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Development of Rural Wales Act 1976 (c. 75)

This version of this statute is extracted from the UK Statute Law Database (SLD). It is not necessarily in the form in which it was originally enacted but is a revised version, which means that any subsequent amendments to the text and other effects are incorporated with annotations.

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Development of Rural Wales Act 1976

1976 CHAPTER 75

Contents

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  1. Development Board for Rural Wales

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  2. Provisions about the Welsh Development Agency

    1. 23. Amendments of Welsh Development Agency Act 1975

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  3. Provision for staff at the Council for Small Industries in Rural Areas

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  4. Financial assistance to social bodies in Wales

    1. 26. Financial assistance to bodies contributing to the social development of Wales

  5. Supplemental

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    9. 35. Citation commencement and extent

An Act to establish a Development Board for Rural Wales, to confer power on the Secretary of State to pay housing and rent rebate subsidies to the Board, to make provision in relation to certain other bodies concerned with the development of Wales, to confer power on the Secretary of State to give financial assistance to bodies concerned with the social development of Wales and for purposes connected with those purposes.

[22nd November 1976]

Annotations:

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1Act extended (1.3.1996) by 1995 c. 45, s. 16(1), Sch. 4 para. 2(1)(xxv); S.I. 1996/218, art. 2.

Act modified (1.3.1996) by 1995 c. 45, s. 16(1), Sch. 4 para. 2(10)(f); S.I. 1996/218, art. 2.

C2Act extended by Airports Act 1986 (c. 31, SIF 9), s. 58, Sch. 2 para. 1(1)

C3Act extended by Gas Act 1986 (c. 44, SIF 44:2), s. 67(1)(3), Sch. 7 para. 2(1)(xxxiv), Sch. 8 para. 33

C4Act modified by Gas Act 1986 (c. 44, SIF 44:2), s. 67(1)(3), Sch. 7 para. 2(9)(i), Sch. 8 para. 33

C5Act extended by Electricity Act 1989 (c. 29, SIF 44:1), s. 112(1)(3), Sch. 16 para. 1(1)(xxxi), Sch. 17 paras. 33, 35(1)

C6Act modified by Electricity Act 1989 (c. 29, SIF 44:1), s. 112(1)(3), Sch. 16 para. 3(1)(f), Sch. 17 paras. 33, 35(1)

C7Act extended by Water Act 1989 (c. 15, SIF 130), s. 190, Sch. 25 para. 1(2)(xxii) (with ss. 58(7), 101(1), 141(6), 160(1)(2)(4), 163, 189(4)–(10), 193(1), Sch. 26 paras. 3(1)(2), 17, 40(4), 57(6), 58)

C8Act modified by Water Act 1989 (c. 15, SIF 130), s. 190, Sch. 25 para. 1(10)(vi) (with ss. 58(7), 101(1), 141(6), 160(1)(2)(4), 163, 189(4)–(10), 193(1), Sch. 26 paras. 3(1)(2), 17, 40(4), 57(6), 58)

C9Power to delegate certain powers under the Act conferred (E.W.) by Housing Act 1985 (c. 68, SIF 61), s. 30(2)(b)

Commencement Information

I1Act not in force at Royal Assent see s. 35(2); Act wholly in force at 1.4.1977.

Development Board for Rural Wales

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F1S. 1 repealed (1.10.1998) by 1998 c. 38, s. 152, Sch. 18 Pt. IV (with ss. 137(1), 139(2), 143(2)); S.I. 1998/2244, art. 4.

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F1S. 2 repealed (1.10.1998) by 1998 c. 38, s. 152, Sch. 18 Pt. IV (with ss. 137(1), 139(2), 143(2)); S.I. 1998/2244, art. 4.

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F1S. 3 repealed (1.10.1998) by 1998 c. 38, s. 152, Sch. 18 Pt. IV (with ss. 137(1), 139(2), 143(2)); S.I. 1998/2244, art. 4.

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F1S. 4 repealed (1.10.1998) by 1998 c. 38, s. 152, Sch. 18 Pt. IV (with ss. 137(1), 139(2), 143(2)); S.I. 1998/2244, art. 4.

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F1S. 5 repealed (1.10.1998) by 1998 c. 38, s. 152, Sch. 18 Pt. IV (with ss. 137(1), 139(2), 143(2)); S.I. 1998/2244, art. 4.

