Statutory Instruments
LOCAL GOVERNMENT, ENGLAND AND WALES
Made
26th January 1983
Laid before Parliament
10th February 1983
Coming into Operation
3rd March 1983
The Secretary of State for Wales, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 94(2) of the Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980 and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following order:—
1. This order may be cited as the Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980 (Commencement No. 8) Order 1983 and shall come into operation on 3rd March 1983.
2. Part X of the Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980 shall come into operation on 3rd March 1983 in the areas of the district councils specified in the Schedule to this order.
Nicholas Edwards
Secretary of State for Wales
26th January 1983
Alyn and Deeside
Cardiff
Newport
Swansea
Vale of Glamorgan
Wrexham Maelor
This order brings Part X of the Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980 into force in certain areas of Wales. The Schedule to this order specifies the district councils in whose areas Part X of the Act comes into operation and the order specifies the date from which it operates in those areas. Part X provides for registers to be kept of land owned by public bodies, being land which, in the opinion of the Secretary of State, is not being used or not being sufficiently used for the performance of a public body's functions or of carrying on their undertaking. Part X also provides that the Secretary of State may direct a public body who own land on a register to take steps to dispose of it.
The following provisions of the Act have been brought into force by commencement orders made before the date of this order.
| Provisions | S.I. No. |
|---|---|
| Part III on various dates | 1981/341 |
| Section 68 (partially) on 11th December 1980 | 1980/1893 |
| Part VIII on various dates | 1980/1893 |
| Part X in specified areas of England on 31st December 1980 | 1980/1871 |
| Sections 33, 34, 37, 44, 45(1)–(4), Part IX of Schedule 34 (partially) on 1st April 1982 | 1980/2014 |
| Part X in specified areas of England on 19th March 1981 | 1981/194 |
| Part X in specified areas of England on 2nd October 1981 | 1981/1251 |
| Part X in the remaining areas of England not covered by the above orders on 11th December 1981. | 1981/1618 |