Statement by the Delegation of Norway in response to the report by the High Commissioner on National Minorities, Ms. Astrid Thors
S. 1 repealed by “Industrial ” Development Act 1982 (c. 52, SIF 64), s. 19(1)(2), Sch. 2 Pt. I, Sch. 3 S. 2 repealed by Industry Act 1972 (c. 63), s. 13(4), Sch. 4 Pt. I Ss. 3, 4 repealed by Industry Act 1972 (c. 63), s. 13(3), Sch. 4 Pt. I S. 5 repealed by Industrial Development Act 1982 (c. 52, SIF 64), s. 19(1)(2), Sch. 2 Pt. I, Sch. 3 S. 6 repealed by Employment and Training Act 1973 (c. 50), Sch. 4 S. 7 repealed by Industrial Development Act 1982 (c. 52, SIF 64), s. 19(1)(2), Sch. 2 Pt. I, Sch. 3 S. 8 repealed by Derelict Land Act 1982 (c. 42, SIF 46:4), ss. 1(12)(13), 2(3)(4), 5(2), Sch. S. 9 repealed by Industrial Development Act 1982 (c. 52, SIF 64), s. 19(1)(2), Sch. 2 Pt. I, Sch. 3 S. 10 repealed by English Industrial Estates Corporation Act 1981 (c. 13, SIF 64), s. 9(4), Sch. 2 S. 11(1)–(3) repealed by Industry Act 1980 (c. 33, SIF 64), ss. 21(1), 22, Sch. 2 S. 11 (4)(5) repealed by English Industrial Estates Corporation Act 1981 (c. 13, SIF 64), s. 9(4), Sch. 2 S. 11 (6)(7) repealed by Industry Act 1980 (c. 33, SIF 64), ss. 21(1), 22, Sch. 2 S. 11 (8)–(10) repealed by English Industrial Estates Corporation Act 1981 (c. 13, SIF 64), s. 9(4), Sch. 2 S. 12 repealed by English Industrial Estates Corporation Act 1981 (c. 13, SIF 64), s. 9(4), Sch. 2 Ss. 13, 14, 16, 17, 18, 20, 21(1) and 22(3)(4) repealed by Industrial Development Act 1982 (c. 52, SIF 64), s. 9(4), Sch. 2 Pt. I, Sch. 3 S. 15 repealed by Industry Act 1972 (c. 63), Sch. 4 Pt. I Ss. 13, 14, 16, 17, 18, 20, 21(1) and 22(3)(4) repealed by Industrial Development Act 1982 (c. 52, SIF 64), s. 9(4), Sch. 2 Pt. I, Sch. 3 Words repealed by Industry Act 1972 (c. 63), Sch. 4 Pt. I Ss. 13, 14, 16, 17, 18, 20, 21(1) and 22(3)(4) repealed by Industrial Development Act 1982 (c. 52, SIF 64), s. 9(4), Sch. 2 Pt. I, Sch. 3 Ss. 13, 14, 16, 17, 18, 20, 21(1) and 22(3)(4) repealed by Industrial Development Act 1982 (c. 52, SIF 64), s. 9(4), Sch. 2 Pt. I, Sch. 3 S. 22(2) repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1978 (c. 45), Sch. 1 Pt. VIII Ss. 13, 14, 16, 17, 18, 20, 21(1) and 22(3)(4) repealed by Industrial Development Act 1982 (c. 52, SIF 64), s. 9(4), Sch. 2 Pt. I, Sch. 3 Sch. 1 repealed by English Industrial Estates Corporation Act 1981 (c. 13, SIF 64), s. 9(4), Sch. 2 Sch. 2 para. 2 repealed by Industry Act 1980 (c. 33, SIF 64), s. 21(1), Sch. 2 Sch. 2 para. 3 repealed (with saving) by Industrial Development Act 1982 (c. 52, SIF 64), s. 19(1)(2), Sch. 2 Pt. I, Pt. II para. 1, Sch. 3 Sch. 2 paras. 4, 8–10 repealed by Industrial Development Act 1982 (c. 52, SIF 64), s. 19(1)(2), Sch. 2 Pt. I, Sch. 3 Sch. 2 paras. 6, 7 repealed by Industry Act 1972 (c. 63), Sch. 4 Pt. I Sch. 2 paras. 6, 7 repealed by Industry Act 1972 (c. 63), Sch. 4 Pt. I Sch. 2 paras. 4, 8–10 repealed by Industrial Development Act 1982 (c. 52, SIF 64), s. 19(1)(2), Sch. 2 Pt. I, Sch. 3 Sch. 2 paras. 4, 8–10 repealed by Industrial Development Act 1982 (c. 52, SIF 64), s. 19(1)(2), Sch. 2 Pt. I, Sch. 3 Entries repealed by Industrial Development Act 1982 (c. 52, SIF 64), s. 19, Sch. 2 Pt. I para. 1, Sch. 3 Entry repealed by Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1972 (c. 52), Sch. 23 Entry repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1978 (c.45), Sch. 1 Pt. VIII Entries repealed by Industrial Development Act 1982 (c. 52, SIF 64), s. 19, Sch. 2 Pt. I para. 1, Sch. 3 Entry repealed by Industrial Development Act 1982 (c. 52, SIF 64), s. 19, Sch. 2 Pt. I para. 1, Sch. 3 and also expressed to be repealed by Housing and Building Control Act 1984 (c. 29, SIF 61), s. 61(2), Sch. 12 Pt. I Sch. 3: the entry relating to the Industrial Development Act 1966 repealed (5.11.1993) by 1993 c. 50, s. 1(1), Sch. 1 Pt. IX Group2. Entries repealed by Industrial Development Act 1982 (c. 52, SIF 64), s. 19, Sch. 2 Pt. I para. 1, Sch. 3 Entries repealed by Industrial Development Act 1982 (c. 52, SIF 64), s. 19, Sch. 2 Pt. I para. 1, Sch. 3 Entry repealed by Industrial Development Act 1982 (c. 52, SIF 64), s. 19, Sch. 2 Pt. I para. 1, Sch. 3 and expressed to be repealed by Planning (Consequential Provisions) Act 1990 (c. 11, SIF 123:1, 2), s. 3, Sch. 1 Pt. I Sch. 4 repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1978 (c. 45), Sch. 1 Pt. VIII The text of s. 22(1) and Sch. 3 is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991. The text of s. 22(1) and Sch. 3 is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991. 1889 c. 63. 1960 c. 18. 1966 c. 34. 1960 c. 18. 1966 c. 34. 1966 c. 34. 1970 c. 24. An Act to consolidate, with certain exceptions, the provisions of the Local Employment Acts 1960 to 1971.
For the purposes of this Act the Secretary of State may by order specify any area of Great Britain as—
a development area ; or
an intermediate area.
The areas to be specified under this section as development areas shall be areas where, in the opinion of the Secretary of State, special measures are necessary for the purpose of encouraging the growth and proper distribution of industry; and, in exercising his power to specify areas as aforesaid, the Secretary of State shall have regard to all the circumstances actual and expected, including the state of employment and unemployment, population changes, migration and the objectives of regional policies.
The areas to be specified under this section as intermediate areas shall be areas where, in the opinion of the Secretary of State—
special measures are necessary for the purpose of encouraging the growth and proper distribution of industry; but
the economic problems are not so acute that the powers conferred by this Act in relation to development areas only (in addition to those conferred in relation to both development areas and intermediate areas) need to be available for that purpose to be achieved.
An order under this section may describe a development area or intermediate area by reference to employment exchange areas, that is to say, areas for which an employment exchange has been established for the purposes of the Employment and Training Act 1948; and any reference in such an order to a named employment exchange area shall be construed as a reference to that area as it exists on the date on which the order comes into force.
In this Act any reference to a development area shall have effect as if there were included in the development area any relevant locality outside that area as respects which the Secretary of State and the Treasury are satisfied that it ought to be treated as if it were so included by reason of the fact that— and the Secretary of State shall give notice in such manner as appears to him appropriate of the localities as respects which he and the Treasury are for the time being satisfied as aforesaid.
its population will be, or is being, increased by migration from one or more specific places in the development area; and
the increase will be substantial in relation to the original population of the locality;
The localities relevant for the purposes of subsection (5) of this section are—
any area which has been designated under the New Towns Act 1965 or the New Towns (Scotland) Act 1968, or any enactment repealed by either of those Acts, as the site of a new town;
any locality which, in relation to the development area or to that area and any other place, is a receiving district within the meaning of the Town Development Act 1952 or falls to be treated as such a receiving district by virtue of an order under section 34 of the Housing Act 1961;
any burgh or county the council of which are, in relation to the development area or to that area and any other place, a receiving authority within the meaning of Part II of the Housing and Town Development (Scotland) Act 1957.
Where, by an order under this section, the Secretary of State specifies as an intermediate area an area which, immediately before the order was made, was a development area in which any locality fell to be included by virtue of subsection (5) of this section, that locality shall be treated for the purposes of this Act as included in the specified area.
