LegalizeDevelopment of Rural Wales Act 1976 (repealed)
Development Board for Rural Wales
Establishment and general function of Development Board for Rural Wales
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Directions of the Secretary of State to the Board
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Duties of the Board
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General powers of the Board
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New towns within the Board's area
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Acquisition of land
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Overseas aid
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Assistance to the Board from public authorities and others
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Borrowing powers of the Board
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Treasury guarantees
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Financing of the Board out of public money
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Limit on public money made available to the Board
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Disposal of surplus funds of the Board
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Accounts of the Board and other information
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Powers of entry
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Power of the Board to obtain information about land
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Disclosure to the Board of information about businesses in its area
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Housing subsidy
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Modified rent rebate subsidy
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Rent rebates by the Board
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Financial assistance towards tenant's removal expenses
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Exclusion of dwellings from sections 18 to 21 and the rent rebate scheme
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Provisions about the Welsh Development Agency
Amendments of Welsh Development Agency Act 1975
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Transfer to the Board of industrial property of the Welsh Development Agency
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Provision for staff of the Council for Small Industries in Rural Areas
Provision for staff of the Council for Small Industries in Rural Areas
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Financial assistance to social bodies in Wales
Financial assistance to bodies contributing to the social development of Wales
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Supplemental
Amendments of Acts
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Service of notices
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Regulations, orders and directions
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Crown land
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Exemption from development land tax
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Exemption from stamp duty
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Expenses
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Interpretation
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Citation, commencement and extent
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SCHEDULE 1
Incorporation and status
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Appointment and tenure of members
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Disqualification of members
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Staff
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Remuneration
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Conduct of the Board’s affairs
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Documents
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SCHEDULE 2
Terms of employment of transferred staff
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Compensation for members or staff of development corporations
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Continuity of employment
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SCHEDULE 3
Part I — Planning Control
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Part II — Acquisition of Land for Roads by Local Highway Authority or the Secretary of State
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Part III — Procedure on Compulsory Acquisition
Acquisitions by the Board or a local highway authority
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Special provisions as to acquisitions by local highway authorities
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Acquisitions for roads by the Secretary of State
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Special provisions as to local authority and National Trust land and commons and allotments
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Alternative procedure for acquiring operational land of statutory undertakers
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Validity and date of operation of compulsory purchase orders and certificates
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Registration as local land charge
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Part IV — Acquisition of Land: Supplementary Provisions
Modifications of Land Compensation Act 1961
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Modifications of Compulsory Purchase Act 1965
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Extinguishment of rights over land compulsorily acquired
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Minerals
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Part V — Special Powers in Relation to Land Acquired
Land to which this Part applies
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Power to override easements and other rights
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Use and development of consecrated land and burial grounds
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Use and development of open spaces
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Extinguishment of public rights of way over land acquired
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Provisions as to telegraphic lines
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Creation of trunk roads
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Part VI — Statutory Undertakers
Assessment of compensation for compulsory acquisition of statutory undertakers’ operational land
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Extinguishment of rights of way, and rights as to apparatus, of statutory undertakers
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Orders under paragraph 44
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Extension or modification of functions of statutory undertakers
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Procedure in relation to orders under paragraph 46
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Relief of statutory undertakers from obligations rendered impracticable
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Objections to orders under paragraphs 46 and 48
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Part VII — Procedure for Dealing with Objections to Orders under Paragraphs 38, 46 and 48
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Part VIII — Sewerage Services
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Part IX — Supplemental
Local inquiries
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Service of notices under the code
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Ecclesiastical property
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Interpretation
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SCHEDULE 4
Part I
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In paragraph 9 of Schedule 1 to the Acquisition of Land (Authorisation Procedure) Act 1946 (which relates to land belonging to local authorities, statutory undertakers or the National Trust), for references to the purchase of land there shall be substituted references to the purchase of rights over land.
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In paragraph 10 of that Schedule (which relates to land belonging to statutory undertakers)—
- (a) for the words " comprised in " there shall be substituted the words " over which a right is to be acquired by virtue of ";
- (b) after the words "purchase of" there shall be inserted the words " a right over ";
- (c) for the words " it can be purchased and not replaced " there shall be substituted the words " the right can be purchased "; and
- (d) for sub-paragraph (ii) there shall be substituted the following—
(ii) that any detriment to the carrying on of the undertaking, in consequence of the acquisition of the right, can be made good by the undertakers by the use of other land belonging to or available for acquisition by them.
