Part XIIE+W+N.I. The Land Authority for Wales

MiscellaneousE+W

106 Further provisions.E+W

The further provisions contained in Schedule 21 below (provisions about finance, accounts, records, information, etc. in relation to the Authority) shall have effect.

107 Financial provisions.E+W

(1)Any expenses of the Secretary of State under this Part of this Act shall be paid out of money provided by Parliament.

(2)Any sum paid to the Secretary of State under this Part of this Act shall except as otherwise expressly provided, be paid into the Consolidated Fund.

108 Interpretation: statutory undertakers etc.E+W

(1)In this Part of this Act, unless the context otherwise requires, “statutory undertakers” means—

(a)persons authorised by any enactment to carry on any railway, light railway, tramway, road transport, water transport, canal, inland navigation, dock, harbour, pier or lighthouse undertaking, or any undertaking for the supply of F1, F2[F3hydraulic power or water][F3or hydraulic power]

(b). . . F4 the Civil Aviation Authority, the [F5British Coal Corporation], the Post Office and any other authority, body or undertakers which by virtue of any enactment are to be treated as statutory undertakers for any of the purposes of [F6the 1990 Act], and

(c)any other authority, body or undertakers specified in an order made by the Secretary of State under this paragraph,

and “statutory undertaking” shall be construed accordingly.

(2)In this Part of this Act the expression “the appropriate Minister", and any reference to the Secretary of State and the appropriate Minister—

(a)in relation to any statutory undertakers who are also statutory udertakers for the purposes of any provision of Part XI of [F6the 1990 Act], shall have the same meanings as in the said Part XI, and

(b)in relation to any other statutory undertakers, shall have the meanings given by an order made by the Secretary of State under this subsection.

(3)If, in relation to anything required or authorised to be done under this Part of this Act, any question arises as to which Minister is the appropriate Minister in relation to any statutory undertakers, that question shall be determined by the Treasury.

(4)An order made under this section shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.

109 Interpretation: general.E+W

In this Part of this Act, unless the context otherwise requires, the following expressions have the following meanings:—

  • agriculture” has the meaning assigned to it by [F7section 336 of the 1990 Act]

  • the Authority” means the Land Authority for Wales;

  • common” includes any land subject to be enclosed under the Inclosure Acts 1845 to 1882, and any town or village green;

  • development” has the meaning assigned to it by [F8section 55 of the 1990 Act] and cognate expressions shall be construed accordingly;

  • disposing” includes disposing by sale, exchange or lease and, in the case of a lease, by grant or assignment, and cognate expressions shall be construed accordingly;

  • fuel or field garden allotment” means any allotment set out as a fuel allotment, or a field garden allotment, under an Inclosure Act;

  • land” means any corporeal hereditament, including a building and includes an interest in or right over land;

  • lease” includes an underlease or sublease and an agreement for a lease, underlease or sublease, but does not include an option to take a lease or a mortgage;

  • [F9the 1981 Act” means the M1Acquisition of Land Act 1981;]

  • [F10the 1990 Act” means the Town and Country Planning Act 1990;]

  • the 1975 Act” means the M2Community Land Act 1975;

  • open space” means any land laid out as a public garden or used for the purposes of public recreation, or land which is a disused burial ground.

110 Supplementary.E+W

The supplementary provisions (including savings and transitional provisions) in Schedule 22 below shall have effect.

111 Extent.E+W

This Part of this Act (except paragraph 15 of Schedule 22) does not extend to Scotland or Northern Ireland.