The powers conferred by sections 3 to 6 of this Act shall be exercisable, with due regard to the proper diversification of industry, for the purpose of providing for the benefit of any area in relation to which the powers are exercisable employment appropriate (having regard to the circumstances of the area generally and of any particular description of persons therein) to the needs of the area.
In determining whether and in what manner, to exercise his powers under sections 3, 4 and 5 of this Act for the benefit of any area in relation to which the powers are exercisable, the Secretary of State shall have regard—
to the relation between the expenditure involved and the employment likely to be provided; and
to any consequential effect on employment in any other part of that area and in any other development area or intermediate area.
For the purposes of this Act there shall be an advisory committee appointed by the Secretary of State; and the Secretary of State may pay to the members of the committee such allowances as he may with the consent of the Minister for the Civil Service determine.
For the purpose mentioned in section 2(1) of this Act the Secretary of State may, with the consent of the Treasury and after consultation, if he sees fit, with the advisory committee, make grants to persons carrying on, or proposing to carry on, undertakings in any development area or intermediate area towards the cost of providing in the area buildings or extensions of buildings to be occupied by the undertakings.
The amount of any grant to be made towards the cost of providing a building or an extension of a building under this section shall be the appropriate proportion, as stated in the following provisions of this section, of the relevant expenditure ; and that expenditure shall be so much of the expenditure incurred in providing the building or extension as the Secretary of State may approve for the purposes of the grant: Provided that the grant may be of an amount less than that proportion in any case where it appears to the Secretary of State that the employment likely to be provided as a result of the expenditure so incurred and any associated expenditure does not justify a grant equal to the appropriate proportion.
The appropriate proportion for this purpose is— plus, in either case, a further ten per cent. of the relevant expenditure, where it appears to the Secretary of State that the application for the grant is made for the purpose of setting up an undertaking in the area in circumstances which justify the giving of special assistance under this section.
twenty-five per cent. of the relevant expenditure in the case of a building or extension in an intermediate area; and
thirty-five per cent. of the relevant expenditure in the case of a building or extension in a development area,
In this section, references to buildings include references to structures; and, for the purposes of this section, a building may be provided by the adaptation of an existing one, and a building or extension of a building by the purchase of a new one, that is to say, one not previously occupied.
Where a building or extension of a building constructed with a view to being let to another person includes special features at the request of that person, and he is required to pay a capital sum in consideration thereof, this section shall have effect as if that sum were expenditure incurred by him in providing the building or extension.
Where at any time a development area becomes an intermediate area, it shall be treated as if it were still a development area for the purpose of determining the amount of any grant to be made under this section on an application received by the Secretary of State before that time, or in respect of expenditure any part of which was incurred by the applicant under a contract entered into before that time; and where at any time an intermediate area becomes a development area, it shall be treated as if it were still an intermediate area for the purpose of determining the amount of a grant under this section in the following circumstances—
in the case of a grant in respect of the provision of a building or extension by purchase, if the contract to purchase was entered into before that time, or if before that time any work on providing the building or extension was done on the site with a view to occupation by the applicant for the grant or, if the applicant is a member of a group , by any other member of that group;
in the case of a grant made by virtue of subsection (5) of this section, if any work on including the special features in the building or extension was done before that time; and
in the case of any other grant, if any work on providing the building or extension was done on the site before that time by or on behalf of the applicant for the grant or, if the applicant is a member of a group, by or on behalf of any other member of that group.
For the purposes of subsection (6) of this section, a group consists of a body corporate together with all other bodies corporate which are its subsidiaries within the meaning of section 154 of the Companies Act 1948 ; and in that subsection references to development areas and intermediate areas include references to parts of development areas and intermediate areas.
In making a grant under this section the Secretary of State shall impose such conditions (which may include conditions for repayment in specified circumstances) as he thinks fit for securing that the building or extension will continue to serve the purpose mentioned in section 2(1) of this Act.
Where, in accordance with recommendations of the advisory committee, the Secretary of State is satisfied as respects any undertaking carried on, or proposed to be carried on, in a development area— the Secretary of State may agree with the person carrying on, or proposing to carry on, the undertaking to give assistance under this section for the purposes of the undertaking.
that it is expedient for the purpose mentioned in section 2(1) of this Act to exercise his powers under this section; and
that there are good prospects of the undertaking ultimately being able to be carried on successfully without further assistance under this section,
Assistance under this section may be given—
where the person carrying on, or proposing to carry on, the undertaking is a company incorporated in the United Kingdom—
by making loans or grants ;
by subscribing for or otherwise acquiring shares or stock in the company;
by a combination of the methods mentioned in sub-paragraphs (i) and (ii) of this paragraph;
in any other case, by making loans or grants.
A grant may be made under this section in respect of expenditure incurred outside a development area in connection with the transference of any undertaking to a development area.
Assistance under this section shall be of such amounts and shall be given on such terms and conditions as may be recommended by the advisory committee and specified in the agreement made with the person to whom the assistance is given ; and those terms and conditions may include—
in the case of a grant, conditions for repayment in specified circumstances;
in the case of a loan to a company incorporated in the United Kingdom, terms providing for the indebtedness to the Secretary of State to be discharged by the issue of shares or stock in the company.
In recommending the terms and conditions on which assistance under this section should be given, the advisory committee shall act in accordance with general directions given to them by the Secretary of State with the consent of the Treasury.
For the purpose mentioned in section 2(1) of this Act the Secretary of State shall have power, in order to provide or facilitate the provision of premises in any development area or intermediate area for occupation by undertakings carried on or to be carried on there or for otherwise meeting the requirements of such undertakings (including requirements arising from the needs of persons employed or to be employed therein)—
to acquire land by agreement or, if so authorised, compulsorily;
to erect buildings and carry out works on land belonging to the Secretary of State ;
by agreement with the persons interested in any other land, to erect buildings and carry out works on the land on such terms (including terms as to repayment of expenditure incurred by the Secretary of State) as may be specified in the agreement.
The Secretary of State shall not acquire under this section any buildings other than industrial buildings except for redevelopment or as part of a larger property which in the opinion of the Secretary of State would be incomplete without them.
Subsection (2) of this section shall have effect for assisting the transfer of persons from employment in an undertaking, wherever carried on, to employment in an undertaking (in this section referred to as " the new undertaking ") which is being established in a development area or intermediate area by way of extension of or in connection with, or by way of transfer of the whole or part of, the first-mentioned undertaking or which, having been so established, is being extended in the development area or intermediate area in question.
If on an application in that behalf as respects any person the Secretary of State is satisfied that it is expedient for the purpose mentioned in section 2(1) of this Act to exercise his powers under this subsection, and that the exercise thereof will facilitate the establishment or extension of the new undertaking, he may for the purposes of section 5 of the Employment and Training Act 1948 (payments towards cost of removal and resettlement of workers and their dependants and towards their maintenance and welfare in the course of their removal pending their resettlement) treat—
the said person's becoming employed in the new undertaking as if it were the obtaining of employment; and
the said person's ceasing to be employed in the new undertaking as if it were the coming to an end of employment, notwithstanding that he ceases to be so employed in order that he may continue in employment elsewhere.
Where it appears to the Minister in charge of any government department that adequate provision has not been made for the needs of any development area or intermediate area in respect of a basic service for which the department is responsible, and that it is expedient with a view to contributing to the development of industry in that area that the service should be improved, he may with the consent of the Treasury make grants or loans towards the cost of improving it to such persons and in such manner as appear to him appropriate.
In this section " basic service " means the provision of facilities for transport (whether by road, rail, water or air) or of power, lighting, heating, water, or sewerage, and sewage disposal facilities, or any other service or facility on which the development of the area in question, and in particular of industrial undertakings therein, depends.
The powers conferred by this section are in addition to any other powers of a Minister of the Crown to make grants or loans.
Where in the case of any land in a development area or intermediate area— the powers conferred by subsections (2) and (3) of this section shall be exercisable by the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry and the appropriate Minister respectively.
it appears to the appropriate Minister that the land is derelict, neglected or unsightly ; and
it appears to the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry that it is expedient with a view to contributing to the development of industry in that area that steps should be taken for the purpose of enabling the land (in this section referred to as " the derelict land") to be brought into use or of improving its appearance,
The Secretary of State for Trade and Industry may acquire by agreement or, if so authorised, compulsorily the derelict land and any other land the acquisition of which is reasonably required for the purpose mentioned in subsection (1)(b) of this section, and carry out on the derelict land and any other land such work as appears to him expedient for that purpose.
The appropriate Minister may with the consent of the Treasury make grants, in such manner as appears to him to be requisite for the purpose mentioned in subsection (1)(b) of this section, to the council of the county, county borough or county district in which the land in question is situated—
towards the cost of the exercise of any power of the council to acquire the derelict land or any other land;
towards the cost of the carrying out by the council for that purpose of any work on the derelict land or on any other land.
