SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 5E+WAmendments of the New Towns Act 1981

7(1)Section 39 (power of development corporations to transfer undertakings) is amended as follows.E+W

(2)In subsection (1) for “Secretary of State” substitute “ appropriate national authority ”.

(3)In subsection (2) for “Secretary of State” substitute “ appropriate national authority ”.

(4)In subsection (2A) for “in relation to Wales” substitute “ in the case of a development corporation established by the Welsh Ministers ”.

(5)In subsection (3) for “Secretary of State” substitute “ appropriate national authority ”.

(6)In subsection (4)—

(a)at the beginning insert “In a case in which the appropriate national authority is the Secretary of State,”, and

(b)for “Secretary of State”, where it first appears, substitute “ appropriate national authority ”.

(7)In subsection (5)—

(a)for “Secretary of State” substitute “ appropriate national authority ”, and

(b)for “he” substitute “ the authority ”.

(8)For subsection (5A) substitute—

(5A)No order shall be made under subsection (5) above—

(a)by the Secretary of State unless a draft of the order has been laid before, and approved by a resolution of, the House of Commons;

(b)by the Welsh Ministers unless a draft of the order has been laid before, and approved by a resolution of, the National Assembly for Wales.