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Section 1
Textual Amendments
F1Schs. 1-5: any entry ceases to have effect at the end of the period of 5 years beginning with the day on which it came into force by virtue of Public Bodies Act 2011 (c. 24), ss. 12, 38(1)
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Agricultural dwelling-house advisory committees for areas in England.
Agricultural Wages Board for England and Wales.
Agricultural wages committees for areas in England.
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Competition Service.
[F11Courts boards.]
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Disabled Persons Transport Advisory Committee.
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Inland Waterways Advisory Council.
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Plant Varieties and Seeds Tribunal.
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Sports Grounds Safety Authority.
Valuation Tribunal Service.
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Textual Amendments
F2Entry in Sch. 1 omitted (20.8.2013) by virtue of The Public Bodies (Abolition of Administrative Justice and Tribunals Council) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/2042), art. 1(3), Sch. para. 41(a)
F3Entry in Sch. 1 repealed (23.7.2012) by The Advisory Committee on Hazardous Substances (Abolition) Order 2012 (S.I. 2012/1923), art. 1(3), Sch.
F4Entry in Sch. 1 repealed (28.3.2015) by The Public Bodies (Abolition of the Advisory Committees on Pesticides) Order 2015 (S.I. 2015/978), art. 1(3), Sch. Pt. 1
F5Entry in Sch. 1 omitted (23.3.2013) by virtue of The Public Bodies (Abolition of the Aircraft and Shipbuilding Industries Arbitration Tribunal) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/686), art. 1(3), Sch. 1 para. 10
F6Entry in Sch. 1 omitted (23.3.2013) by virtue of The Public Bodies (Abolition of British Shipbuilders) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/687), art. 1(3), Sch. 1 para. 15(2)(a)
F7Entry in Sch. 1 repealed (1.10.2013) by The Public Bodies (Abolition of BRB (Residuary) Limited) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/2314), arts. 1(3), 9
F8Entry in Sch. 1 omitted (2.8.2012) by virtue of The Public Bodies (Child Maintenance and Enforcement Commission: Abolition and Transfer of Functions) Order 2012 (S.I. 2012/2007), art. 1(3), Sch. para. 109(f)
F9Entry in Sch. 1 repealed (2.4.2013) by The Public Bodies (Abolition of the Commission for Rural Communities) Order 2012 (S.I. 2012/2654), art. 1(5), Sch.
F10Entry in Sch. 1 repealed (24.4.2014) by The Public Bodies (Abolition of the Committee on Agricultural Valuation) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/1068), arts. 1(3), 3(3)
F11Entry in Sch. 1 repealed (E.W.) (3.5.2012) by The Public Bodies (Abolition of Courts Boards) Order 2012 (S.I. 2012/1206), arts. 1(3), 3
F12Entry in Sch. 1 repealed (19.9.2012) by The Public Bodies (Abolition of Crown Court Rule Committee and Magistrates' Courts Rule Committee) Order 2012 (S.I. 2012/2398), art. 1(2)(3)2(4)
F13Entry in Sch. 1 omitted (8.2.2013) by virtue of The Public Bodies (Abolition of the Disability Living Allowance Advisory Board) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/252), arts. 1(3), 6
F14Entry in Sch. 1 repealed (20.9.2012) by The Public Bodies (Abolition of Environment Protection Advisory Committees) Order 2012 (S.I. 2012/2407), arts. 1(3), 3
F15Entry in Sch. 1 repealed (19.7.2014) by The Public Bodies (Abolition of Food from Britain) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/1924), art. 1(4), Sch.
