2000 No. 1147 (W.82)
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, WALES

The Welsh Development Agency (Financial Limit) Order 2000

Made
Coming into force
The National Assembly for Wales makes the following Order in exercise of the power conferred on the Secretary of State by section 18(3) of the Welsh Development Agency Act 19751, which is now vested in it2:

Citation and commencement1.

This Order may be cited as the Welsh Development Agency (Financial Limit) Order 2000 and shall come into force on 12th April 2000.

Increase in financial limit2.

For the purposes of section 18(3) of the Welsh Development Agency Act 1975 (finances of the Agency) the limit is specified as £2,000 million.

Signed on behalf of the National Assembly for Wales under section 66(1) of the Government of Wales Act 19983.
D.Elis Thomas
The Presiding Officer of the National Assembly
(This note does not form part of the Order)

The Welsh Development Agency is an executive Assembly Sponsored Public Body which was established by the Welsh Development Agency Act 1975 for the purposes of furthering the economic and social development of Wales, promoting efficiency in business and international competitiveness in Wales and furthering the improvement of the environment in Wales.

Subsection 18(3) of the 1975 Act specifies the Agency’s financial limit and provides for that limit to be increased by order. This Order increases the limit from £1,350 million to £2,000 million.