Local Employment Act 1972

Supplementary provisions

16 Compulsory purchase

(1) Section 1 of the [1946 c. 49.] Acquisition of Land (Authorisation Procedure) Act 1946 and section 1 of the [1947 c. 42.] Acquisition of Land (Authorisation Procedure) (Scotland) Act 1947 (procedure for compulsory purchase by local authorities and certain Ministers) shall apply in relation to the compulsory purchase of land by the Secretary of State under this Act.

(2) Notwithstanding anything in this Act, where at the time of publication in accordance with the provisions of the said Act of 1946 or the said Act of 1947 of notice of the preparation of a draft of a compulsory purchase order—

(a) land is in use for the purposes of any undertaking; and

(b) that undertaking provides employment which is substantial having regard to the extent of the land used for its purposes and the nature of the undertaking,

the Secretary of State shall not be authorised to acquire compulsorily the interest of the person carrying on the undertaking.

(3) Any person duly authorised in writing by the Secretary of State may, at any reasonable time, enter any land for the purpose of surveying it in connection with the exercise of the Secretary of State's powers under this Act to acquire land; and—

(a) subsection (9) of section 280 and subsections (1) to (4) and (6) of section 281 of the [1971 c. 78.] Town and Country Planing Act 1971; and

(b) subsections (4) to (7) and (9) of section 99 of the [1947 c. 53.] Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1947,

(which provide for the giving of notice and the production of authority to enter, for cases of obstruction, for safeguarding information as to manufacturing processes and trade secrets, for compensation for damage and for defining powers of survey) shall apply in relation to this subsection as they apply in relation to the said section 280 and the said section 99 respectively.

17 Secretary of State's accounts and reports

(1) In the light of the statements furnished to him under section 12(4) of this Act, the Secretary of State shall prepare a statement of accounts, in such form as the Treasury may direct, showing the financial results for each financial year as respects—

(a) the activities of the Secretary of State in the execution of this Act, other than activities in respect of grants; and .

(b) the activities of all the industrial estates corporations.

(2) The Secretary of State shall on or before 30th November in each year transmit to the Comptroller and Auditor General the statement of accounts prepared by the Secretary of State for the financial year last ended for examination and certification by him ; and copies of every statement of accounts of the Secretary of State, together with the report of the Comptroller and Auditor General thereon, shall be laid by the Secretary of State before Parliament.

(3) As soon as may be after 31st March in each year the Secretary of State shall prepare a report on the discharge of his functions under this Act and under section 12(4) of the [1947 c. 43.] Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1947 and section 67(1) of the [1971 c. 78.] Town and Country Planning Act 1971 and shall lay the report before Parliament.

18 Orders and regulations

(1) Any power conferred by this Act to make orders includes power to vary or revoke any order previously made in the exercise of that power.

(2) Any power conferred by this Act to make orders or regulations shall be exercisable by statutory instrument subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.

19 Transitional provisions

The provisions of Schedule 2 to this Act shall have effect in relation to the matters there dealt with and, in so far as they relate to section 3 of this Act, that section shall have effect subject to those provisions.

20 Expenses and receipts

Any expenses incurred by any Minister under this Act shall be defrayed out of moneys provided by Parliament, and any receipts of any Minister under this Act shall be paid into the Consolidated Fund.

21 Interpretation

(1) In this Act—

• " the advisory committee " means the committee mentioned in section 2(3) of this Act;

• " derelict land clearance area " means an area specified as such by an order under section 8(6) of this Act;

• " development area " means, subject to subsection (5) of section 1 of this Act, an area specified as such by an order under that section ;

• " financial year " means the period of twelve months beginning with 1st April;

• " industrial building ", as respects England and Wales, has the meaning assigned to it by section 66 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1971 and, as respects Scotland, has the meaning assigned to it by section 21 of the [1960 c. 18.] Local Employment Act 1960 and section 25 of the [1966 c. 34.] Industrial Development Act 1966 ;

• " industrial estates corporation " has the meaning assigned to it by section 10(2) of this Act;

• " intermediate area " means, subject to subsection (7) of section 1 of this Act, an area specified as such by an order under that section ;

• " undertaking " means any trade or business, or any other activity providing employment.

(2) For the purposes of this Act Monmouthshire shall be deemed to be part of Wales.

(3) Except where the context otherwise requires, in this Act any reference to any enactment shall be construed as a reference to that enactment as amended, and as including a reference thereto as extended or applied, by any other enactment.

22 Consequential amendments, repeals and savings

(1) The enactments specified in Schedule 3 to this Act shall have effect subject to the amendments there specified.

(2) The enactments specified in Schedule 4 to this Act are hereby repealed to the extent specified in the third column of that Schedule.

(3) The repeal by this Act of any enactment shall not affect the validity of any order, regulations, determination, appointment, consent, approval, direction, recommendation, agreement, application or any other thing made, given or done under that enactment, but any such thing shall be deemed for the purposes of this Act to have been made, given or done under the corresponding provision of this Act; and anything begun under any such enactment may be continued under the corresponding provision of this Act.

(4) Without prejudice to subsection (1) of this section, any reference in any document to an enactment repealed by this Act shall, except where the context otherwise requires, be construed as, or as including, a reference to this Act or the corresponding provision of this Act.

(5) Nothing in this section shall be construed as affecting the general application of section 38 of the [1889 c. 63.] Interpretation Act 1889 with respect to the effect of repeals.

23 Short title, commencement and extent

(1) This Act may be cited as the Local Employment Act 1972.

(2) This Act shall come into force at the expiration of the period of one month beginning with the day on which it is passed.

(3) This Act does not extend to Northern Ireland.