The National Assembly for Wales (Transfer of Property, Rights and Liabilities) Order 2007

Citation, commencement and interpretation

1.—(1) This Order may be cited as The National Assembly for Wales (Transfer of Property, Rights and Liabilities) Order 2007.

(2) This Order shall come into force immediately after the end of the initial period(1).

(3) In this Order—

the “1998 Act” means the Government of Wales Act 1998(2);

the “2006 Act” means the Government of Wales Act 2006;

the “1998 Act Assembly” means the corporate body known as the National Assembly for Wales constituted by the 1998 Act;

“Assembly Members” means persons elected to the 1998 Act Assembly pursuant to the 1998 Act;

the “Assembly Office” means the land and buildings in Cardiff Bay in the County of Cardiff known as the National Assembly for Wales Office, formerly known as Crickhowell House or Ty Crucywel, and referred to in the Assembly Office Lease as “the Premises”;

the “Assembly Office Lease” means the Lease dated 10th April 2007 whereby the Assembly Office was leased to the 1998 Act Assembly by Cardiff Bay Nominee 1 Limited and Cardiff Bay Nominee 2 Limited for 25 years from 10th April 2007;

the “Assembly Parliamentary Service” means the unit of staff referred to by that name in standing orders made under the 1998 Act;

“House Committee functions” means the functions delegated immediately before the beginning of the initial period under section 62 of the 1998 Act to the Committee of the 1998 Act Assembly referred to in standing orders made under that Act as the House Committee and which continue to be exercisable by virtue of paragraph 24 of Schedule 11 to the 2006 Act;

the “Queensgate Car Park Licence” means the Licence dated 23rd February 2007 whereby a licence was granted to APCOA Parking (UK) Limited by the 1998 Act Assembly in relation to land in Cardiff Bay in the County of Cardiff referred to in such Licence as “the Blue Land” and “the Red Land”; and

the “Senedd” means the land and buildings in Cardiff Bay in the County of Cardiff known as the Senedd and referred to in the agreements listed at numbers 5 to 7 inclusive in the Schedule to this Order.

(1)

The “initial period” is defined in section 161(5) of the Government of Wales Act 2006

(2)

1998 c.38.