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New Towns Act 1981

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SCHEDULE 11 Saving and Transitional Provisions

Section 81. General 1 Where any period of time specified in or under an enactment repealed by this Act is current at the commencement of this Act, this Act has effect as if the corresponding provision had been in force when the period begun to run. 2 (1) Any provision of this Act relating to anything done or required or authorised to be done under or by reference to that provision or any other provision of this Act shall (subject to paragraphs 3 to 5 below) have effect as if any reference to that provision or that other provision, as the case may be, included a reference to the corresponding provision of the enactments repealed by this Act. (2) Where the repealed provision was itself a re-enactment of an earlier provision the reference shall extend in the same way to that earlier provision and so on. Advances ... to development corporations under previous enactments 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 For the purposes of section 60 above— (a) any advance to a development corporation made before the commencement of the New Towns Act 1965 under section 12(1) of the New Towns Act 1946, or (b) any such advance made before the commencement of this Act under section 42(1) of that Act of 1965, shall continue to be regarded as having been made under that section 12(1). or that section 42(1), as the case may be, and not under section 58(1) above (which corresponds to those provisions). 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Saving as to certain provisions relating to housing 6 Notwithstanding the repeal by this Act of subsections (2) and (5) of section 4 of the New Towns Act 1959 those subsections have such effect as they had immediately before the commencement of this Act; and the power conferred by virtue of sections 152(3) and 153(4) of the Housing Act 1980 to bring into operation Schedule 26 to that Act (repeals) has effect as if that Schedule included a reference to this paragraph. Land Compensation Act 1961 7 Notwithstanding the repeal by this Act of the New Towns Act 1966, the amendments made by section 2 of and Part I of the Schedule to that Act to the Land Compensation Act 1961 continue to have effect as provided by that section 2. National Loans Act 1968 8 Section 24(2) of and Part I of Schedule 6 to the National Loans Act 1968 continue to have such effect in relation to sections 44(2) and (4). 45(2) and 46(5) of the New Towns Act 1965 as they had immediately before the commencement of this Act. 9–10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Land Compensation Act 1973 11 Nothing in this Act affects the operation of the savings made in sections 72(6) and 86 of and Schedule 3 to the Land Compensation Act 1973 in relation to the repeal of section 11 of and paragraph 7 of Schedule 6 to the New Towns Act 1965. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Schedule 25 to the Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980 13 (1) Nothing in— (a) paragraphs (a) and (b) of section 4(5) above, (b) section 17(3) above, (c) section 37(6) above, affects a transaction or purported disposal made before the coming into force of Part I of Schedule 25 to the Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980. (2) In relation to any transaction or purported disposal made before the coming into force of Part I of that Schedule, for the words in sections 5(4) and 37(5) above “and such a person shall not be concerned to see or enquire whether a direction under that subsection has been given or complied with” substitute “unless that person had actual notice of that direction”. (3) The repeal by this Act of paragraph 5(2) of that Schedule does not affect the validity by virtue of that sub-paragraph of any consent given before the commencement of this Act.

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SCHEDULE 11 Saving and Transitional Provisions

Section 81. General 1 Where any period of time specified in or under an enactment repealed by this Act is current at the commencement of this Act, this Act has effect as if the corresponding provision had been in force when the period begun to run. 2 (1) Any provision of this Act relating to anything done or required or authorised to be done under or by reference to that provision or any other provision of this Act shall (subject to paragraphs 3 to 5 below) have effect as if any reference to that provision or that other provision, as the case may be, included a reference to the corresponding provision of the enactments repealed by this Act. (2) Where the repealed provision was itself a re-enactment of an earlier provision the reference shall extend in the same way to that earlier provision and so on. Advances ... to development corporations under previous enactments 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 For the purposes of section 60 above— (a) any advance to a development corporation made before the commencement of the New Towns Act 1965 under section 12(1) of the New Towns Act 1946, or (b) any such advance made before the commencement of this Act under section 42(1) of that Act of 1965, shall continue to be regarded as having been made under that section 12(1). or that section 42(1), as the case may be, and not under section 58(1) above (which corresponds to those provisions). 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Saving as to certain provisions relating to housing 6 Notwithstanding the repeal by this Act of subsections (2) and (5) of section 4 of the New Towns Act 1959 those subsections have such effect as they had immediately before the commencement of this Act; and the power conferred by virtue of sections 152(3) and 153(4) of the Housing Act 1980 to bring into operation Schedule 26 to that Act (repeals) has effect as if that Schedule included a reference to this paragraph. Land Compensation Act 1961 7 Notwithstanding the repeal by this Act of the New Towns Act 1966, the amendments made by section 2 of and Part I of the Schedule to that Act to the Land Compensation Act 1961 continue to have effect as provided by that section 2. National Loans Act 1968 8 Section 24(2) of and Part I of Schedule 6 to the National Loans Act 1968 continue to have such effect in relation to sections 44(2) and (4). 45(2) and 46(5) of the New Towns Act 1965 as they had immediately before the commencement of this Act. 9–10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Land Compensation Act 1973 11 Nothing in this Act affects the operation of the savings made in sections 72(6) and 86 of and Schedule 3 to the Land Compensation Act 1973 in relation to the repeal of section 11 of and paragraph 7 of Schedule 6 to the New Towns Act 1965. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Schedule 25 to the Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980 13 (1) Nothing in— (a) paragraphs (a) and (b) of section 4(5) above, (b) section 17(3) above, (c) section 37(6) above, affects a transaction or purported disposal made before the coming into force of Part I of Schedule 25 to the Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980. (2) In relation to any transaction or purported disposal made before the coming into force of Part I of that Schedule, for the words in sections 5(4) and 37(5) above “and such a person shall not be concerned to see or enquire whether a direction under that subsection has been given or complied with” substitute “unless that person had actual notice of that direction”. (3) The repeal by this Act of paragraph 5(2) of that Schedule does not affect the validity by virtue of that sub-paragraph of any consent given before the commencement of this Act.

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