Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 (c. 56)E+W

1.  In the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954—

(1) in subsection (1A)(a) of section 59 (Compensation for exercise of powers under sections 57 and 58), after “Welsh Development Agency Act 1975,” insert “and were transferred to the National Assembly for Wales by virtue of the Welsh Development Agency (Transfer of Functions to the National Assembly for Wales and Abolition) Order 2005.”;

(2) for section 59(1A)(b) substitute—

“(b)the tenant was not the tenant of the premises when the interest by virtue of which the certificate was given was acquired by the Welsh Development Agency or, if the interest was acquired on or after 1 April 2006, by the National Assembly for Wales in exercise of functions transferred to it by the Welsh Development Agency (Transfer of Functions to the National Assembly for Wales and Abolition) Order 2005”;

(3) in subsection (1) of section 60A (Welsh Development Agency premises), for “Welsh Development Agency is the landlord, and the Secretary of State” substitute “National Assembly for Wales is the landlord by virtue of the Welsh Development Agency (Transfer of Functions to the National Assembly for Wales and Abolition) Order 2005 or by virtue of the Assembly exercising its functions under that Order, and the Assembly”; and

(4) in section 60A(2) for “Secretary of State” substitute “National Assembly for Wales”.