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F1S. 6 repealed (1.10.1998) by 1998 c. 38, s. 152, Sch. 18 Pt. IV (with ss. 137(1), 139(2), 143(2)); S.I. 1998/2244, art. 4.

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F1S. 7 repealed by Overseas Development and Co-operation Act 1980 (c. 63, SIF 88), s. 18, Sch. 2 Pt. I

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F1S. 8 repealed (1.10.1998) by 1998 c. 38, s. 152, Sch. 18 Pt. IV (with ss. 137(1), 139(2), 143(2)); S.I. 1998/2244, art. 4.

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F1S. 9 repealed (1.10.1998) by 1998 c. 38, s. 152, Sch. 18 Pt. IV (with ss. 137(1), 139(2), 143(2)); S.I. 1998/2244, art. 4.

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F1S. 10 repealed (1.10.1998) by 1998 c. 38, s. 152, Sch. 18 Pt. IV (with ss. 137(1), 139(2), 143(2)); S.I. 1998/2244, art. 4.

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F1S. 11 repealed (1.10.1998) by 1998 c. 38, s. 152, Sch. 18 Pt. IV (with ss. 137(1), 139(2), 143(2)); S.I. 1998/2244, art. 4.

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F1S. 12 repealed (1.10.1998) by 1998 c. 38, s. 152, Sch. 18 Pt. IV (with ss. 137(1), 139(2), 143(2)); S.I. 1998/2244, art. 4.

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F1S. 13 repealed (1.10.1998) by 1998 c. 38, s. 152, Sch. 18 Pt. IV (with ss. 137(1), 139(2), 143(2)); S.I. 1998/2244, art. 4.

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F1S. 13A repealed (1.10.1998) by 1998 c. 38, s. 152, Sch. 18 Pt. IV (with ss. 137(1), 139(2), 143(2)); S.I. 1998/2244, art. 4.

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F1S. 14 repealed (1.10.1998) by 1998 c. 38, s. 152, Sch. 18 Pt. IV (with ss. 137(1), 139(2), 143(2)); S.I. 1998/2244, art. 4.

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F1S. 15 repealed (1.10.1998) by 1998 c. 38, s. 152, Sch. 18 Pt. IV (with ss. 137(1), 139(2), 143(2)); S.I. 1998/2244, art. 4.

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F1S. 16 repealed (1.10.1998) by 1998 c. 38, s. 152, Sch. 18 Pt. IV (with ss. 137(1), 139(2), 143(2)); S.I. 1998/2244, art. 4.

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F1S. 17 repealed (1.10.1998) by 1998 c. 38, s. 152, Sch. 18 Pt. IV (with ss. 137(1), 139(2), 143(2)); S.I. 1998/2244, art. 4.

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F1S. 18 repealed (1.10.1998) by 1998 c. 38, s. 152, Sch. 18 Pt. IV (with ss. 137(1), 139(2), 143(2)); S.I. 1998/2244, art. 4.

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F1S. 19 repealed and superseded with saving by Social Security and Housing Benefits Act 1982 (c. 24, SIF 113:1), s. 32(7), Sch. 5 and S.I. 1982/906, art. 3(2) and wholly repealed (1.10.1998) by 1998 c. 38, s. 152, Sch. 18 Pt. IV (with ss. 137(1), 139(2), 143(2)); S.I. 1998/2244, art. 4.

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F1S. 20 repealed and superseded by Social Security and Housing Benefits Act 1982 (c. 24, SIF 113:1), s. 28(5), Sch. 5 and wholly repealed (1.10.1998) by 1998 c. 38, s. 152, Sch. 18 Pt. IV (with ss. 137(1), 139(2), 143(2)); S.I. 1998/2244, art. 4.

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F1S. 21 repealed (1.10.1998) by 1998 c. 38, s. 152, Sch. 18 Pt. IV (with ss. 137(1), 139(2), 143(2)); S.I. 1998/2244, art. 4.

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F1S. 22 repealed (1.10.1998) by 1998 c. 38, s. 152, Sch. 18 Pt. IV (with ss. 137(1), 139(2), 143(2)); S.I. 1998/2244, art. 4.

