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SCHEDULE 12E+W+S+N.I.Repeals and revocations

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I1Sch. 12 partly in force at Royal Assent, partly in force at 1.4.2007, partly in force immediately after "the 2007 election" and partly in force immediately after the end of "the initial period" (subject to s. 161(6)) by s. 161(1)-(5)

Short title or titleExtent of repeal or revocation
Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 (c. 48)Section 163(1A).
Official Secrets Act 1989 (c. 6)Section 12(2)(aa).
Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (c. 8)Section 321B(5).
Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 (c. 9)In Schedule 3, paragraph 8(5).
Planning (Hazardous Substances) Act 1990 (c. 10)In the Schedule, paragraph 8(5).
Government of Wales Act 1998 (c. 38)

Sections 1 to 26.

Section 27(1) to (5) and (8) to (10).

Sections 29 to 103.

Section 104(5).

Sections 106 to 124.

Section 144(6) and (8A).

In section 145(3), the words “(or, before the first ordinary election, the views of the Secretary of State)”.

In section 154—

(a)

in subsection (3), paragraph (a) and, in paragraph (b), the words “96(5), 117,” and the words “144(1) or (4),”,

(b)

subsection (4),

(c)

in subsection (6), in paragraph (a), the words from “3” to “118(1)(f),”, the words “144(1) or (4),” and the words “or paragraph 17(9) of Schedule 9” and paragraph (b) and the word “and” preceding it, and

(d)

subsection (7).

In section 155—

(a)

in subsection (1), the definitions of “Community law” and “delegate”,

(b)

subsection (2), and

(c)

in subsection (3), the words from “; and the” to the end.

Section 156.

Schedules 1 to 3.

Schedule 5.

Schedule 8.

Schedule 11.

In Schedule 12—

(a)

paragraph 2,

(b)

paragraph 7,

(c)

paragraph 8(2)(a), (3) and (4),

(d)

paragraph 12,

(e)

paragraph 13,

(f)

paragraph 15,

(g)

paragraph 17(3)(a),

(h)

paragraph 28, and

(i)

paragraph 30

Northern Ireland Act 1998 (c. 47)In Schedule 13, paragraph 8(2) to (4).
Pollution Prevention and Control Act 1999 (c. 24)In Schedule 2, paragraph 20.
Care Standards Act 2000 (c. 14)In Schedule 1, paragraph 27(a).
Government Resources and Accounts Act 2000 (c. 20)In Schedule 1, paragraphs 22, 23(a) and 24.
Learning and Skills Act 2000 (c. 21)In Schedule 9, paragraph 93.
Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000 (c. 41)

In Schedule 3, paragraphs 8 to 16.

In Schedule 21, paragraph 12.

House of Commons (Removal of Clergy Disqualification) Act 2001 (c. 13)In Schedule 1, paragraph 3.
European Parliamentary Elections Act 2002 (c. 24)In Schedule 3, paragraph 6.
Justice (Northern Ireland) Act 2002 (c. 26)In Schedule 7, paragraphs 3, 6 and 9.
Health (Wales) Act 2003 (c. 4)In Schedule 3, paragraph 10.
Local Government Act 2003 (c. 26)In Schedule 7, paragraph 67.
Criminal Justice Act 2003 (c. 44)In Schedule 26, paragraph 50.
Copyright and Related Rights Regulations 2003 (S.I. 2003/2498)In Schedule 1, paragraph 11(a).
Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 (c. 5)Section 60(7).
Public Audit (Wales) Act 2004 (c. 23)

Section 2.

Sections 6 to 11.

Section 65(2).

In Schedule 2, paragraphs 43 and 45.

Local Authorities (Capital Finance) (Consequential, Transitional and Saving Provisions) Order 2004 (S.I. 2004/533)Article 6.
Companies Act 1985 (Inter—national Accounting Standards and Other Accounting Amendments) Regulations 2004 (S.I. 2004/2947)In Schedule 7, paragraph 13.
Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4)In Schedule 9, paragraphs 87 to 92.
Public Services Ombudsman (Wales) Act 2005 (c. 10)

Section 12(9).

Section 16(9).

Section 21(11).

Section 23(6).

In section 24—

(a)

in subsection (2), paragraph (b) and the word “and” preceding it, andsubsection (3).

(b)

In section 41(1), the definition of “Assembly Cabinet”.

Section 44(3).

In Schedule 1, in paragraph 15(3), the words “to it”.

In Schedule 6, paragraphs 62 to 64.

Inquiries Act 2005 (c. 12)In section 1(2), the words following paragraph (c).

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