1.—(1) The title of this Order is the Historic Buildings Council for Wales (Abolition) Order 2006.
(2) This Order comes into force on 1 April 2006.
(3) In this Order—
“the 1953 Act” (“Deddf 1953”) means the Historic Buildings and Ancient Monuments Act 1953; and
“the Council” (“y Cyngor”) means the Historic Buildings Council for Wales.
2.—(1) The Council is abolished.
(2) All property and rights to which the Council is entitled, and any liabilities to which the Council is subject, are transferred to the National Assembly.
3.—(1) The following provisions are repealed—
(a)sections 2 (insofar as it applies to section 3), 3 and 9(1) of the 1953 Act;
(b)sections 77(7), (8) and (9), 79(2) and 80(4) of the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990(1); and
(c)the entry relating to the Council in—
(i)Part II of Schedule 1A to the Race Relations Act 1976(2),
(ii)Part I of Schedule 4 to the Government of Wales Act 1998, and
(iii)Part VI of Schedule 1 to the Freedom of Information Act 2000(3).
(2) The entry relating to the Council in—
(a)Schedule 3 to the Race Relations Act 1976 (Statutory Duties) Order 2001(4),
(b)Part I of Schedule 1 to the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (Commencement No.2) Order 2002(5).
is revoked.
(3) In section 5(4) of the 1953 Act—
(a)for “the appropriate Commission or Council”, substitute “the Commission”;
(b)after “accepting any property”, insert “situated in England”;
(c)after “dealing with any”, insert “such”; and
(d)for “the said Commission or Council”, substitute “the Commission”.
(4) In—
(a)paragraph 2(2)(b) of Schedule 9 to the Electricity Act 1989(6); and
(b)paragraph (a) of the definition of “competent authority” in regulation 1(2) of the Environmental Protection (Controls on Injurious Substances) Regulations 1992(7),
for “Historic Buildings Council”, substitute “National Assembly”.
Signed on behalf of the National Assembly for Wales under section 66(1) of the Government of Wales Act 1998.
D. Elis-Thomas
The Presiding Officer of the National Assembly
18 January 2006