In this section—
In subsection (3) of the said section 60, added by the Schedule to the Local Employment Act 1970—
for the words " under section 15 of the Industrial Development Act 1966 " there shall be substituted the words " by an order made or having effect under section 1 of the Local Employment Act 1972 ;
for the words " under section 1 of the Local Employment Act 1970 " there shall be substituted the words " by an order made or having effect under that section " .
" undertaking " means any trade or business, or any other activity providing employment.
In the application of subsection (3) of this section to Scotland for any reference to the council of the county, county borough or county district in which the land in question is situated there shall be substituted a reference to any local authority, as defined for the purposes of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1947, within whose area the land in question is situated.
Where the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry is of opinion, with respect to any locality in Great Britain, that the economic situation in the locality is such that the exercise, in relation to land therein, of the powers conferred by the foregoing provisions of this section would be particularly appropriate with a view to contributing to the development of industry in the locality, he may by order specify it as a derelict land clearance area, and those provisions shall have effect in relation to land in a derelict land clearance area as they have effect in relation to land in a development area or intermediate area.
Section 1(4) of this Act shall apply, subject to the necessary modifications, to any order under subsection (6) of this section.
Where, in the case of land in an intermediate area or derelict land clearance area—
the council of the county, county borough or county district in which the land is situated have carried out work on the land for the purpose of enabling it to be brought into use or of improving its appearance ; and
it appears to the appropriate Minister that, before the work was begun, the land was derelict, neglected or unsightly; and
it appears to the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry that bringing the land into use or improving its appearance has contributed or is likely to contribute to the development of industry in the area,
then, provided that the work was begun on the land after 24th April 1969 and before 5th March 1970, the appropriate Minister may with the consent of the Treasury make grants to the council—
towards any cost incurred by the council in acquiring the land, and any other land acquired by the council for the purpose of enabling the first-mentioned land to be brought into use or of improving its appearance ;
towards the cost of the carrying out by the council for that purpose of any work on the first-mentioned land or on any other land.
In this section " the appropriate Minister " and " land " have the same meanings as in section 8 of this Act, and subsection (5) of that section shall apply to subsection (1) of this section as it applies to subsection (3) of that section.
There shall continue to be three corporations (being the corporations established by section 8 of the Local Employment Act 1960) named the English Industrial Estates Corporation, the Scottish Industrial Estates Corporation and the Welsh Industrial Estates Corporation which shall be charged as respects England, Scotland and Wales respectively with the exercise of the functions conferred on them by the following provisions of this Act.
Each of the corporations (in this Act referred to as an " industrial estates corporation") shall consist of a chairman and four other members appointed by the Secretary of State, and the members shall include a person appearing to the Secretary of State to have adequate experience of industrial matters, a person appearing to him to have adequate experience in the organisation of workers, and one or more persons appearing to him to have adequate experience in accountancy, building or estate management.
The Secretary of State may by regulations make provision with respect to the appointment, tenure of office and removal of members of an industrial estates corporation, the manner of execution of instruments and of entering into contracts by it and on its behalf, and the proof of documents executed by it or on its behalf.
The provisions of Schedule 1 to this Act shall have effect in relation to the industrial estates corporations.
It shall be the duty of the industrial estates corporations to manage land leased to them under this Act by the Secretary of State or vested in them by the Local Employment Act 1960 (whether or not situated in a development area or intermediate area) and, in accordance with directions of the Secretary of State in that behalf, to do anything which is required—
in order to develop the land by the erection or extension of buildings and the carrying out of works ;
in order to provide (by letting or otherwise) premises for the occupation of undertakings or for otherwise meeting the requirements of undertakings (including requirements arising from the needs of persons employed or to be employed therein); or
in order to provide means of access, services or other facilities for meeting those requirements.
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The power of the corporations to provide services or other facilities for meeting the requirements of any undertaking shall be exercisable whether or not the undertaking is carried on on land leased from the corporations.
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A direction may be given under subsection (1) of this section that a corporation shall not provide services or facilities except with the consent of, and in such manner as may be determined by, the Secretary of State; but this subsection shall not apply to the provision of heat, light, power or water, or the disposal of sewage and refuse, for meeting the requirements of an undertaking carried on on land leased from the corporation.
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Each of the corporations shall have power to provide, or assist in the provision of, advisory services in relation to the building of factories or the development or management of industrial estates, but shall not exercise that power except with the consent of, and in such manner as may be determined by, the Secretary of State.
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If it appears to the Secretary of State that an undertaking is to be set up in a development area or intermediate area in circumstances which justify the giving of special assistance, the Secretary of State may authorise any of the corporations to provide premises for the occupation of the undertaking free of rent for such period as the Secretary of State thinks appropriate.
Where the Secretary of State is disposing of his interest in any land of which an industrial estates corporation is a tenant, the corporation shall comply with any direction of the Secretary of State as to the assignment or surrender of the corporation's interest.
Without prejudice to the foregoing provisions of this section, the Secretary of State may give general directions to an industrial estates corporation as to the exercise of its functions, and in particular as to the location of head or branch offices of the corporation.
All receipts of an industrial estates corporation other than— shall be paid over to the Secretary of State.
receipts determined by the corporation in accordance with any directions of the Secretary of State to be required to be retained for meeting expenses properly payable out of income ; and
receipts of the Scottish Industrial Estates Corporation on behalf of the Highlands and Islands Development Board when acting as agent for that Board under section 5(5) of the Highlands and Islands Development (Scotland) Act 1965,
The expenses of an industrial estates corporation incurred in the exercise of its functions under the foregoing provisions of this section shall, except in so far as they are met out of receipts of the corporation, be defrayed by the Secretary of State.
Without prejudice to section 5(5) of the said Act of 1965, an industrial estates corporation may act as agent—
for the Secretary of State, or for any other industrial estates corporation, in the carrying out of any functions of the Secretary of State or corporation under this Act;
for the Development Commissioners in the carrying out of the functions of the Commissioners in relation to applications for advances under Part I of the Development and Road Improvement Funds Act 1909 and in relation to the framing of schemes with respect to any of the matters for which such advances may be made; or
for the Secretary of State in the execution of any work in respect of which such an advance as aforesaid is made to the Secretary of State.
An industrial estates corporation shall keep proper accounts and proper records in relation to the accounts, and shall prepare in respect of each financial year of the corporation a statement of accounts in such form as the Secretary of State, with the consent of the Treasury, may direct, being a form conforming with the best commercial standards.
The accounts of an industrial estates corporation shall be audited by auditors to be appointed annually by the Secretary of State.
No person shall be qualified to be appointed under subsection (2) of this section unless he is a member of one or more of the following bodies:—
the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales;
the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland;
the Association of Certified Accountants ;
the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Ireland;
any other body of accountants established in the United Kingdom and for the time being recognised by the Secretary of State for the purposes of section 161(1)(a) of the Companies Act 1948.
So soon as the accounts of an industrial estates corporation for any financial year have been audited, the corporation shall send to the Secretary of State a report on the discharge of its functions during that year and that report shall include a copy of the statement of accounts for that year together with a copy of any report made by the auditors on the accounts.
Where land acquired by the Secretary of State under this Act, or vested in him in consequence of Part I of the Local Employment Act 1960, is situated in a locality which is not a development area or intermediate area, the Secretary of State may exercise in relation to the land the following powers, that is to say—
power to preserve and maintain the land and any buildings or works on it, and to erect buildings and carry out works on it;
where there are buildings on the land, power to acquire by agreement other land contiguous or adjacent to it for the purpose of erecting thereon extensions to those buildings or of erecting thereon other buildings to be used with the first-mentioned buildings as part of a single undertaking;
power to provide means of access, services and other facilities for meeting the requirements of undertakings carried on or to be carried on on the land (including requirements arising from the needs of persons employed or to be employed therein).
The Secretary of State may modernise, adapt or reconstruct any buildings or other works on land acquired by him under this Act, or vested in him in consequence of Part I of the Local Employment Act 1960, and, where the execution of that work will interrupt the use of the buildings or works by any undertaking, acquire other land by agreement, and erect buildings and carry out works on that other land, or on land previously acquired by or vested in the Secretary of State as aforesaid, for the purpose of providing premises for the occupation of that undertaking or of otherwise meeting its requirements.
The foregoing provisions of this section shall not apply to land acquired by the Secretary of State under section 8 of this Act so far as applicable to derelict land clearance areas, but where land so acquired is situated in a locality which is not a derelict land clearance area the Secretary of State shall have power, so long as he owns the land, to carry out thereon such work as appears to him expedient for the purpose of enabling so much of the land as appears to him to be derelict, neglected or unsightly to be brought into use or of improving its appearance, with a view to contributing to the development of industry in the locality in which it is situated.
