Acquisition of Land Act 198118
1
Except as set out in paragraph (2), and subject to paragraphs (4) and (5), the functions of the Secretary of State as “the appropriate Minister” under the provisions of the Acquisition of Land Act 1981 M1 (“the 1981 Act”) listed in paragraph (3), so far as they are exercisable in relation to Wales (and so far as not already transferred by the 1999 Order) are transferred to the Welsh Ministers.
2
Paragraph (1) does not operate to transfer any function to the extent that it is exercisable in relation to a cross-border harbour or a reserve trust port.
3
The provisions of the 1981 Act referred to in paragraph (1) are—
a
section 16 (statutory undertakers' land excluded from compulsory purchase);
b
section 32(6) (power to extinguish certain public rights of way); and
c
paragraph 3 of Schedule 3 (statutory undertakers land).
4
The transfer of functions under section 16 of, and paragraph 3 of Schedule 3 to, the 1981 Act applies only in respect of objections to compulsory purchase orders raised after this article comes into force.
5
The transfer of the function under section 32(6) of the 1981 Act applies only in respect of decisions made under section 32(2) of that Act after this article comes into force.