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17(1)The M1Local Government (Records) Act 1962 shall have effect in relation to a National Park authority as if that authority were a local authority for the purposes of that Act.E+W
(2)Subject to sub-paragraph (3) below, the following provisions of the 1972 Act, that is to say—
(a)sections 224 and 225(1) (custody and deposit of documents with a proper officer of the local authority),
(b)sections 228 and 229 (inspection of documents and photocopies),
(c)section 230 (reports and returns),
(d)sections 231 to 234 (service and authentication of documents), and
(e)without prejudice to their application by virtue of any other provision of Part III of this Act, [F1in the case of National Park authorities in England,] sections 236 to 238 (byelaws),
shall have effect as if for the purposes of those provisions a National Park authority were a local authority or, in the case of section 224, a principal council.
(3)References in section 228 of the 1972 Act to a local government elector shall have effect for the purposes of that section as applied by sub-paragraph (2) above as if, in relation to a National Park authority, they were references to a local government elector for any principal area the whole or any part of which is comprised in the relevant Park.
(4)Section 41 of the M2Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1976 (evidence of resolutions and minutes of proceedings) shall have effect as if a National Park authority were a local authority for the purposes of that Act.
(5)Where a National Park authority [F2in England] has made any byelaws and those byelaws have been confirmed, that authority shall send a copy of the byelaws as confirmed to every council for a principal area the whole or any part of which is comprised in the relevant Park.
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F1Words in Sch. 7 para. 17(2)(e) inserted (31.3.2015) by Local Government Byelaws (Wales) Act 2012 (anaw 2), s. 22(2), Sch. 2 para. 16(2); S.I. 2015/1025, art. 2(r) (with art. 3)
F2Words in Sch. 7 para. 17(5) inserted (31.3.2015) by Local Government Byelaws (Wales) Act 2012 (anaw 2), s. 22(2), Sch. 2 para. 16(3); S.I. 2015/1025, art. 2(r) (with art. 3)
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