The Public Bodies (Abolition of the Committee on Agricultural Valuation) Order 2014

Made: 22nd April 2014

Coming into force in accordance with article 1

In accordance with section 11(4) of the Act, a draft of this Order has been approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament after the expiry of the 40-day period referred to in that provision.

Citation, commencement and extent

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• (1) This Order may be cited as the Public Bodies (Abolition of the Committee on Agricultural Valuation) Order 2014.

• (2) This Order comes into force on the day after the day on which it is made, except as provided by paragraph (3).

• (3) Article 3(3) of this Order comes into force two days after the day on which this Order is made.

• (4) This Order extends to England and Wales except as provided by paragraph (5).

• (5) The repeals made by article 3 have the same extent as the provisions to which they relate.

Abolition of advisory committee on valuation of improvements and tenant-right matters

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The committee appointed under section 92 of the Agricultural Holdings Act 1986[^f00002] is abolished.

Repeals

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• (1) Section 92 of the Agricultural Holdings Act 1986 (advisory committee on valuation of improvements and tenant-right matters) is repealed.

• (2) In Schedule 1 to the Freedom of Information Act 2000[^f00003], in the list in Part 6 (bodies that are public authorities for the purposes of the Act), the entry relating to the Committee on Agricultural Valuation is repealed.

• (3) In Schedule 1 to the Public Bodies Act 2011 (power to abolish: bodies and offices), the entry relating to the Committee on Agricultural Valuation is repealed.

Signed

George Eustice — Parliamentary Under Secretary of State — Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs — 22nd April 2014

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This Order abolishes the advisory committee on valuation of improvements and tenant-right matters (known as the Committee on Agricultural Valuation) established under section 92 of the Agricultural Holdings Act 1986 (c.5). It repeals that section and makes other related repeals.

An impact assessment has not been prepared for this Order as its effects are unlikely to impact on businesses, civil society or regulatory matters. There is no impact on staff, nor do the effects impose a cost on the public sector, but neither do they result in any savings for the public sector.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 2011 c. 24.

[^f00002]: 1986 c. 5.

[^f00003]: 2000 c. 36.