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Welsh Development Agency Act 1975

Type Public General Act
Publication 1975-11-12
Last updated 2021-01-21
State In force
Department Statute Law Database
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  • (1) The council of every county and county borough in Wales, every joint planning board for a district in Wales , every National Park authority for a National Park in Wales and every corporate joint committee shall supply the Assembly—
  • (a) with such information as the Assembly may by regulations prescribe for the purposes of this paragraph (being information which the Assembly may need for the purpose of performing its functions under this Act); and
  • (b) with such certificates supporting the information as the Assembly may in the regulations specify.
  • (2) If a local planning authority in Wales receives an application for planning permission, the authority shall as soon as practicable after receipt send a copy of the application to the Assembly.
  • (3) On any grant of planning permission relating to land in Wales, the local planning authority, ... shall, as soon as is practicable, send a copy of the notification of the planning permission to the Assembly.
  • (4) Sub-paragraphs (2) and (3) above shall not apply if and so far as the Assembly directs.

Regulations as to form of documents

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  • (1) The Assembly may make regulations for prescribing the form of any document required or authorised by or under this Schedule which relates to land in Wales.
  • (2) The Secretary of State may make regulations for prescribing the form of any document required or authorised by or under this Schedule which relates to land in England.

Local inquiries

21

Section 250 of the Local Government Act 1972 (costs of inquiries and expenses of witnesses) shall extend to any public local inquiry held under part 2 of the Acquisition of Land Act 1981, by virtue of paragraph 1 above, as if the Assembly were a local authority.

Crown land

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  • (1) A private interest in land may be acquired compulsorily under section 21A above even though the land is Crown land if the appropriate authority is the Assembly or, otherwise, if consent is given in writing by the appropriate authority.
  • (2) In this paragraph—
  • (a) “private interest” means an interest which is not a Crown interest or a Duchy interest;
  • (b) “Crown land” means land in which there is a Crown interest or a Duchy interest;
  • (c) “Crown interest” means an interest belonging to Her Majesty in right of the Crown or belonging to a government department or held in trust for Her Majesty for the purposes of a government department;
  • (d) “Duchy interest” means an interest belonging to Her Majesty in right of the Duchy of Lancaster or belonging to the Duchy of Cornwall; and
  • (e) “appropriate authority” in relation to Crown land shall be determined in accordance with section 293(2) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990.

Offences by corporations

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  • (1) Where an offence under this Schedule which has been committed by a body corporate is proved to have been committed with the consent or connivance of, or to be attributable to any neglect on the part of—
  • (a) a director, manager, secretary or other similar officer of the body corporate; or
  • (b) any person who was purporting to act in any such capacity,

he, as well as the body corporate, shall be guilty of that offence and liable to be proceeded against accordingly.

  • (2) Where the affairs of a body corporate are managed by its members, this paragraph shall apply in relation to acts and defaults of a member in connection with his functions of management as if he were a director of a body corporate.

Editorial notes

1

Act (with exceptions in Sch. 3 para. 4, Sch. 4 paras. 11, 12): transfer of functions (1.7.1999) by S.I. 1999/672, art. 2, Sch. 1

2

Act extended (E.W.S) (1.3.1996) by 1995 c. 45, s. 16(1), Sch. 4 para. 2(1)(xxiii); S.I. 1996/218, art. 2. Act modified (E.W.S) (1.3.1996) by 1995 c. 45, s. 16(1), Sch. 4 para. 2(10)(e); S.I. 1996/218, art. 2.

4

Act modified by Gas Act 1986 (c. 44, SIF 44:2), s. 67(1)(3), Sch. 7 para. 2(9)(h), Sch. 8 para. 33.

5

Act extended by Water Act 1989 (c. 15, SIF 130), s. 190, Sch. 25 para. 1(2) (xx) (with ss. 58(7), 101(1), 141(6), 160(1)(2)(4), 163, 189(4)–(10), 193(1), Sch. 26 paras. 3(1)(2), 17, 40(4), 57(6), 58).

9

Act partly in force at Royal Assent see s. 29(2), Act wholly in force at 1.1.1976.

11

For extent of s. 1 see s. 29(3).

16

Words in s. 1(2)(a) inserted (1.10.1998) by 1998 c. 38, s. 126(1)(2)(a) (with ss. 139(2), 143(2)); S.I. 1998/2244, art. 4.

18

Words in s. 1(2)(b) substituted (1.10.1998) by 1998 c. 38, s. 126(1)(2)(b) (with ss. 139(2), 143(2)); S.I. 1998/2244, art. 4.

21

Words in s. 1(3) substituted (1.10.1998) by 1998 c. 38, s. 126(1)(3)(a) (with ss. 139(2), 143(2)); S.I. 1998/2244, art. 4.

22

Words in s. 1(3)(b)(c)(f)(g)(j) substituted (1.10.1998) by 1998 c. 38, s. 126(1)(3)(b) (with ss. 139(2), 143(2)); S.I. 1998/2244, art. 4.