Provisions about the Welsh Development Agency

Annotations:

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1The text of ss. 17(2), 23 and 27 is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991.

23 Amendments of Welsh Development Agency Act 1975

(1)M1The Welsh Development Agency Act 1975 shall be amended as provided in this section.

(2)In section 2(1) (membership of the Agency), for the words “six nor more than eight" there shall be substituted the words “seven nor more than nine".

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F1S. 23(3)(4) repealed (1.10.1998) by 1998 c. 38, s. 152, Sch. 18 Pt. IV (with ss. 137(1), 139(2), 143(2)); S.I. 1998/2244, art. 4.

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1The text of ss. 17(2), 23 and 27 is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991.

Marginal Citations

M11975 c. 70.

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F1S. 24 repealed (1.10.1998) by 1998 c. 38, s. 152, Sch. 18 Pt. IV (with ss. 137(1), 139(2), 143(2)); S.I. 1998/2244, art. 4.

Provision for staff at the Council for Small Industries in Rural Areas

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F1S. 25 repealed (1.10.1998) by 1998 c. 38, s. 152, Sch. 18 Pt. IV (with ss. 137(1), 139(2), 143(2)); S.I. 1998/2244, art. 4.

Financial assistance to social bodies in Wales

26 Financial assistance to bodies contributing to the social development of Wales

(1)Subject to subsection (2) below, the Secretary of State may, with the approval of the Treasury, give financial assistance to any person F1. . . engaged in an activity in Wales which the Secretary of State considers will contribute to the social development of Wales or any part of Wales.

(2)The Secretary of State shall not give financial assistance under this section to a person who carries on or intends to carry on [F2a business; and in this subsection “business" has the same meaning as in the Welsh Development Agency Act 1975].

(3)The financial assistance may be by way of grant, loan or the giving of guarantees or by any combination of those means.

(4)The conditions which may be attached to the giving of financial assistance under this section include conditions for repayment of the whole or any part of a grant in any circumstances.

(5)Any sums repaid to the Secretary of State in pursuance of this section shall be paid by him into the Consolidated Fund.

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F1Words in s. 26(1) repealed (1.10.1998) by 1998 c. 38, s. 152, Sch. 18 Pt. IV (with ss. 137(1), 139(2), 143(2)); S.I. 1998/2244, art. 4.

F2Words in s. 26(2) substituted (1.10.1998) by 1998 c. 38, s. 128, Sch. 14 Pt. II para. 15 (with ss. 139(2), 143(2)); S.I. 1998/2244, art. 4.

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1S. 26: transfer of functions by S.I. 1999/672, art. 2, Sch. 1

Supplemental

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F1S. 27 repealed (1.10.1998) by 1998 c. 38, s. 152, Sch. 18 Pt. IV (with ss. 137(1), 139(2), 143(2)); S.I. 1998/2244, art. 4.

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F1S. 28 repealed (1.10.1998) by 1998 c. 38, s. 152, Sch. 18 Pt. IV (with ss. 137(1), 139(2), 143(2)); S.I. 1998/2244, art. 4.

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F1S. 29 repealed (1.10.1998) by 1998 c. 38, s. 152, Sch. 18 Pt. IV (with ss. 137(1), 139(2), 143(2)); S.I. 1998/2244, art. 4.

F130. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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F1S. 30 repealed (1.10.1998) by 1998 c. 38, s. 152, Sch. 18 Pt. IV (with ss. 137(1), 139(2), 143(2)); S.I. 1998/2244, art. 4.

F131. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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F1S. 31 repealed by Finance Act 1985 (c. 54, SIF 63:1), s. 98(6), Sch. 27 Pt. X Note 2

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F1S. 32 repealed (1.10.1998) by 1998 c. 38, s. 152, Sch. 18 Pt. IV (with ss. 137(1), 139(2), 143(2)); S.I. 1998/2244, art. 4.

F133. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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F1S. 33 repealed (1.10.1998) by 1998 c. 38, s. 152, Sch. 18 Pt. IV (with ss. 137(1), 139(2), 143(2)); S.I. 1998/2244, art. 4.

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F1S. 34 repealed (1.10.1998) by 1998 c. 38, s. 152, Sch. 18 Pt. IV (with ss. 137(1), 139(2), 143(2)); S.I. 1998/2244, art. 4.