1. This order may be cited as the Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980 (Commencement No. 8) Order 1983 and shall come into operation on 3rd March 1983.

2. Part X of the Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980 shall come into operation on 3rd March 1983 in the areas of the district councils specified in the Schedule to this order.

SCHEDULE

• Alyn and Deeside

• Cardiff

• Newport

• Swansea

• Vale of Glamorgan

• Wrexham Maelor

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This order brings Part X of the Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980 into force in certain areas of Wales. The Schedule to this order specifies the district councils in whose areas Part X of the Act comes into operation and the order specifies the date from which it operates in those areas. Part X provides for registers to be kept of land owned by public bodies, being land which, in the opinion of the Secretary of State, is not being used or not being sufficiently used for the performance of a public body's functions or of carrying on their undertaking. Part X also provides that the Secretary of State may direct a public body who own land on a register to take steps to dispose of it.

NOTE AS TO EARLIER COMMENCEMENT ORDERS

The following provisions of the Act have been brought into force by commencement orders made before the date of this order.