3.—(1) The following provisions are repealed—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”.