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18(1)Except as respects any of its functions for the discharge of which provision will be required, or is likely to be required, after the end of the transitional period, the Residuary Body shall use its best endeavours to secure that its work is completed as soon as practicable and in any event by the end of the transitional period.E+W
(2)In this paragraph “the transitional period” means the [F1period beginning with the establishment of the Residuary Body and ending with 31st March 1999].
(3)F2. . . The Residuary Body shall be wound up at the end of the transitional period.
F3(4). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
[F4(5)The Residuary Body shall, before the end of the period of three months beginning with the day on which the Government of Wales Act 1998 is passed, submit to the Secretary of State a scheme for the winding up of the Residuary Body.
(6)The scheme shall include in relation to the Residuary Body’s remaining functions, property, rights and liabilities—
(a)a statement of arrangements made by the Residuary Body for their transfer by the Residuary Body to another body or bodies,
(b)proposals for their transfer by the Secretary of State to another body or bodies, or
(c)such a statement in relation to some of them and such proposals in relation to the rest.
(7)The Secretary of State may by order make provision for giving effect to the scheme (with or without modifications) and for the transfer of functions, property, rights and liabilities of the Residuary Body to another body or bodies (whether or not as proposed in the scheme).]
(8)In making any supplemental or transitional provision in an order under sub-paragraph (7), the Secretary of State may include provision amending any enactment or any instrument made under any enactment.
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F1Words in Sch. 13 para. 18(2) substituted (2.9.1998) by 1998 c. 38, s. 150(2) (with ss. 139(2), 143(2)); S.I. 1998/2244, art. 3
F2Words in Sch. 13 para. 18(3) repealed (2.9.1998) by 1998 c. 38, s. 150(3)(a), 152, Sch. 18 Pt. VII (with ss. 137(1), 139(2), 141(1), 143(2)); S.I. 1998/2244, art. 3
F3Sch. 13 para. 18(4) repealed (2.9.1998) by 1998 c. 38, ss. 150(3)(b), 152, Sch. 18 Pt. VII (with ss. 137(1), 139(2), 141(1), 143(2)); S.I. 1998/2244, art. 3
F4Sch. 13 para. 18(5)-(7) substituted (2.9.1998) by 1998 c. 38, s. 150(4) (with ss. 139(2), 143(2)); S.I. 1998/2244, art. 3
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