriate to confer on them.

(7) Where, by virtue of this paragraph or an order of Ministers made under it, statutory undertakers have the right to execute works for the removal or re-siting of apparatus, they may arrange with the Agency for the works to be carried out by the Agency, under the superintendence of the undertakers, instead of by the undertakers themselves.

(8) Where works are carried out for the removal or re-siting of statutory undertakers’ apparatus, being works which the undertakers have the right to carry out by virtue of this paragraph or an order of Ministers made under it, the undertakers shall be entitled to compensation from the Agency.

(9) Sections 280 and 282 of the M16 Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (measure of compensation for statutory undertakers) apply to compensation under sub-paragraph (8) above as they apply to compensation under section 279(4) of that Act.

Textual Amendments

F48 Sch. 4 inserted (1.10.1998) by 1998 c. 38, s. 127, Sch. 13 para. 3 (with ss. 139(2), 143(2)); S.I. 1998/2244, art. 4.

Marginal Citations

M16 1990 c. 8.

F49 Part IV E+W+S Other provisions

Textual Amendments

F49 Sch. 4 inserted (1.10.1998) by 1998 c. 38, s. 127, Sch. 13 para. 3 (with ss. 139(2), 143(2)); S.I. 1998/2244, art. 4.

F50 Rights of entry E+W+S

Textual Amendments

F50 Sch. 4 inserted (1.10.1998) by 1998 c. 38, s. 127, Sch. 13 para. 3 (with ss. 139(2), 143(2)); S.I. 1998/2244, art. 4.

F51 14 (1) Any person duly authorised in writing by the Agency may, at any reasonable time, enter any land—

(a) for the purposes of surveying it, or estimating its value, in connection with any proposal to acquire that land, or any other land, under section 21A above; or

(b) in connection with any claim for compensation in respect of any such acquisition.

(2) Any person duly authorised in writing by the Agency may at any reasonable time enter any land for the purpose of surveying it in order to enable the Agency to determine whether to make an application for planning permission for the carrying out of development of that land.

(3) Any power conferred by this paragraph to survey land includes power to search and bore for the purpose of ascertaining—

(a) the nature of the subsoil; or

(b) the presence of minerals or contaminants in it.

Textual Amendments

F51 Sch. 4 inserted (1.10.1998) by 1998 c. 38, s. 127, Sch. 13 para. 3 (with ss. 139(2), 143(2)); S.I. 1998/2244, art. 4.

F52 15 (1) A person authorised under paragraph 14 above to enter any land—

(a) shall, if so required by the occupier or anyone acting on his behalf, produce evidence of his authority; and

(b) shall not, if the land is occupied, demand admission as of right to it unless 24 hours’ notice of the intended entry has been given to the occupier.

(2) Any person who intentionally obstructs a person acting in the exercise of a power conferred by paragraph 14 above is guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale.

(3) Where any land is damaged in the exercise of a power of entry conferred by paragraph 14 above, compensation in respect of the damage may be recovered by any person interested in the land from the Agency or the Secretary of State.

(4) Except in so far as may be otherwise provided by regulations made by the Secretary of State under this sub-paragraph, any question of disputed compensation under sub-paragraph (3) above shall be referred to and determined by the Lands Tribunal; and the provisions of sections 2 and 4 of the M17 Land Compensation Act 1961 apply to the determination of any question under this sub-paragraph, subject to any necessary modifications and to the provisions of any regulations under this sub-paragraph.

(5) Where under paragraph 14 above a person proposes to carry out any works authorised by sub-paragraph (3) of that paragraph—

(a) he shall not carry out those works unless notice of his intention to do so was included in the notice required by sub-paragraph (1)(b) above; and

(b) if the land in question is held by statutory undertakers and those undertakers object to the proposed works on the grounds that the carrying out of the works would be seriously detrimental to the carrying on of their undertaking, the works shall not be carried out without the authority of the appropriate Minister.

(6) A person who enters land in the exercise of a power of entry conferred by paragraph 14 above—

(a) shall take reasonable care to avoid damage or injury to plant, machinery, equipment, livestock, crops or enclosures; and

(b) on leaving the land, shall secure it as effectively against unauthorised entry as he found it.

(7) If any person who is admitted into a factory, workshop or workplace in the exercise of a power of entry conferred by paragraph 14 above discloses to any person any information obtained by him there as to any manufacturing process or trade secret, he shall, unless the disclosure is made in the course of performing his duty in connection with the purpose for which he was authorised to enter the premises, be guilty of an offence.

