Government of Wales Act 1998

133 Abolition etc.U.K.

(1)The Development Board for Rural Wales shall cease to exist when the Secretary of State, being satisfied that its duties under section 132 have been discharged, by order so directs.

(2)No amendment or repeal made by this Act or by virtue of subsection (3) affects—

(a)the continuance of the Development Board for Rural Wales for the purpose of exercising its functions under section 132, or

(b)the continued operation for that purpose of any enactment relating to the Development Board for Rural Wales.

(3)The Secretary of State may by order make any consequential, incidental, supplementary or transitional provisions, and any savings, which appear to him to be appropriate in consequence of or otherwise in connection with—

(a)the functions of the Development Board for Rural Wales ceasing to exist under section 129,

(b)the transfer of property, rights and liabilities of that Board by section 130(1),

(c)the abolition of that Board, or

(d)the repeal by this Act of any provision of the M1Development of Rural Wales Act 1976.

(4)An order under subsection (3) may include provisions in the form of amendments or repeals of any of sections 129 to 132, Schedule 15 or any other enactment.

Commencement Information

I1S. 133 wholly in force; s. 133 not in force at Royal Assent see s. 158; s. 133(3)(4) in force at 2.9.1998 and s. 133(1)(2) in force at 1.10.1998 by S.I. 1998/2244, arts. 3, 4

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