Where at any time a locality ceases to be a development area, intermediate area or derelict land clearance area, the fact that it is no longer such an area shall not prejudice—
the completion by the Secretary of State of buildings or works begun before that time in the locality under section 5 or 8 of this Act, or the exercise by the Secretary of State in relation to land in that locality of his powers under either of those sections so far as may be necessary for the purpose of fulfilling any agreement entered into by the Secretary of State before that time;
the making under this Act of any grant or loan or the giving of assistance under section 4 of this Act in any case in which an application for the grant, loan or assistance was received by the Secretary of State (or the appropriate Minister for the purpose of section 8) before that time; or
the continued operation of any agreement relating to any such grant, loan or assistance as is mentioned in paragraph (b) of this section or of any other agreement relating to grants or loans entered into under this Act.
In subsection (1) of this section " grant" does not include a grant under section 3 of this Act but where at any time a development area ceases to be such without becoming an intermediate area, or an intermediate area ceases to be such without becoming a development area, it shall be treated as continuing to be a development area or, as the case may be, intermediate area— In this subsection, references to development areas and intermediate areas include references to parts of development areas and intermediate areas.
for the purpose of enabling grants to be made under that section on applications received by the Secretary of State before that time, or in respect of expenditure any part of which was incurred by the applicant under a contract entered into before that time; and
for the purpose of the continued operation of any agreement relating to any grant under that section.
Where in the case of any undertaking a loan has been made under this Act and the Secretary of State is satisfied, in accordance with recommendations of the advisory committee, that with a view to enabling all or part of the moneys lent to be recovered it is expedient to provide further financial assistance for the purposes of the undertaking, the Secretary of State may provide such further assistance of such amount and on such terms and conditions as may be recommended by the committee.
Section 4(5) of this Act shall apply in relation to recommendations under this section.
Section 1 of the Acquisition of Land (Authorisation Procedure) Act 1946 and section 1 of the Acquisition of Land (Authorisation Procedure) (Scotland) Act 1947 (procedure for compulsory purchase by local authorities and certain Ministers) shall apply in relation to the compulsory purchase of land by the Secretary of State under this Act.
Notwithstanding anything in this Act, where at the time of publication in accordance with the provisions of the said Act of 1946 or the said Act of 1947 of notice of the preparation of a draft of a compulsory purchase order— the Secretary of State shall not be authorised to acquire compulsorily the interest of the person carrying on the undertaking.
land is in use for the purposes of any undertaking; and
that undertaking provides employment which is substantial having regard to the extent of the land used for its purposes and the nature of the undertaking,
Any person duly authorised in writing by the Secretary of State may, at any reasonable time, enter any land for the purpose of surveying it in connection with the exercise of the Secretary of State's powers under this Act to acquire land; and— (which provide for the giving of notice and the production of authority to enter, for cases of obstruction, for safeguarding information as to manufacturing processes and trade secrets, for compensation for damage and for defining powers of survey) shall apply in relation to this subsection as they apply in relation to the said section 280 and the said section 99 respectively.
subsection (9) of section 280 and subsections (1) to (4) and (6) of section 281 of the Town and Country Planing Act 1971; and
subsections (4) to (7) and (9) of section 99 of the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1947,
In the light of the statements furnished to him under section 12(4) of this Act, the Secretary of State shall prepare a statement of accounts, in such form as the Treasury may direct, showing the financial results for each financial year as respects—
the activities of the Secretary of State in the execution of this Act, other than activities in respect of grants; and .
the activities of all the industrial estates corporations.
The Secretary of State shall on or before 30th November in each year transmit to the Comptroller and Auditor General the statement of accounts prepared by the Secretary of State for the financial year last ended for examination and certification by him ; and copies of every statement of accounts of the Secretary of State, together with the report of the Comptroller and Auditor General thereon, shall be laid by the Secretary of State before Parliament.
As soon as may be after 31st March in each year the Secretary of State shall prepare a report on the discharge of his functions under this Act and under section 12(4) of the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1947 and section 67(1) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1971 and shall lay the report before Parliament.
Any power conferred by this Act to make orders includes power to vary or revoke any order previously made in the exercise of that power.
Any power conferred by this Act to make orders or regulations shall be exercisable by statutory instrument subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.
The provisions of Schedule 2 to this Act shall have effect in relation to the matters there dealt with . . .
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In section 67(7) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1971 for the definition of " development area" there shall be substituted " ' development area' " means any area specified as such by an order made or having effect under section 1 of the Local Employment Act 1972 and any locality treated by virtue of subsection (5) of that section as included in a development area." In section 124(8) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1971 the words " in section 2 or 14 of the Local Employment Act 1960 " shall be omitted and for the words " section 20 or 21(4) of the Industrial Development Act 1966 " there shall be substituted the words " section 5, 8, 13(1) or 14 of the Local Employment Act 1972 ".
In section 11(3) of the Development of Tourism Act 1969 for the words " under subsection (2) of section 15 of the Industrial Development Act 1966" and " subsection (6) of that section" there shall be substituted respectively the words " by an order made or having effect under section 1 of the Local Employment Act 1972 " and " subsection (5) of that section ".
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Each corporation shall be a body corporate with perpetual succession and a common seal.
Each corporation—
shall pay to each of its members, in respect of his office as such, such remuneration (whether by way of salary or fees) and such allowances as the Secretary of State may with the approval of the Minister for the Civil Service determine in the case of that member; and
in the case of any such member as the Secretary of State may with the approval of the Minister for the Civil Service determine, shall pay such pension or make such payments towards the provision of pensions to or in respect of him as the Secretary of State may with the approval of the Minister for the Civil Service determine.
The Secretary of State shall lay before each House of Parliament a statement of the remuneration and allowances that are or will be payable to members of the corporations under paragraph 2 of this Schedule; and, if any subsequent determination by the Secretary of State under that paragraph involves any departure from the terms of the said statement or if a determination by the Secretary of State under that paragraph relates to the payment of, or to payments towards the provision of, a pension to or in respect of any member of any of the corporations, the Secretary of State shall, as soon as possible after the determination, lay a statement thereof before each House of Parliament.
Each corporation may, subject to any limit of numbers which may be determined by the Secretary of State, employ such officers and servants as appear to the corporation expedient for the exercise of its functions.
Each corporation shall—
pay to its officers and servants such remuneration as the corporation may, subject to any directions of the Secretary of State, determine ; and
as regards any officer or servant in whose case it may be determined by the corporation with the approval of the Secretary of State so to do, pay to or in respect of him such pension, or provide and maintain for him such pension scheme (whether contributory or not), as may be so determined.
Where any officer or servant of any of the corporations, being a participant in any pension scheme applicable to his office or employment, becomes a member of the corporation, he may be treated for the purposes of the pension scheme as if his service as a member of the corporation were service as an officer or servant of the corporation, and his rights under the scheme shall not be affected by any provision of this Act which requires that the pensions to be paid, or payments towards the provision of pensions to be made, in the case of members of any of the corporations shall be determined by the Secretary of State with the approval of the Minister for the Civil Service.
The procedure of each corporation (including quorum) shall be such as the corporation may determine.
No act of any of the corporations shall be invalid by reason only of any vacancy among the members or any defect in the appointment of a member.
In this Schedule " pension ", in relation to a person, means a pension, whether contributory or not, of any kind whatsover payable to or in respect of him, and includes a gratuity so payable and a return of contributions, with or without interest thereon or any other addition thereto.
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The following provisions of this paragraph shall have effect as respects any pension, superannuation or life-assurance scheme or fund in force on 1st April 1960 for the benefit of persons in the employment or former employment of any of the following companies, that is to say— North Eastern Trading Estates Limited Wales and Monmouthshire Industrial Estates Limited The West Cumberland Industrial Development Company Limited Scottish Industrial Estates Limited North Western Industrial Estates Limited. Anything authorised or required to be done for the purposes of the scheme or fund on or after 1st April 1960 which, apart from this paragraph, would fall to be done by, with or to the company or its directors shall be treated as falling to be done by, with or to the industrial estates corporation acting for the part of Great Britain in which the company exercised its functions. For the purposes of the scheme or fund, employment on or after 1st April 1960 by the said corporation shall be treated as equivalent to employment by the company, and employment on or after that date by the company shall be disregarded. Any requirement to do anything for the said purposes at the registered office of the company shall be treated, in relation to things falling to be done on or after 1st April 1960, as a requirement to do that thing at the head office of the said industrial estates corporation. References in any deed, rules or other document to the company shall be construed as, or as including, references to the said industrial estates corporation as may be required for giving effect to, or in consequence of, the foregoing provisions of this paragraph.
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In any enactment or instrument passed or made before 19th August 1966, for any reference to an industrial estates corporation by its original name (that is, the name given to it by section 8 of the Local Employment Act 1960) there shall be substituted a reference to that corporation by the new name given to it by section 19(1) of the Industrial Development Act 1966 (that is, the appropriate name specified in section 10(1) of this Act).