(8) A person guilty of an offence under sub-paragraph (7) above is liable—

(a) on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum; or

(b) on conviction on indictment to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years or a fine, or to both.

Textual Amendments

F52 Sch. 4 inserted (1.10.1998) by 1998 c. 38, s. 127, Sch. 13 para. 3 (with ss. 139(2), 143(2)); S.I. 1998/2244, art. 4.

Marginal Citations

M17 1961 c. 33.

F53 Displacement of legislation preventing possession E+W+S

Textual Amendments

F53 Sch. 4 inserted (1.10.1998) by 1998 c. 38, s. 127, Sch. 13 para. 3 (with ss. 139(2), 143(2)); S.I. 1998/2244, art. 4.

F54 16 If the Secretary of State certifies that possession of a house which—

(a) has been acquired by the Agency under section 21A above; and

(b) is for the time being held by the Agency for the purposes for which it was acquired,

is immediately required for those purposes, nothing in the M18 Rent (Agriculture) Act 1976, the M19 Rent Act 1977 or the M20 Housing Act 1988 shall prevent the Agency from obtaining possession of the house.

Textual Amendments

F54 Sch. 4 inserted (1.10.1998) by 1998 c. 38, s. 127, Sch. 13 para. 3 (with ss. 139(2), 143(2)); S.I. 1998/2244, art. 4.

Marginal Citations

M18 1976 c. 80.

M19 1977 c. 42.

M20 1988 c. 50.

F55 Register of land holdings E+W+S

Textual Amendments

F55 Sch. 4 inserted (1.10.1998) by 1998 c. 38, s. 127, Sch. 13 para. 3 (with ss. 139(2), 143(2)); S.I. 1998/2244, art. 4.

F56 17 (1) The Secretary of State may by regulations provide for the keeping by the Agency of a register recording their acquisitions, holdings and disposals of land.

(2) Regulations under this paragraph may prescribe—

(a) the kinds of land and the kinds of transactions to be registered;

(b) the form of the registers, and the particulars to be contained in them; and

(c) the circumstances in which, and conditions subject to which, the registers are to be open to public inspection.

Textual Amendments

F56 Sch. 4 inserted (1.10.1998) by 1998 c. 38, s. 127, Sch. 13 para. 3 (with ss. 139(2), 143(2)); S.I. 1998/2244, art. 4.

F57 Information E+W+S

Textual Amendments

F57 Sch. 4 inserted (1.10.1998) by 1998 c. 38, s. 127, Sch. 13 para. 3 (with ss. 139(2), 143(2)); S.I. 1998/2244, art. 4.

F58 18 (1) Where, with a view to performing any function of the Agency relating to land, the Agency considers that they ought to have information connected with that or any other land, the Agency may serve on one or more of—

(a) the occupier of the land;

(b) any person who has an interest in the land either as freeholder, mortgagee or lessee, or who directly or indirectly receives rent for the land; and

(c) any person who, in pursuance of an agreement between himself and a person interested in the land, is authorised to manage the land or to arrange for the letting of it,

a notice specifying the land and the function and the provision which confers the function.

(2) The notice shall require the recipient to furnish to the Agency, within a period specified in it (which shall not be less than 14 days beginning with the day on which the notice is served)—

(a) the nature of his interest in the land; and

(b) the name and address of each person whom the recipient of the notice believes to be the occupier of the land and of each person whom he believes to be, as respects the land, a person mentioned in sub-paragraph (1)(b) or (c) above.

(3) A person who—

(a) refuses, or fails without reasonable excuse, to comply with the requirements of a notice served on him under sub-paragraph (1) above; or

(b) in furnishing any information in compliance with such a notice makes a statement which he knows to be false in a material particular or recklessly makes a statement which is false in a material particular,

shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 4 on the standard scale.

Textual Amendments

F58 Sch. 4 inserted (1.10.1998) by 1998 c. 38, s. 127, Sch. 13 para. 3 (with ss. 139(2), 143(2)); S.I. 1998/2244, art. 4.

F59 19 (1) The council of every county and county borough in Wales, every joint planning board for a district in Wales and every National Park authority for a National Park in Wales shall supply the Agency—

(a) with such information as the Secretary of State may by regulations prescribe for the purposes of this paragraph (being information which the Agency may need for the purpose of performing their functions); and

(b) with such certificates supporting the information as the Secretary of State may in the regulations specify.

