The Compulsory Purchase of Land (Written Representations Procedure) (National Assembly for Wales) Regulations 2004

Welsh Statutory Instruments

2004 No. 2730 (W.237)

ACQUISITION OF LAND, WALES

The Compulsory Purchase of Land (Written Representations Procedure) (National Assembly for Wales) Regulations 2004

Made

19 October 2004

Coming into force

31 October 2004

The National Assembly for Wales (“the National Assembly”), in exercise of its powers under sections 7(2), 13A(2) and (6) and 13B(7) of, and paragraph 4A(2), (7) and (8) of Schedule 1 to, the Acquisition of Land Act 1981(1), and all other powers enabling it in that behalf, hereby makes the following Regulations:

(1)

1981 c. 67; sections 13A(2) and (6) and 13B(7) of, and paragraph 4A(2), (7) and (8) of Schedule 1 to, the Acquisition of Land Act 1981 were inserted by the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 (c. 5). In relation to Wales, the powers contained in those provisions are, for the most part, exercisable by the National Assembly for Wales by virtue of section 121(1) of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004. Most of the functions of the Secretary of State relating to the authorisation of the compulsory purchase of land in Wales (including section 7(2) of the Acquisition of Land Act 1981) were transferred to the National Assembly for Wales by the National Assembly for Wales (Transfer of Functions) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/672).