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Any document executed before 23rd October 1969 by the Board of Trade in connection with the exercise of their powers under section 4 of the Local Employment Act 1960 as extended by section 18 of the Industrial Development Act 1966 shall be deemed to have been validly executed if executed by the President of the Board, any Minister of State with duties concerning the affairs of the Board, any secretary, under-secretary or assistant secretary of the Board or any person authorised in that behalf by the President.
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As respects any time before the coming into force of the Town and Country Planning Act 1971 this Act shall have effect as if— the words from " as respects England" to " Scotland" were omitted.
in section 16(3) for the reference to the provisions of that Act there were substituted a reference to section 211(6) and 212(1) to (4) and (6) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1962;
in section 17(3) for the reference to section 67(1) of the said Act of 1971 there were substituted a reference to section 38(1) of the said Act of 1962 ; and
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Section 22(1)
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In section 26(6)(a) of the Finance Act 1967 for the words " under section 15(2) of the Industrial Development Act 1966 " and " section 15(6) of that Act" there shall be substituted respectively the words " by an order made or having effect under section 1 of the Local Employment Act 1972 " and " section 1(5) of that Act ".
In section 13(6) of the Highlands and Islands Development (Scotland) Act 1965 for the words " section 10 of the Local Employment Act 1960 (which relates to accounts of Management Corporations)" there shall be substituted the words " section 12 of the Local Employment Act 1972 (which relates to the accounts of the industrial estates corporations) " .
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In section 38(6) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1962, as amended by section 26 of the Industrial Development Act 1966, for the words from "development area" onwards there shall be substituted the words " ' development areas' means the areas specified as such by orders made or having effect under section 1 of the Local Employment Act 1972 and any locality treated by virtue of subsection (5) of that section as included in a development area. " In section 79(8) of the said Act of 1962 for the words " section two, section five or section fourteen of the Local Employment Act 1960" there shall be substituted the words " section 5, 8, 13(1) or 14 of the Local Employment Act 1972 " .
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In section 1(4) of the Housing Act 1971—
for the words " under section 15(2) of the Industrial Development Act 1966 " and " section 15(6) of that Act " there shall be substituted respectively the words " by an order made or having effect under section 1 of the Local Employment Act 1972 " and " subsection (5) of that section " ;
for the words " under Part II of this Act" there shall be substituted the words " by an order made or having effect under section 1 of the Local Employment Act 1972 ";
for the words " under section 1 of the Local Employment Act 1970 " and " subsection (5) of that section " there shall be substituted respectively the words " by an order made or having effect under section 1 of that Act " and " subsection (7) of that section ".
for the words " the said Part II" there shall be substituted the words " the said Act of 1972 " .
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For subsection (3) of section 15 of the Finance Act 1970 there shall be subsituted the following subsection—
For subsection (3) of section 15 of the Finance Act 1970 there shall be substituted the following subsection—
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In sections 42(6) and 52(1) of the Finance Act 1971 for the words " Part I of the Local Employment Act 1960" there shall be substituted the words " the Local Employment Act 1972 " .
for the words " section 15(6) of the Industrial Development Act 1966 " there shall be substituted the words " section 1(5) of the Local Employment Act 1972 ";
for the words " section 1(5) of the Local Employment Act 1970 " there shall be substituted the words " section 1(7) of that Act ";
for the words " the purposes for which the powers conferred by Part I of the Local Employment Act 1960 are exercisable under section 1(1) of that Act" there shall be substituted the words " the purpose mentioned in section 2(1) of the said Act of 1972 ";
For the purposes of this Act Monmouthshire shall be deemed to be part of Wales.
Except where the context otherwise requires, in this Act any reference to any enactment shall be construed as a reference to that enactment as amended, and as including a reference thereto as extended or applied, by any other enactment.
The enactments specified in Schedule 3 to this Act shall have effect subject to the amendments there specified.
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The repeal by this Act of any enactment shall not affect the validity of any order, regulations, determination, appointment, consent, approval, direction, recommendation, agreement, application or any other thing made, given or done under that enactment, but any such thing shall be deemed for the purposes of this Act to have been made, given or done under the corresponding provision of this Act; and anything begun under any such enactment may be continued under the corresponding provision of this Act.
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Without prejudice to subsection (1) of this section, any reference in any document to an enactment repealed by this Act shall, except where the context otherwise requires, be construed as, or as including, a reference to this Act or the corresponding provision of this Act.
Nothing in this section shall be construed as affecting the general application of section 38 of the Interpretation Act 1889 with respect to the effect of repeals.
This Act may be cited as the Local Employment Act 1972.
This Act shall come into force at the expiration of the period of one month beginning with the day on which it is passed.
This Act does not extend to Northern Ireland.
S. 1 repealed by “Industrial ” Development Act 1982 (c. 52, SIF 64), s. 19(1)(2), Sch. 2 Pt. I, Sch. 3 S. 2 repealed by Industry Act 1972 (c. 63), s. 13(4), Sch. 4 Pt. I Ss. 3, 4 repealed by Industry Act 1972 (c. 63), s. 13(3), Sch. 4 Pt. I S. 5 repealed by Industrial Development Act 1982 (c. 52, SIF 64), s. 19(1)(2), Sch. 2 Pt. I, Sch. 3 S. 6 repealed by Employment and Training Act 1973 (c. 50), Sch. 4 S. 7 repealed by Industrial Development Act 1982 (c. 52, SIF 64), s. 19(1)(2), Sch. 2 Pt. I, Sch. 3 S. 8 repealed by Derelict Land Act 1982 (c. 42, SIF 46:4), ss. 1(12)(13), 2(3)(4), 5(2), Sch. S. 9 repealed by Industrial Development Act 1982 (c. 52, SIF 64), s. 19(1)(2), Sch. 2 Pt. I, Sch. 3 S. 10 repealed by English Industrial Estates Corporation Act 1981 (c. 13, SIF 64), s. 9(4), Sch. 2 S. 11(1)–(3) repealed by Industry Act 1980 (c. 33, SIF 64), ss. 21(1), 22, Sch. 2 S. 11 (4)(5) repealed by English Industrial Estates Corporation Act 1981 (c. 13, SIF 64), s. 9(4), Sch. 2 S. 11 (6)(7) repealed by Industry Act 1980 (c. 33, SIF 64), ss. 21(1), 22, Sch. 2 S. 11 (8)–(10) repealed by English Industrial Estates Corporation Act 1981 (c. 13, SIF 64), s. 9(4), Sch. 2 S. 12 repealed by English Industrial Estates Corporation Act 1981 (c. 13, SIF 64), s. 9(4), Sch. 2 Ss. 13, 14, 16, 17, 18, 20, 21(1) and 22(3)(4) repealed by Industrial Development Act 1982 (c. 52, SIF 64), s. 9(4), Sch. 2 Pt. I, Sch. 3 S. 15 repealed by Industry Act 1972 (c. 63), Sch. 4 Pt. I Ss. 13, 14, 16, 17, 18, 20, 21(1) and 22(3)(4) repealed by Industrial Development Act 1982 (c. 52, SIF 64), s. 9(4), Sch. 2 Pt. I, Sch. 3 Words repealed by Industry Act 1972 (c. 63), Sch. 4 Pt. I Ss. 13, 14, 16, 17, 18, 20, 21(1) and 22(3)(4) repealed by Industrial Development Act 1982 (c. 52, SIF 64), s. 9(4), Sch. 2 Pt. I, Sch. 3 Ss. 13, 14, 16, 17, 18, 20, 21(1) and 22(3)(4) repealed by Industrial Development Act 1982 (c. 52, SIF 64), s. 9(4), Sch. 2 Pt. I, Sch. 3 S. 22(2) repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1978 (c. 45), Sch. 1 Pt. VIII Ss. 13, 14, 16, 17, 18, 20, 21(1) and 22(3)(4) repealed by Industrial Development Act 1982 (c. 52, SIF 64), s. 9(4), Sch. 2 Pt. I, Sch. 3 Sch. 1 repealed by English Industrial Estates Corporation Act 1981 (c. 13, SIF 64), s. 9(4), Sch. 2 Sch. 2 para. 2 repealed by Industry Act 1980 (c. 33, SIF 64), s. 21(1), Sch. 2 Sch. 2 para. 3 repealed (with saving) by Industrial Development Act 1982 (c. 52, SIF 64), s. 19(1)(2), Sch. 2 Pt. I, Pt. II para. 1, Sch. 3 Sch. 2 paras. 4, 8–10 repealed by Industrial Development Act 1982 (c. 52, SIF 64), s. 19(1)(2), Sch. 2 Pt. I, Sch. 3 Sch. 2 paras. 6, 7 repealed by Industry Act 1972 (c. 63), Sch. 4 Pt. I Sch. 2 paras. 6, 7 repealed by Industry Act 1972 (c. 63), Sch. 4 Pt. I Sch. 2 paras. 4, 8–10 repealed by Industrial Development Act 1982 (c. 52, SIF 64), s. 19(1)(2), Sch. 2 Pt. I, Sch. 3 Sch. 2 paras. 4, 8–10 repealed by Industrial Development Act 1982 (c. 52, SIF 64), s. 19(1)(2), Sch. 2 Pt. I, Sch. 3 Entries repealed by Industrial Development Act 1982 (c. 52, SIF 64), s. 19, Sch. 2 Pt. I para. 1, Sch. 3 Entry repealed by Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1972 (c. 52), Sch. 23 Entry repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1978 (c.45), Sch. 1 Pt. VIII Entries repealed by Industrial Development Act 1982 (c. 52, SIF 64), s. 19, Sch. 2 Pt. I para. 1, Sch. 3 Entry repealed by Industrial Development Act 1982 (c. 52, SIF 64), s. 19, Sch. 2 Pt. I para. 1, Sch. 3 and also expressed to be repealed by Housing and Building Control Act 1984 (c. 29, SIF 61), s. 61(2), Sch. 12 Pt. I Sch. 3: the entry relating to the Industrial Development Act 1966 repealed (5.11.1993) by 1993 c. 50, s. 1(1), Sch. 1 Pt. IX Group2. Entries repealed by Industrial Development Act 1982 (c. 52, SIF 64), s. 19, Sch. 2 Pt. I para. 1, Sch. 3 Entries repealed by Industrial Development Act 1982 (c. 52, SIF 64), s. 19, Sch. 2 Pt. I para. 1, Sch. 3 Entry repealed by Industrial Development Act 1982 (c. 52, SIF 64), s. 19, Sch. 2 Pt. I para. 1, Sch. 3 and expressed to be repealed by Planning (Consequential Provisions) Act 1990 (c. 11, SIF 123:1, 2), s. 3, Sch. 1 Pt. I Sch. 4 repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1978 (c. 45), Sch. 1 Pt. VIII The text of s. 22(1) and Sch. 3 is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991. The text of s. 22(1) and Sch. 3 is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991. 1889 c. 63. 1960 c. 18. 1966 c. 34. 1960 c. 18. 1966 c. 34. 1966 c. 34. 1970 c. 24. An Act to consolidate, with certain exceptions, the provisions of the Local Employment Acts 1960 to 1971.
