SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 5Amendments of the New Towns Act 1981

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1

Section 39 (power of development corporations to transfer undertakings) is amended as follows.

2

In subsection (1) for “Secretary of State” substitute “ appropriate national authority ”.

3

In subsection (2) for “Secretary of State” substitute “ appropriate national authority ”.

4

In subsection (2A) for “in relation to Wales” substitute “ in the case of a development corporation established by the Welsh Ministers ”.

5

In subsection (3) for “Secretary of State” substitute “ appropriate national authority ”.

6

In subsection (4)—

a

at the beginning insert “In a case in which the appropriate national authority is the Secretary of State,”, and

b

for “Secretary of State”, where it first appears, substitute “ appropriate national authority ”.

7

In subsection (5)—

a

for “Secretary of State” substitute “ appropriate national authority ”, and

b

for “he” substitute “ the authority ”.

8

For subsection (5A) substitute—

5A

No order shall be made under subsection (5) above—

a

by the Secretary of State unless a draft of the order has been laid before, and approved by a resolution of, the House of Commons;

b

by the Welsh Ministers unless a draft of the order has been laid before, and approved by a resolution of, the National Assembly for Wales.