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SCHEDULE 5E+WAmendments of the New Towns Act 1981

5(1)Section 36 (functions of Commission) is amended as follows.E+W

(2)For the heading substitute “Functions of Welsh Ministers”.

(3)For subsection (1) substitute—

“(1)The Welsh Ministers may—

(a)take over and, with a view to its eventual disposal, hold, manage and turn to account—

(i)the property of the Commission for the New Towns transferred to them under a scheme made under section 51(1) of the Housing and Regeneration Act 2008;

(ii)the property of development corporations transferred to them under this Act; and

(iii)the property of urban development corporations transferred to them by order under section 165A of the Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980; and

(b)as soon as they consider it expedient to do so, dispose of property so transferred or any other property arising out of such property.

(1A)In exercising their functions under subsection (1), the Welsh Ministers must have regard to the considerations specified in subsection (2).”

(4)Omit subsections (3) and (3A).

(5)In subsection (4)—

(a)for “Commission”, in the first two places where it appears, substitute “ Welsh Ministers ”, and

(b)omit the words from “; nor shall any” to the end.

(6)In subsection (4A)(a) for “Commission by order under section 165B” substitute “ Welsh Ministers by order under section 165A ”.

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