Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980

Part XVE+W+S New Towns

Payments to Secretary of StateE+W+S

F1126—130.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .E+W+S

LicensingE+W+S

131 Off-licences: special provisions to cease.E+W

(1)Part VI of the 1964 Act (licensing in new towns) shall cease to have effect in relation to the licensing of premises in new towns by way of a justices off-licence.

(2)References in Part VI of the 1964 Act to licensed premises and to a justices’ licence shall be construed accordingly.

(3)In consequence of subsection (1) above, the following provisions of the 1964 Act shall be omitted, namely sections 112(1)(a)(ii) and (b)(ii) and in section 112(5) the words “or licensed premises".

(4)Nothing in this section affects the operation of section 111 of the 1964 Act as respects an application made before the date on which this section comes into force or made at the licensing sessions next held after that day.

(5)Where the Development Board for Rural Wales is responsible under the M1Development of Rural Wales Act 1976 for the development of a new town, this section and section 132 below shall apply as if the Board were the development corporation for the new town.

132 Power to end special licensing provisions.E+W

(1)If a development corporation for a new town and the committee constituted for the new town under section 108 of the 1964 Act jointly apply to the Secretary of State for him to make an order under this section, he may make such an order.

(2)The power to make an order under this section shall be exercisable by statutory instrument.

(3)On an order coming into effect, subsections (4) to (6) below shall apply.

(4)If under section 108 of the 1964 Act a committee was constituted for that new town only the committee shall cease to exist.

(5)If under section 108 of the 1964 Act a committee was constituted for that and another new town—

(a)the committee shall cease to exercise its functions as respects the first-mentioned new town, and then this section shall apply as if under section 108 the committee had been constituted for the other new town only; and

(b)the Secretary of State shall vary any order made by him under the section in such manner as appears to him requisite in consequence of the coming into effect of the order under this section.

(6)Sections 111 and 112 of the 1964 Act shall cease to apply to the new town, but without prejudice to the operation of section 111 as respects an application made before the date on which the order comes into effect or made at the licensing sessions next held after that day.

MiscellaneousE+W+S

133 Interpretation, amendments and extent.E+W+S

(1)In this Part of this Act—

• [F2“development corporation” has the same meaning as in the M2New Towns Act 1981]

• F3“the 1964 Act” means the M3Licensing Act 1964;

• F3“the 1968 Act” means the M4New Towns (Scotland) Act 1968.

(2)The amendments to F4 the 1968 Act, the M5Land Compensation Act 1961 and the M6Land Compensation (Scotland) Act 1963 mentioned in Schedule 25 below shall have effect.

(3)

F5(4)This Part of this Act does not extend [F6to Scotland (apart from this section) or] to Northern Ireland.