For the purposes of this Act the Secretary of State may by order specify any area of Great Britain as—
a development area ; or
an intermediate area.
The areas to be specified under this section as development areas shall be areas where, in the opinion of the Secretary of State, special measures are necessary for the purpose of encouraging the growth and proper distribution of industry; and, in exercising his power to specify areas as aforesaid, the Secretary of State shall have regard to all the circumstances actual and expected, including the state of employment and unemployment, population changes, migration and the objectives of regional policies.
The areas to be specified under this section as intermediate areas shall be areas where, in the opinion of the Secretary of State—
special measures are necessary for the purpose of encouraging the growth and proper distribution of industry; but
the economic problems are not so acute that the powers conferred by this Act in relation to development areas only (in addition to those conferred in relation to both development areas and intermediate areas) need to be available for that purpose to be achieved.
An order under this section may describe a development area or intermediate area by reference to employment exchange areas, that is to say, areas for which an employment exchange has been established for the purposes of the Employment and Training Act 1948; and any reference in such an order to a named employment exchange area shall be construed as a reference to that area as it exists on the date on which the order comes into force.
In this Act any reference to a development area shall have effect as if there were included in the development area any relevant locality outside that area as respects which the Secretary of State and the Treasury are satisfied that it ought to be treated as if it were so included by reason of the fact that— and the Secretary of State shall give notice in such manner as appears to him appropriate of the localities as respects which he and the Treasury are for the time being satisfied as aforesaid.
its population will be, or is being, increased by migration from one or more specific places in the development area; and
the increase will be substantial in relation to the original population of the locality;
The localities relevant for the purposes of subsection (5) of this section are—
any area which has been designated under the New Towns Act 1965 or the New Towns (Scotland) Act 1968, or any enactment repealed by either of those Acts, as the site of a new town;
any locality which, in relation to the development area or to that area and any other place, is a receiving district within the meaning of the Town Development Act 1952 or falls to be treated as such a receiving district by virtue of an order under section 34 of the Housing Act 1961;
any burgh or county the council of which are, in relation to the development area or to that area and any other place, a receiving authority within the meaning of Part II of the Housing and Town Development (Scotland) Act 1957.
Where, by an order under this section, the Secretary of State specifies as an intermediate area an area which, immediately before the order was made, was a development area in which any locality fell to be included by virtue of subsection (5) of this section, that locality shall be treated for the purposes of this Act as included in the specified area.
The powers conferred by sections 3 to 6 of this Act shall be exercisable, with due regard to the proper diversification of industry, for the purpose of providing for the benefit of any area in relation to which the powers are exercisable employment appropriate (having regard to the circumstances of the area generally and of any particular description of persons therein) to the needs of the area.
In determining whether and in what manner, to exercise his powers under sections 3, 4 and 5 of this Act for the benefit of any area in relation to which the powers are exercisable, the Secretary of State shall have regard—
to the relation between the expenditure involved and the employment likely to be provided; and
to any consequential effect on employment in any other part of that area and in any other development area or intermediate area.
For the purposes of this Act there shall be an advisory committee appointed by the Secretary of State; and the Secretary of State may pay to the members of the committee such allowances as he may with the consent of the Minister for the Civil Service determine.
For the purpose mentioned in section 2(1) of this Act the Secretary of State may, with the consent of the Treasury and after consultation, if he sees fit, with the advisory committee, make grants to persons carrying on, or proposing to carry on, undertakings in any development area or intermediate area towards the cost of providing in the area buildings or extensions of buildings to be occupied by the undertakings.
The amount of any grant to be made towards the cost of providing a building or an extension of a building under this section shall be the appropriate proportion, as stated in the following provisions of this section, of the relevant expenditure ; and that expenditure shall be so much of the expenditure incurred in providing the building or extension as the Secretary of State may approve for the purposes of the grant: Provided that the grant may be of an amount less than that proportion in any case where it appears to the Secretary of State that the employment likely to be provided as a result of the expenditure so incurred and any associated expenditure does not justify a grant equal to the appropriate proportion.
The appropriate proportion for this purpose is— plus, in either case, a further ten per cent. of the relevant expenditure, where it appears to the Secretary of State that the application for the grant is made for the purpose of setting up an undertaking in the area in circumstances which justify the giving of special assistance under this section.
twenty-five per cent. of the relevant expenditure in the case of a building or extension in an intermediate area; and
thirty-five per cent. of the relevant expenditure in the case of a building or extension in a development area,
In this section, references to buildings include references to structures; and, for the purposes of this section, a building may be provided by the adaptation of an existing one, and a building or extension of a building by the purchase of a new one, that is to say, one not previously occupied.
Where a building or extension of a building constructed with a view to being let to another person includes special features at the request of that person, and he is required to pay a capital sum in consideration thereof, this section shall have effect as if that sum were expenditure incurred by him in providing the building or extension.
Where at any time a development area becomes an intermediate area, it shall be treated as if it were still a development area for the purpose of determining the amount of any grant to be made under this section on an application received by the Secretary of State before that time, or in respect of expenditure any part of which was incurred by the applicant under a contract entered into before that time; and where at any time an intermediate area becomes a development area, it shall be treated as if it were still an intermediate area for the purpose of determining the amount of a grant under this section in the following circumstances—
in the case of a grant in respect of the provision of a building or extension by purchase, if the contract to purchase was entered into before that time, or if before that time any work on providing the building or extension was done on the site with a view to occupation by the applicant for the grant or, if the applicant is a member of a group , by any other member of that group;
in the case of a grant made by virtue of subsection (5) of this section, if any work on including the special features in the building or extension was done before that time; and
in the case of any other grant, if any work on providing the building or extension was done on the site before that time by or on behalf of the applicant for the grant or, if the applicant is a member of a group, by or on behalf of any other member of that group.
For the purposes of subsection (6) of this section, a group consists of a body corporate together with all other bodies corporate which are its subsidiaries within the meaning of section 154 of the Companies Act 1948 ; and in that subsection references to development areas and intermediate areas include references to parts of development areas and intermediate areas.
In making a grant under this section the Secretary of State shall impose such conditions (which may include conditions for repayment in specified circumstances) as he thinks fit for securing that the building or extension will continue to serve the purpose mentioned in section 2(1) of this Act.
Where, in accordance with recommendations of the advisory committee, the Secretary of State is satisfied as respects any undertaking carried on, or proposed to be carried on, in a development area— the Secretary of State may agree with the person carrying on, or proposing to carry on, the undertaking to give assistance under this section for the purposes of the undertaking.
that it is expedient for the purpose mentioned in section 2(1) of this Act to exercise his powers under this section; and
that there are good prospects of the undertaking ultimately being able to be carried on successfully without further assistance under this section,
Assistance under this section may be given—
where the person carrying on, or proposing to carry on, the undertaking is a company incorporated in the United Kingdom—
by making loans or grants ;
by subscribing for or otherwise acquiring shares or stock in the company;
by a combination of the methods mentioned in sub-paragraphs (i) and (ii) of this paragraph;
in any other case, by making loans or grants.