F16Entry in Sch. 1 repealed (3.3.2015) by The Public Bodies (Abolition of the Home Grown Timber Advisory Committee) Order 2015 (S.I. 2015/475), art. 1(3), Sch. Pt. 1
F17Entry in Sch. 1 repealed (19.9.2012) by The Public Bodies (Abolition of Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Courts Administration and the Public Guardian Board) Order 2012 (S.I. 2012/2401), art. 1(2)(3), Sch. 1 para. 37 (with art. 2)
F18Entry in Sch. 1 omitted (18.3.2015) by virtue of The Public Bodies (Abolition of the Library Advisory Council for England) Order 2015 (S.I. 2015/850), arts. 1(3), 3(4)
F19Entry in Sch. 1 repealed (19.9.2012) by The Public Bodies (Abolition of Crown Court Rule Committee and Magistrates' Courts Rule Committee) Order 2012 (S.I. 2012/2398), art. 1(2)(3)3(3)
F20Entry in Sch. 1 omitted (2.4.2014) by virtue of The Public Bodies (Abolition of the National Consumer Council and Transfer of the Office of Fair Trading's Functions in relation to Estate Agents etc) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/631), art. 1(4), Sch. 1 para. 14 (with Sch. 1 para. 28, Sch. 2 paras. 13-15)
F21Entry in Sch. 1 omitted (2.4.2012) by virtue of The Public Bodies (Abolition of the National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts) Order 2012 (S.I. 2012/964), arts. 1(3), 3(2)
F22Entry in Sch. 1 repealed (19.9.2012) by The Public Bodies (Abolition of Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Courts Administration and the Public Guardian Board) Order 2012 (S.I. 2012/2401), art. 1(2)(3), Sch. 2 para. 4 (with art. 2)
F23Entry in Sch. 1 omitted (26.2.2020) by virtue of The Public Bodies (Abolition of Public Works Loan Commissioners) Order 2020 (S.I. 2020/176), arts. 1(3), 7 (with art. 9)
F24Entry in Sch. 1 repealed (2.4.2013) by The Public Bodies (Abolition of the Railway Heritage Committee) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/64), arts. 1(3), 5 (with art. 8)
F25Entry in Sch. 1 repealed (20.9.2012) by The Public Bodies (Abolition of Regional and Local Fisheries Advisory Committees) Order 2012 (S.I. 2012/2406), arts. 1(3), 3
F26Entry in Sch. 1 omitted (2.10.2013) by virtue of The Public Bodies (Abolition of the Registrar of Public Lending Right) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/2352), art. 1(2)(3), Sch. 1 para. 15 (with art. 8)
F27Entry in Sch. 1 repealed (6.11.2013) by The Public Bodies (Abolition of Victims' Advisory Panel) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/2853), arts. 1(3), 2(3)
NOTE
F281U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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F28Sch. 1 Note 1 omitted (23.3.2013) by virtue of The Public Bodies (Abolition of British Shipbuilders) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/687), art. 1(3), Sch. 1 para. 15(2)(b)
Section 2
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Central Arbitration Committee.
Certification Officer.
Group 2
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Pensions Ombudsman.
Ombudsman for the Board of the Pension Protection Fund.
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Director of Public Prosecutions.
Director of Revenue and Customs Prosecutions.
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Textual Amendments
F29Group 2 omitted (2.10.2013) by virtue of The Public Bodies (Merger of the Gambling Commission and the National Lottery Commission) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/2329), arts. 1(2), 9 (with art. 8)
F30Group 5 omitted (1.4.2014) by virtue of The Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 (Competition) (Consequential, Transitional and Saving Provisions) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/892), art. 1(1), Sch. 1 para. 183 (with art. 3)
Section 3
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British Hallmarking Council.
Broads Authority.
Commission for Equality and Human Rights.
English Tourist Board.
Internal drainage boards for areas wholly or mainly in England.
Joint Nature Conservation Committee.
National Park authorities in England.
Passengers' Council (“Passenger Focus”).
Sianel Pedwar Cymru (“S4C”).
Theatres Trust.]
Textual Amendments
F31Entry omitted (19.9.2013) by virtue of The Public Bodies (Abolition of Administrative Justice and Tribunals Council) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/2042), art. 1(2), Sch. para. 41(b)
Section 4
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Commission for Equality and Human Rights.
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Marine Management Organisation.
Natural England.
Office of Communications (“Ofcom”).]
Textual Amendments
F32Entry omitted (19.9.2013) by virtue of The Public Bodies (Abolition of Administrative Justice and Tribunals Council) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/2042), art. 1(2), Sch. para. 41(c)
F33Entry in Sch. 4 repealed (1.11.2016) by Water Act 2014 (c. 21), ss. 40(2)(b), 94(3); S.I. 2016/1007, art. 2(f)
Section 5
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Advisory Council on Public Records.
British Hallmarking Council.
