(1)in subsection (1) of section 60 of the [1954 c. 56.] Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 (special provisions as to premises of which an Industrial Estates Corporation, among others, is the landlord) for the words " an Industrial Estates Corporation " there shall be substituted the words " the English Industrial Estates Corporation ".
(2)In section 17(1) of the [1972 c. 5.] Local Employment Act 1972 (Secretary of State's accounts and reports)—
(a)for the words " section 12(4) of this Act" there shall be substituted the words " section 7(4) of the English Industrial Estates Corporation Act 1981 " ;
(b)in paragraph (a) after the words "this Act" there shall be added the words " and the English Industrial Estates Corporation Act 1981 " ; and
(c)in paragraph (b) for the words " all the industrial estates corporations" there shall be substituted the words " the English Industrial Estates Corporation ".
(3)Planning permission shall be deemed to have been granted under section 29 of the [1971 c. 78.] Town and Country Planning Act 1971 in respect of any development initiated by the Corporation before the end of March 1981.
(4)The enactments specified in Schedule 2 to this Act are hereby repealed to the extent specified in the third column of that Schedule.
(5)The repeal by this Act of section 11(1) of the [1980 c. 33.] Industry Act 1980 does not affect—
(a)the title of the Corporation to land vested in it by virtue of that section ; or
(b)any rights, liabilities or obligations relating to any such land and in existence immediately before that repeal took effect.