A grant may be made under this section in respect of expenditure incurred outside a development area in connection with the transference of any undertaking to a development area.
Assistance under this section shall be of such amounts and shall be given on such terms and conditions as may be recommended by the advisory committee and specified in the agreement made with the person to whom the assistance is given ; and those terms and conditions may include—
in the case of a grant, conditions for repayment in specified circumstances;
in the case of a loan to a company incorporated in the United Kingdom, terms providing for the indebtedness to the Secretary of State to be discharged by the issue of shares or stock in the company.
In recommending the terms and conditions on which assistance under this section should be given, the advisory committee shall act in accordance with general directions given to them by the Secretary of State with the consent of the Treasury.
For the purpose mentioned in section 2(1) of this Act the Secretary of State shall have power, in order to provide or facilitate the provision of premises in any development area or intermediate area for occupation by undertakings carried on or to be carried on there or for otherwise meeting the requirements of such undertakings (including requirements arising from the needs of persons employed or to be employed therein)—
to acquire land by agreement or, if so authorised, compulsorily;
to erect buildings and carry out works on land belonging to the Secretary of State ;
by agreement with the persons interested in any other land, to erect buildings and carry out works on the land on such terms (including terms as to repayment of expenditure incurred by the Secretary of State) as may be specified in the agreement.
The Secretary of State shall not acquire under this section any buildings other than industrial buildings except for redevelopment or as part of a larger property which in the opinion of the Secretary of State would be incomplete without them.
Subsection (2) of this section shall have effect for assisting the transfer of persons from employment in an undertaking, wherever carried on, to employment in an undertaking (in this section referred to as " the new undertaking ") which is being established in a development area or intermediate area by way of extension of or in connection with, or by way of transfer of the whole or part of, the first-mentioned undertaking or which, having been so established, is being extended in the development area or intermediate area in question.
If on an application in that behalf as respects any person the Secretary of State is satisfied that it is expedient for the purpose mentioned in section 2(1) of this Act to exercise his powers under this subsection, and that the exercise thereof will facilitate the establishment or extension of the new undertaking, he may for the purposes of section 5 of the Employment and Training Act 1948 (payments towards cost of removal and resettlement of workers and their dependants and towards their maintenance and welfare in the course of their removal pending their resettlement) treat—
the said person's becoming employed in the new undertaking as if it were the obtaining of employment; and
the said person's ceasing to be employed in the new undertaking as if it were the coming to an end of employment, notwithstanding that he ceases to be so employed in order that he may continue in employment elsewhere.
Where it appears to the Minister in charge of any government department that adequate provision has not been made for the needs of any development area or intermediate area in respect of a basic service for which the department is responsible, and that it is expedient with a view to contributing to the development of industry in that area that the service should be improved, he may with the consent of the Treasury make grants or loans towards the cost of improving it to such persons and in such manner as appear to him appropriate.
In this section " basic service " means the provision of facilities for transport (whether by road, rail, water or air) or of power, lighting, heating, water, or sewerage, and sewage disposal facilities, or any other service or facility on which the development of the area in question, and in particular of industrial undertakings therein, depends.
The powers conferred by this section are in addition to any other powers of a Minister of the Crown to make grants or loans.
Where in the case of any land in a development area or intermediate area— the powers conferred by subsections (2) and (3) of this section shall be exercisable by the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry and the appropriate Minister respectively.
it appears to the appropriate Minister that the land is derelict, neglected or unsightly ; and
it appears to the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry that it is expedient with a view to contributing to the development of industry in that area that steps should be taken for the purpose of enabling the land (in this section referred to as " the derelict land") to be brought into use or of improving its appearance,
The Secretary of State for Trade and Industry may acquire by agreement or, if so authorised, compulsorily the derelict land and any other land the acquisition of which is reasonably required for the purpose mentioned in subsection (1)(b) of this section, and carry out on the derelict land and any other land such work as appears to him expedient for that purpose.
The appropriate Minister may with the consent of the Treasury make grants, in such manner as appears to him to be requisite for the purpose mentioned in subsection (1)(b) of this section, to the council of the county, county borough or county district in which the land in question is situated—
towards the cost of the exercise of any power of the council to acquire the derelict land or any other land;
towards the cost of the carrying out by the council for that purpose of any work on the derelict land or on any other land.
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In subsection (3) of the said section 60, added by the Schedule to the Local Employment Act 1970—
for the words " under section 15 of the Industrial Development Act 1966 " there shall be substituted the words " by an order made or having effect under section 1 of the Local Employment Act 1972 ;
for the words " under section 1 of the Local Employment Act 1970 " there shall be substituted the words " by an order made or having effect under that section " .
" undertaking " means any trade or business, or any other activity providing employment.
In the application of subsection (3) of this section to Scotland for any reference to the council of the county, county borough or county district in which the land in question is situated there shall be substituted a reference to any local authority, as defined for the purposes of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1947, within whose area the land in question is situated.
Where the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry is of opinion, with respect to any locality in Great Britain, that the economic situation in the locality is such that the exercise, in relation to land therein, of the powers conferred by the foregoing provisions of this section would be particularly appropriate with a view to contributing to the development of industry in the locality, he may by order specify it as a derelict land clearance area, and those provisions shall have effect in relation to land in a derelict land clearance area as they have effect in relation to land in a development area or intermediate area.
Section 1(4) of this Act shall apply, subject to the necessary modifications, to any order under subsection (6) of this section.
Where, in the case of land in an intermediate area or derelict land clearance area—
the council of the county, county borough or county district in which the land is situated have carried out work on the land for the purpose of enabling it to be brought into use or of improving its appearance ; and
it appears to the appropriate Minister that, before the work was begun, the land was derelict, neglected or unsightly; and
it appears to the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry that bringing the land into use or improving its appearance has contributed or is likely to contribute to the development of industry in the area,
then, provided that the work was begun on the land after 24th April 1969 and before 5th March 1970, the appropriate Minister may with the consent of the Treasury make grants to the council—
towards any cost incurred by the council in acquiring the land, and any other land acquired by the council for the purpose of enabling the first-mentioned land to be brought into use or of improving its appearance ;
towards the cost of the carrying out by the council for that purpose of any work on the first-mentioned land or on any other land.
In this section " the appropriate Minister " and " land " have the same meanings as in section 8 of this Act, and subsection (5) of that section shall apply to subsection (1) of this section as it applies to subsection (3) of that section.
There shall continue to be three corporations (being the corporations established by section 8 of the Local Employment Act 1960) named the English Industrial Estates Corporation, the Scottish Industrial Estates Corporation and the Welsh Industrial Estates Corporation which shall be charged as respects England, Scotland and Wales respectively with the exercise of the functions conferred on them by the following provisions of this Act.
Each of the corporations (in this Act referred to as an " industrial estates corporation") shall consist of a chairman and four other members appointed by the Secretary of State, and the members shall include a person appearing to the Secretary of State to have adequate experience of industrial matters, a person appearing to him to have adequate experience in the organisation of workers, and one or more persons appearing to him to have adequate experience in accountancy, building or estate management.
The Secretary of State may by regulations make provision with respect to the appointment, tenure of office and removal of members of an industrial estates corporation, the manner of execution of instruments and of entering into contracts by it and on its behalf, and the proof of documents executed by it or on its behalf.
The provisions of Schedule 1 to this Act shall have effect in relation to the industrial estates corporations.
It shall be the duty of the industrial estates corporations to manage land leased to them under this Act by the Secretary of State or vested in them by the Local Employment Act 1960 (whether or not situated in a development area or intermediate area) and, in accordance with directions of the Secretary of State in that behalf, to do anything which is required—
in order to develop the land by the erection or extension of buildings and the carrying out of works ;
in order to provide (by letting or otherwise) premises for the occupation of undertakings or for otherwise meeting the requirements of undertakings (including requirements arising from the needs of persons employed or to be employed therein); or
in order to provide means of access, services or other facilities for meeting those requirements.
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The power of the corporations to provide services or other facilities for meeting the requirements of any undertaking shall be exercisable whether or not the undertaking is carried on on land leased from the corporations.
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A direction may be given under subsection (1) of this section that a corporation shall not provide services or facilities except with the consent of, and in such manner as may be determined by, the Secretary of State; but this subsection shall not apply to the provision of heat, light, power or water, or the disposal of sewage and refuse, for meeting the requirements of an undertaking carried on on land leased from the corporation.
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Each of the corporations shall have power to provide, or assist in the provision of, advisory services in relation to the building of factories or the development or management of industrial estates, but shall not exercise that power except with the consent of, and in such manner as may be determined by, the Secretary of State.