British Waterways Board.
Commission for Equality and Human Rights.
Dover Harbour Board.
Environment Agency.
Her Majesty's Stationery Office.
Horserace Betting Levy Board.
Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority.
Human Tissue Authority.
Internal drainage boards for areas wholly or mainly in England.
Keeper of Public Records.
Office of Communications (“Ofcom”).
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Public Record Office.]
Textual Amendments
F34Entry omitted (19.9.2013) by virtue of The Public Bodies (Abolition of Administrative Justice and Tribunals Council) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/2042), art. 1(2), Sch. para. 41(d)
NOTES
1U.K.Section 21(2) does not apply to an order under section 5 which provides for—
(a)functions of the British Waterways Board falling within section 21(3)(b) to (e) to be transferred to another person;
(b)functions of the Environment Agency falling within section 21(3)(b) to (e) to be transferred to a person to whom functions of the British Waterways Board are transferred by virtue of paragraph (a).
2U.K.Section 21(1) and (2) do not apply to an order under section 5 which provides for the functions of the Dover Harbour Board to be transferred to another person.
Section 30
Commencement Information
I1Sch. 6 in force at 1.7.2012 at 0.02 a.m. for specified purposes by S.I. 2012/1662, art. 2(2)(b)
NOTE 1 Nothing in this Schedule affects the meaning of “region” given by section 333A(10) of the Greater London Authority Act 1999, section 101(1)(c) of the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000, section 31(2) of the Civil Contingencies Act 2004 or section 8 of the Sustainable Communities Act 2007; or the meaning of “regional” given by section 76A(9) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990. | |
Short title and chapter | Extent of repeal |
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Parliamentary Commissioner Act 1967 (c. 13) | In Schedule 2, “Regional development agencies”. |
Superannuation Act 1972 (c. 11) | In Schedule 1, “A development agency established under section 1 of the Regional Development Agencies Act 1998”. |
House of Commons Disqualification Act 1975 (c. 24) | In Part 2 of Schedule 1, “A development agency established under section 1 of the Regional Development Agencies Act 1998”. |
Northern Ireland Assembly Disqualification Act 1975 (c. 25) | In Part 2 of Schedule 1, “A development agency established under section 1 of the Regional Development Agencies Act 1998”. |
Deregulation and Contracting Out Act 1994 (c. 40) | Section 70(1ZA)(a). |
Regional Development Agencies Act 1998 (c. 45) | The whole Act, so far as not repealed by the Localism Act 2011. |
Greater London Authority Act 1999 (c. 29) | In Schedule 25, paragraphs 1 and 6(1) and (2). |
Freedom of Information Act 2000 (c. 36) | In Schedule 1, in Part 6, “Any regional development agency established under the Regional Development Agencies Act 1998,”. |
Transport Act 2000 (c. 38) | In Schedule 5, paragraph 18. |
Communications Act 2003 (c. 21) | In Schedule 17, paragraph 155. |
London Olympic Games and Paralympic Games Act 2006 (c. 12) | Section 36. |
Natural Environment and Rural Communities Act 2006 (c. 16) | Section 26(2)(c) and (4). |
Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007 (c. 15) | In Schedule 22, paragraph 10. |
Sustainable Communities Act 2007 (c. 23) | In section 8, the definition of “region”. |
Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007 (c. 28) | Section 104(2)(l). |
Housing and Regeneration Act 2008 (c. 17) | Section 51(1)(a)(iii) (but not the final “or”). |
In Schedule 8, paragraphs 66 to 71. | |
Planning Act 2008 (c. 29) | In Schedule 9, paragraph 6. |
Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Act 2009 (c. 20) | In section 23— (a) subsection (2)(i), and (b) in subsection (7), the definition of “regional development agency”. |
Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Act 2009 (c. 20)—cont. | Section 83. |
Section 123(2)(j). | |
Corporation Tax Act 2010 (c. 4) | In Schedule 1, paragraph 299. |
Equality Act 2010 (c. 15) | Section 1(3)(j). |
In Part 1 of Schedule 19, “A regional development agency established by the Regional Development Agencies Act 1998”. | |
Postal Services Act 2011 (c. 5) | In Part 3 of Schedule 12, paragraph 154. |
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