Welsh Statutory Instruments

2021 No. 152 (W. 37)

Land Charges, Wales

The Local Land Charges (Fees) (Wales) Rules 2021

Made

12 February 2021

Laid before Senedd Cymru

15 February 2021

Coming into force

1 April 2021

The Welsh Ministers in exercise of the powers conferred on the Lord Chancellor by section 14(1)(h) of the Local Land Charges Act 1975(1) and now vested in them so far as exercisable in relation to Wales(2) make the following Rules.

(1)

1975 c. 76. Section 14(1)(h) was substituted by section 34(1) and (2)(a) of, and paragraph 13 (2)(d) of Schedule 5 to, the Infrastructure Act 2015 (c. 7).

(2)

The function of the Lord Chancellor under section 14(1) so far as it relates to the power to make rules for prescribing fees and the manner of payment of fees was transferred to the National Assembly for Wales by the National Assembly for Wales (Transfer of Functions) Order 2004 (S.I. 2004/3044) and is now vested in the Welsh Ministers by virtue of section 162 and paragraph 30 of Schedule 11 to the Government of Wales Act 2006 (c. 32).