23

Word repealed (with saving) by Industry Act 1980 (c. 33, SIF 64), s. 21(1)(2), Sch. 2.

24

Words in s. 1(3)(d) substituted (1.10.1998) by 1998 c. 38, s. 126(1)(3)(c) (with ss. 139(2), 143(2)); S.I. 1998/2244, art. 4.

25

S. 1(3)(da) inserted (1.10.1998) by 1998 c. 38, s. 126(1)(3)(d) (with ss. 139(2), 143(2)); S.I. 1998/2244, art. 4.

26

S. 1(3)(e) repealed (with saving) by Industry Act 1980 (c. 33, SIF 64), s. 21(1)(2), Sch. 2.

27

Word repealed (with saving) by Industry Act 1980 (c. 33, SIF 64), s. 21(1)(2), Sch. 2.

28

S. 1(3)(j) added by Industry Act 1980 (c. 33, SIF 64), ss. 1(3)(b), 22.

43

Words in s. 5(1)(2) inserted (E.W) (1.4.1996) by 1995 c. 25, s. 78, Sch. 10 para. 13(2) (with ss. 7(6), 115, 117, Sch. 8 para. (7)); S.I. 1995/2950, art. 3.

46

Words in s. 5(1) inserted (1.10.1998) by 1998 c. 38, s. 128, Sch. 14 para. 4(a) (with ss. 139(2), 143(2)); S.I. 1998/2244, art. 4.

47

Words in s. 5(1) inserted (1.10.1998) by 1998 c. 38, s. 128, Sch. 14 para. 4(b) (with ss. 139(2), 143(2)); S.I. 1998/2244, art. 4.

48

S. 5(1A) repealed (1.10.1998) by 1998 c. 38, s. 152, Sch. 18 Pt. IV (with ss. 137(1), 139(2), 143(2)); S.I. 1998/2244, art. 4.

59

Word in s. 10 substituted (1.10.1998) by 1998 c. 38, s. 128, Sch. 14 Pt. I para. 6 (with ss. 139(2), 143(2)); S.I. 1998/2244, art. 4.

61

The text of s. 11 is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991.

63

S. 11(2)(a) repealed (1.10.1998) by 1998 c. 38, s. 152, Sch. 18 Pt. IV (with ss. 137(1), 139(2), 143(2)); S.I. 1998/2244, art. 4

64

Words in s. 11(2)(b) substituted (1.10.1998) by 1998 c. 38, s. 129, Sch. 15 para. 4 (with ss. 139(2), 143(2)); S.I. 1998/2244, art. 4

74

S. 16 substituted (E. W.) by Derelict Land Act 1982 (c. 42, SIF 46:4), s. 2(1).

75

S. 16(1) extended (E.W) (19.9.1995) by 1995 c. 25, ss. 70, 125(2), Sch. 9 para. 7 (with ss. 7(6), 115, 117).

79

Words in s. 16(3)(b) repealed (1.10.1998) by 1998 c. 38, s. 152, Sch. 18 Pt. III (with ss. 137(1), 139(2), 143(2)); S.I. 1998/2244, art. 4

83

S. 16(9): Words in definition of “local authority” substituted (1.4.1996) by 1994 c. 19, s. 66(6), Sch. 16 para. 48 (with ss. 54(5)(7), 55(5), Sch. 17 paras. 22(1), 23(2)); S.I. 1996/396, art. 4, Sch. 2

84

S. 16(9): Para. (b) and the word “or” immediately preceding it in the definition of “local authority” repealed (1.4.1997) by 1995 c. 25, s. 120(3), Sch. 24 (with ss. 7(6), 115, 117); S.I. 1996/2560, art. 2, Sch.

96

Words in s. 21C(2)(f) substituted (1.4.2007) by The References to Health Authorities Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/961), art. 3, Sch. para. 11

98

S. 22 repealed (1.10.1998) by 1998 c. 38, s. 152, Sch. 18 Pt. III (with ss. 137(1), 139(2), 143(2)); S.I. 1998/2244, art. 4

99

S. 23 repealed (1.10.1998) by 1998 c. 38, s. 152, Sch. 18 Pt. III (with ss. 137(1), 139(2), 143(2)); S.I. 1998/2244, art. 4

102

S. 26 repealed (1.10.1998) by 1998 c. 38, s. 152, Sch. 18 Pt. III (with ss. 137(1), 139(2), 143(2)); S.I. 1998/2244, art. 4

105

S. 27(1): Definition of “business” inserted (1.10.1998) by 1998 c. 38, s. 128, Sch. 14 Pt. I para. 10(2); S.I. 1998/2244, art. 4

106

S. 27(1): Definition of “common” inserted (1.10.1998) by 1998 c. 38, s. 128, Sch. 14 Pt. I para. 10(2); S.I. 1998/2244, art. 4

