SCHEDULECONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS

1.

The words “Secretary of State for Trade and Industry” shall be substituted for the words “Secretary of State for Energy” in each place where they occur in the following enactments—

(a)

the definition of the “appropriate Minister” in section 51(1) of the Opencast Coal Act 19583;

(b)

section 213(1) of the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 19724;

(c)

section 78(1) of the New Towns Act 19815

(d)

paragraph 2(9) of Schedule 7 to the Gas Act 19866;

(e)

paragraphs 3(1) of Schedule 16 to the Electricity Act 19897;

(f)

sections 265(1) and (2) and 317(1) of the Town and Country Planning Act 19908;

(g)

section 85(1) of the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 19909.