SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 8 Supplemental and incidental powers of National Park authorities

Powers in relation to land etc.

1

1

Subject to sub-paragraph (2) below, the following provisions, that is to say—

a

sections 120, 122 and 123 of the 1972 Act (powers of local authorities to acquire and dispose of land), and

b

sections 128 to 131 of that Act (general provisions in relation to land transactions),

shall have effect as if, for the purposes of those provisions, a National Park authority were a principal council and the relevant Park were the authority’s area.

F11A

The reference in sub-paragraph (1) to section 123 of the 1972 Act is to be interpreted as a reference to that section as amended by section 2 of the Playing Fields (Community Involvement in Disposal Decisions) (Wales) Measure 2010 in so far as that sub-paragraph applies to a National Park authority for a National Park in Wales.

2

The following provisions of the M1Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1976, that is to say—

a

section 13 (compulsory acquisition of rights over land),

b

section 15 (survey of land for the purposes of compulsory purchase),

c

section 16 (obtaining information about land), and

d

section 29 (repayment of unclaimed compensation),

shall apply in relation to a National Park authority as if the authority were a local authority for the purposes of that Act.

3

Section 33 of the Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1982 (enforceability by local authorities of certain covenants relating to land) shall have effect as if references to a principal council included references to a National Park authority and as if the relevant Park were that authority’s area; and for the purposes of this paragraph the M2reference in subsection (1) of that section to section 111 of the 1972 Act shall have effect as a reference to section 65 of this Act.

4

This paragraph shall be without prejudice to any power conferred on a National Park authority by virtue of paragraph 2 below.