107

S. 27(1): Definition of “dispose” inserted (1.10.1998) by 1998 c. 38, s. 128, Sch. 14 Pt. I para. 10(2); S.I. 1998/2244, art. 4

108

S. 27(1): Definition of “fuel or field garden allotment” inserted (1.10.1998) by 1998 c. 38, s. 128, Sch. 14 Pt. I para. 10(2); S.I. 1998/2244, art. 4

109

S. 27(1): words in definitions of “holding company”, “subsidiary” and “universal service provider” substituted (1.10.2009) by The Companies Act 2006 (Consequential Amendments, Transitional Provisions and Savings) Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/1941), art. 2(1), Sch. 1 para. 34 (with art. 10)

110

S. 27(1): Definition of “industry” and “industrial” repealed (1.10.1998) by 1998 c. 38, s. 152. Sch. 18 Pt. III (with ss. 137(1), 139(2), 143(2)); S.I. 1998/2244, art. 4

111

S. 27(1): Definition of “land” and “open space” substituted for definition of “land” (1.10.1998) by 1998 c. 38, s. 128, Sch. 14 Pt. I para. 10(3); S.I. 1998/2244, art. 4

114

Word and comma repealed by Gas Act 1986 (c. 44, SIF 44:2), s. 67(4), Sch. 9 Pt. I.

115

Words “or hydraulic power” substituted (E.W.) for the words “hydraulic power or water” by Water Act 1989 (c. 15, SIF 130), s. 190, Sch. 25 para. 51 (with ss. 58(7), 101(1), 141(6), 160(1)(2)(4), 163, 189(4)–(10), 193(1), Sch. 26 paras. 3(1)(2), 17, 40(4), 57(6), 58).

116

S. 27(1): Words in definition of statutory undertakers repealed (31.10.1994) by 1994 c. 21, s. 67, Sch. 9 para. 16, Sch. 11 Pt. II; S.I. 1994/2553, art. 2.

117

S. 27(1): Words in para. (b) of the definition of “statutory undertakers” inserted (21.12.2001) by S.I. 2001/4050, art. 2, Sch. Pt. II para. 2(a)

118

S. 27(1): Words in para. (b) of the definition of “statutory undertakers” substituted (26.3.2001) by S.I. 2001/1149, art. 3(1), Sch. 1 para. 40(2)(a)

120

Definition of “universal service provider” in s. 27(1) inserted (26.3.2001) by S.I. 2001/1149, art. 3(1), Sch. 1 para. 40(2)(b)

121

S. 27(1A) inserted (26.3.2001) by S.I. 2001/1149, art. 3(1), Sch. 1 para. 40(3)

122

S. 27(1B)(1C) inserted (21.12.2001) after subsection (1) by S.I. 2001/4050, art. 2, Sch. Pt. II para. 2(b)

124

Words in sidenote to s. 28 inserted (1.10.1998) by 1998 c. 38, s. 128, Sch. 14 Pt. I para. 11(5) (with ss. 139(2), 143(2)); S.I. 1998/2244, art. 4

125

Words in s. 28(1) inserted (1.10.1998) by 1998 c. 38, s. 128, Sch. 14 Pt. I para. 11(2)(a) (with ss. 139(2), 143(2)); S.I. 1998/2244, art. 4

126

Words in s. 28(1) substituted (1.10.1998) by 1998 c. 38, s. 128, Sch. 14 Pt. I para. 11(2)(b) (with ss. 139(2), 143(2)); S.I. 1998/2244, art. 4

128

S. 28(3) inserted (1.10.1998) by 1998 c. 38, s. 128, Sch. 14 Pt. I para. 11(4) (with ss. 139(2), 143(2)); S.I. 1998/2244, art. 4

129

S. 29(2) repealed (22.7.2004) by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 2004 (c. 14), s. 1(1), {Sch. 1 Pt. 16 Group 2}

132

S. 10A inserted (24.9.1996) by 1996 c. 53, ss. 130(1), 150(2)

133

S. 18 was amended by Industry Act 1979 (c. 32, SIF 64), s. 1(1)(4)–(6) and has effect by s. 1(7) of the 1979 Act as set out in the Schedule to that Act

134

S. 21A inserted (1.10.1998) by 1998 c. 38, s. 127, Sch. 13 para. 2 (with ss. 139(2), 143(2)); S.I. 1998/2244, art. 4

135

S. 21B inserted (1.10.1998) by 1998 c. 38, s. 127, Sch. 13 para. 2 (with ss. 139(2), 143(2)); S.I. 1998/2244, art. 4

136

S. 21C inserted (1.10.1998) by 1998 c. 38, s. 127, Sch. 13 para. 2 (with ss. 139(2), 143(2)); S.I. 1998/2244, art. 4

137

S. 25 substituted (1.10.1998) by 1998 c. 38, s. 128, Sch. 14 Pt. I para. 9 (with ss. 139(2), 143(2)); S.I. 1998/2244, art. 4

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