(2) If a local planning authority in Wales receives an application for planning permission, the authority shall as soon as practicable after receipt send a copy of the application to the Agency.

(3) On any grant of planning permission relating to land in Wales, the local planning authority, or the Secretary of State (if it was granted by him), shall, as soon as is practicable, send a copy of the notification of the planning permission to the Agency.

(4) Sub-paragraphs (2) and (3) above shall not apply if and so far as the Agency directs.

Textual Amendments

F59 Sch. 4 inserted (1.10.1998) by 1998 c. 38, s. 127, Sch. 13 para. 3 (with ss. 139(2), 143(2)); S.I. 1998/2244, art. 4.

F60 Regulations as to form of documents E+W+S

Textual Amendments

F60 Sch. 4 inserted (1.10.1998) by 1998 c. 38, s. 127, Sch. 13 para. 3 (with ss. 139(2), 143(2)); S.I. 1998/2244, art. 4.

F61 20 The Secretary of State may make regulations for prescribing the form of any document required or authorised by or under this Schedule.

Textual Amendments

F61 Sch. 4 inserted (1.10.1998) by 1998 c. 38, s. 127, Sch. 13 para. 3 (with ss. 139(2), 143(2)); S.I. 1998/2244, art. 4.

F62 Local inquiries E+W+S

Textual Amendments

F62 Sch. 4 inserted (1.10.1998) by 1998 c. 38, s. 127, Sch. 13 para. 3 (with ss. 139(2), 143(2)); S.I. 1998/2244, art. 4.

F63 21 Section 250 of the M21 Local Government Act 1972 (costs of inquiries and expenses of witnesses) shall extend to any public local inquiry held under the M22 Acquisition of Land Act 1981, by virtue of paragraph 1 above, as if the Agency were a local authority.

Textual Amendments

F63 Sch. 4 inserted (1.10.1998) by 1998 c. 38, s. 127, Sch. 13 para. 3 (with ss. 139(2), 143(2)); S.I. 1998/2244, art. 4.

Marginal Citations

M21 1972 c. 70.

M22 1981 c. 67.

F64 Crown land E+W+S

Textual Amendments

F64 Sch. 4 inserted (1.10.1998) by 1998 c. 38, s. 127, Sch. 13 para. 3 (with ss. 139(2), 143(2)); S.I. 1998/2244, art. 4.

F65 22 (1) A private interest in land may be acquired compulsorily under section 21A above even though the land is Crown land if consent is given in writing by the appropriate authority.

(2) In this paragraph—

(a) “private interest” means an interest which is not a Crown interest or a Duchy interest;

(b) “Crown land” means land in which there is a Crown interest or a Duchy interest;

(c) “Crown interest” means an interest belonging to Her Majesty in right of the Crown or belonging to a government department or held in trust for Her Majesty for the purposes of a government department;

(d) “Duchy interest” means an interest belonging to Her Majesty in right of the Duchy of Lancaster or belonging to the Duchy of Cornwall; and

(e) “appropriate authority” in relation to Crown land shall be determined in accordance with section 293(2) of the M23 Town and Country Planning Act 1990.

Textual Amendments

F65 Sch. 4 inserted (1.10.1998) by 1998 c. 38, s. 127, Sch. 13 para. 3 (with ss. 139(2), 143(2)); S.I. 1998/2244, art. 4.

Marginal Citations

M23 1990 c. 8.

F66 Offences by corporations E+W+S

Textual Amendments

F66 Sch. 4 inserted (1.10.1998) by 1998 c. 38, s. 127, Sch. 13 para. 3 (with ss. 139(2), 143(2)); S.I. 1998/2244, art. 4.

F67 23 (1) Where an offence under this Schedule which has been committed by a body corporate is proved to have been committed with the consent or connivance of, or to be attributable to any neglect on the part of— E+W+S

(a) a director, manager, secretary or other similar officer of the body corporate; or

(b) any person who was purporting to act in any such capacity,

he, as well as the body corporate, shall be guilty of that offence and liable to be proceeded against accordingly.

(2) Where the affairs of a body corporate are managed by its members, this paragraph shall apply in relation to acts and defaults of a member in connection with his functions of management as if he were a director of a body corporate.

Textual Amendments

F67 Sch. 4 inserted (1.10.1998) by 1998 c. 38, s. 127, Sch. 13 para. 3 (with ss. 139(2), 143(2)); S.I. 1998/2244, art. 4.