Part VIU.K. Reform of Welsh public bodies

The Development Board for Rural WalesU.K.

129 Cessation of functions.U.K.

(1)The functions of the Development Board for Rural Wales shall cease to exist.

(2)Schedule 15 (amendments of enactments relating to that Board in consequence of subsection (1)) has effect.

130 Transfer of property, staff etc. to Welsh Development Agency.U.K.

(1)There shall be transferred to and vest in the Welsh Development Agency by virtue of this subsection all property, rights and liabilities to which the Development Board for Rural Wales is entitled or subject when the functions of that Board cease to exist.

(2)A certificate issued by the Secretary of State that any property has been transferred by subsection (1) shall be conclusive evidence of the transfer.

(3)Subsection (1) has effect in relation to property, rights or liabilities to which it applies in spite of any provision (of whatever nature) which would prevent or restrict the transfer of the property, rights or liabilities otherwise than by that subsection.

(4)Subsection (1) does not have effect to continue in force any contract of employment; but the Secretary of State may by order make provision for the transfer of staff of the Development Board for Rural Wales.

(5)An order under subsection (4) may make any appropriate consequential, incidental, supplementary or transitional provisions or savings.

131 Transitional provisions.U.K.

(1)Nothing in section 129 or Schedule 15, or in any repeal made by this Act, affects the validity of anything done by or in relation to the Development Board for Rural Wales before its functions cease to exist.

(2)There may be continued by or in relation to the Welsh Development Agency anything (including legal proceedings) which—

(a)relates to any of the functions of the Development Board for Rural Wales or to any property, rights or liabilities transferred by section 130(1), and

(b)is in the process of being done by or in relation to that Board when its functions cease to exist.

(3)Anything which—

(a)was done by the Development Board for Rural Wales for the purpose of or in connection with any of its functions or any property, rights or liabilities transferred by section 130(1), and

(b)is in effect immediately before its functions cease to exist,

shall have effect as if done by the Welsh Development Agency.

(4)The Welsh Development Agency shall be substituted for the Development Board for Rural Wales in any instruments, contracts or legal proceedings which—

(a)relate to any of the functions of that Board or to any property, rights or liabilities transferred by section 130(1), and

(b)are made or commenced before its functions cease to exist.

132 Winding-down.U.K.

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133 Abolition etc.U.K.

(1)The Development Board for Rural Wales shall cease to exist when the Secretary of State, being satisfied that its duties under section 132 have been discharged, by order so directs.

(2)No amendment or repeal made by this Act or by virtue of subsection (3) affects—

(a)the continuance of the Development Board for Rural Wales for the purpose of exercising its functions under section 132, or

(b)the continued operation for that purpose of any enactment relating to the Development Board for Rural Wales.

(3)The Secretary of State may by order make any consequential, incidental, supplementary or transitional provisions, and any savings, which appear to him to be appropriate in consequence of or otherwise in connection with—

(a)the functions of the Development Board for Rural Wales ceasing to exist under section 129,

(b)the transfer of property, rights and liabilities of that Board by section 130(1),

(c)the abolition of that Board, or

(d)the repeal by this Act of any provision of the M1Development of Rural Wales Act 1976.

(4)An order under subsection (3) may include provisions in the form of amendments or repeals of any of sections 129 to 132, Schedule 15 or any other enactment.