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In paragraph 11 of that Schedule (which relates to land forming part of a common, open space or allotment) for sub-paragraph (1) there shall be substituted the following—
(1) In so far as a compulsory purchase order authorises the purchase of a right over land forming part of a common, open space or fuel or field garden allotment, it shall be subject to special parliamentary procedure unless the Secretary of State is satisfied— (a) that the land, when burdened with that right, will be no less advantageous to those persons in whom it is vested and to the persons, if any, entitled to rights of common or other rights, and to the public, than it was before; or (b) that there has been or will be given in exchange for the right additional land which will, as respects the persons in whom there is vested the land over which the right is to be purchased, the persons, if any, entitled to rights of common or other rights over that land and the public, be adequate to compensate them for the disadvantages which result from the purchase of the right, and that the additional land has been or will be vested in the persons in whom there is vested the land over which the right is to be purchased and subject to the like rights, trusts and incidents as attach to that land apart from the compulsory purchase order; or (c) that the land affected by the right to be purchased does not exceed 250 square yards in extent and that the giving of other land in exchange for the right is unnecessary, whether in the interests of the persons, if any, entitled to rights of common or other rights or in the interests of the public ; and certifies accordingly.
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In sub-paragraph (3) of the said paragraph 11, after the words " the land " there shall be inserted the words " over which any right is to be " and-at the end of the sub-paragraph there shall be inserted the words " so far as their continuance would be inconsistent with the exercise of that right ".
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In paragraph 12 of that Schedule (which among other things relates to ancient monuments), after the words " purchase of " there shall be inserted the words " rights over ".
Part II — Adaptation of Part I of the Act of 1965
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SCHEDULE 5
Part I — The Housing Subsidy
The elements of the subsidy
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Reduction or discontinuance of the subsidy
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Interpretation
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Part II — Administration
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Part III
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In section 20(5) (power of Secretary of State in certain circumstances to allow departures from model schemes), after paragraph (c), there shall be inserted a further paragraph (preceded by the word " or " )—
(d) in the case of the Development Board for Rural Wales— (i) that the general level of the rents of housing account dwellings of the Board is exceptionally high by comparison with the general level of the rents of the Housing Revenue Account dwellings of housing authorities, or (ii) that the general level of the rents of a class of housing account dwellings of the Board is exceptionally high by comparison with the general level of the rents of the Housing Revenue Account dwellings of housing authorities,
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and after the words " paragraph (c) " there shall be inserted the words " or (d)(ii) ".
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In section 21 (extent to which authorities may depart from model schemes), for the words " A housing authority " in subsections (1) and (3) there shall be substituted the words " An authority ".
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In section 22 (permitted totals of rebates), for the words "housing authority" in subsection (2) there shall be substituted the word " authority ".
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In section 24 (publicity for schemes) the following amendments shall be made, that is to say—
- (a) in subsection (5), after the words " of Housing Revenue Account dwellings" there shall be inserted the words " or, in the case of the Development Board for Rural Wales, of housing account dwellings "; and
- (b) in subsection (6), after the words "Housing Revenue Account dwellings " there shall be inserted the words " or, in the case of the Development Board for Rural Wales, of one of the Board's housing account dwellings ".
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In section 26 (interpretation of Part II) the following amendments shall be made, that is to say—
- (a) for the definition of " authority " there shall be substituted—
- " authority " means, in relation to a rebate scheme, a local authority, a new town corporation or the Development Board for Rural Wales and, in relation to an allowance scheme, a local authority ;
- (b) in the appropriate place in alphabetical order there shall be inserted the following definition—
- " housing account dwelling", in relation to the Development Board for Rural Wales, means a dwelling which is within the Board's housing account but excluding a dwelling for the time being let on a long tenancy at a low rent within the meaning of the Leasehold Reform Act 1967, and a dwelling no longer owned by the Board ;
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In Schedule 4 (procedure), in paragraph 1(3)(a), after the words " Housing Revenue Account dwelling " there shall be inserted the words " or, in the case of the Development Board for Rural Wales, a housing account dwelling ".
SCHEDULE 6
Scope of Schedule
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Terms of employment with the Agency
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