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If it appears to the Secretary of State that an undertaking is to be set up in a development area or intermediate area in circumstances which justify the giving of special assistance, the Secretary of State may authorise any of the corporations to provide premises for the occupation of the undertaking free of rent for such period as the Secretary of State thinks appropriate.
Where the Secretary of State is disposing of his interest in any land of which an industrial estates corporation is a tenant, the corporation shall comply with any direction of the Secretary of State as to the assignment or surrender of the corporation's interest.
Without prejudice to the foregoing provisions of this section, the Secretary of State may give general directions to an industrial estates corporation as to the exercise of its functions, and in particular as to the location of head or branch offices of the corporation.
All receipts of an industrial estates corporation other than— shall be paid over to the Secretary of State.
receipts determined by the corporation in accordance with any directions of the Secretary of State to be required to be retained for meeting expenses properly payable out of income ; and
receipts of the Scottish Industrial Estates Corporation on behalf of the Highlands and Islands Development Board when acting as agent for that Board under section 5(5) of the Highlands and Islands Development (Scotland) Act 1965,
The expenses of an industrial estates corporation incurred in the exercise of its functions under the foregoing provisions of this section shall, except in so far as they are met out of receipts of the corporation, be defrayed by the Secretary of State.
Without prejudice to section 5(5) of the said Act of 1965, an industrial estates corporation may act as agent—
for the Secretary of State, or for any other industrial estates corporation, in the carrying out of any functions of the Secretary of State or corporation under this Act;
for the Development Commissioners in the carrying out of the functions of the Commissioners in relation to applications for advances under Part I of the Development and Road Improvement Funds Act 1909 and in relation to the framing of schemes with respect to any of the matters for which such advances may be made; or
for the Secretary of State in the execution of any work in respect of which such an advance as aforesaid is made to the Secretary of State.
An industrial estates corporation shall keep proper accounts and proper records in relation to the accounts, and shall prepare in respect of each financial year of the corporation a statement of accounts in such form as the Secretary of State, with the consent of the Treasury, may direct, being a form conforming with the best commercial standards.
The accounts of an industrial estates corporation shall be audited by auditors to be appointed annually by the Secretary of State.
No person shall be qualified to be appointed under subsection (2) of this section unless he is a member of one or more of the following bodies:—
the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales;
the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland;
the Association of Certified Accountants ;
the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Ireland;
any other body of accountants established in the United Kingdom and for the time being recognised by the Secretary of State for the purposes of section 161(1)(a) of the Companies Act 1948.
So soon as the accounts of an industrial estates corporation for any financial year have been audited, the corporation shall send to the Secretary of State a report on the discharge of its functions during that year and that report shall include a copy of the statement of accounts for that year together with a copy of any report made by the auditors on the accounts.
Where land acquired by the Secretary of State under this Act, or vested in him in consequence of Part I of the Local Employment Act 1960, is situated in a locality which is not a development area or intermediate area, the Secretary of State may exercise in relation to the land the following powers, that is to say—
power to preserve and maintain the land and any buildings or works on it, and to erect buildings and carry out works on it;
where there are buildings on the land, power to acquire by agreement other land contiguous or adjacent to it for the purpose of erecting thereon extensions to those buildings or of erecting thereon other buildings to be used with the first-mentioned buildings as part of a single undertaking;
power to provide means of access, services and other facilities for meeting the requirements of undertakings carried on or to be carried on on the land (including requirements arising from the needs of persons employed or to be employed therein).
The Secretary of State may modernise, adapt or reconstruct any buildings or other works on land acquired by him under this Act, or vested in him in consequence of Part I of the Local Employment Act 1960, and, where the execution of that work will interrupt the use of the buildings or works by any undertaking, acquire other land by agreement, and erect buildings and carry out works on that other land, or on land previously acquired by or vested in the Secretary of State as aforesaid, for the purpose of providing premises for the occupation of that undertaking or of otherwise meeting its requirements.
The foregoing provisions of this section shall not apply to land acquired by the Secretary of State under section 8 of this Act so far as applicable to derelict land clearance areas, but where land so acquired is situated in a locality which is not a derelict land clearance area the Secretary of State shall have power, so long as he owns the land, to carry out thereon such work as appears to him expedient for the purpose of enabling so much of the land as appears to him to be derelict, neglected or unsightly to be brought into use or of improving its appearance, with a view to contributing to the development of industry in the locality in which it is situated.
Where at any time a locality ceases to be a development area, intermediate area or derelict land clearance area, the fact that it is no longer such an area shall not prejudice—
the completion by the Secretary of State of buildings or works begun before that time in the locality under section 5 or 8 of this Act, or the exercise by the Secretary of State in relation to land in that locality of his powers under either of those sections so far as may be necessary for the purpose of fulfilling any agreement entered into by the Secretary of State before that time;
the making under this Act of any grant or loan or the giving of assistance under section 4 of this Act in any case in which an application for the grant, loan or assistance was received by the Secretary of State (or the appropriate Minister for the purpose of section 8) before that time; or
the continued operation of any agreement relating to any such grant, loan or assistance as is mentioned in paragraph (b) of this section or of any other agreement relating to grants or loans entered into under this Act.
In subsection (1) of this section " grant" does not include a grant under section 3 of this Act but where at any time a development area ceases to be such without becoming an intermediate area, or an intermediate area ceases to be such without becoming a development area, it shall be treated as continuing to be a development area or, as the case may be, intermediate area— In this subsection, references to development areas and intermediate areas include references to parts of development areas and intermediate areas.
for the purpose of enabling grants to be made under that section on applications received by the Secretary of State before that time, or in respect of expenditure any part of which was incurred by the applicant under a contract entered into before that time; and
for the purpose of the continued operation of any agreement relating to any grant under that section.
Where in the case of any undertaking a loan has been made under this Act and the Secretary of State is satisfied, in accordance with recommendations of the advisory committee, that with a view to enabling all or part of the moneys lent to be recovered it is expedient to provide further financial assistance for the purposes of the undertaking, the Secretary of State may provide such further assistance of such amount and on such terms and conditions as may be recommended by the committee.
Section 4(5) of this Act shall apply in relation to recommendations under this section.
Section 1 of the Acquisition of Land (Authorisation Procedure) Act 1946 and section 1 of the Acquisition of Land (Authorisation Procedure) (Scotland) Act 1947 (procedure for compulsory purchase by local authorities and certain Ministers) shall apply in relation to the compulsory purchase of land by the Secretary of State under this Act.
Notwithstanding anything in this Act, where at the time of publication in accordance with the provisions of the said Act of 1946 or the said Act of 1947 of notice of the preparation of a draft of a compulsory purchase order— the Secretary of State shall not be authorised to acquire compulsorily the interest of the person carrying on the undertaking.
land is in use for the purposes of any undertaking; and
that undertaking provides employment which is substantial having regard to the extent of the land used for its purposes and the nature of the undertaking,
Any person duly authorised in writing by the Secretary of State may, at any reasonable time, enter any land for the purpose of surveying it in connection with the exercise of the Secretary of State's powers under this Act to acquire land; and— (which provide for the giving of notice and the production of authority to enter, for cases of obstruction, for safeguarding information as to manufacturing processes and trade secrets, for compensation for damage and for defining powers of survey) shall apply in relation to this subsection as they apply in relation to the said section 280 and the said section 99 respectively.
subsection (9) of section 280 and subsections (1) to (4) and (6) of section 281 of the Town and Country Planing Act 1971; and
subsections (4) to (7) and (9) of section 99 of the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1947,
In the light of the statements furnished to him under section 12(4) of this Act, the Secretary of State shall prepare a statement of accounts, in such form as the Treasury may direct, showing the financial results for each financial year as respects—
the activities of the Secretary of State in the execution of this Act, other than activities in respect of grants; and .
the activities of all the industrial estates corporations.
The Secretary of State shall on or before 30th November in each year transmit to the Comptroller and Auditor General the statement of accounts prepared by the Secretary of State for the financial year last ended for examination and certification by him ; and copies of every statement of accounts of the Secretary of State, together with the report of the Comptroller and Auditor General thereon, shall be laid by the Secretary of State before Parliament.
As soon as may be after 31st March in each year the Secretary of State shall prepare a report on the discharge of his functions under this Act and under section 12(4) of the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1947 and section 67(1) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1971 and shall lay the report before Parliament.
Any power conferred by this Act to make orders includes power to vary or revoke any order previously made in the exercise of that power.
Any power conferred by this Act to make orders or regulations shall be exercisable by statutory instrument subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.
The provisions of Schedule 2 to this Act shall have effect in relation to the matters there dealt with . . .
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In section 67(7) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1971 for the definition of " development area" there shall be substituted " ' development area' " means any area specified as such by an order made or having effect under section 1 of the Local Employment Act 1972 and any locality treated by virtue of subsection (5) of that section as included in a development area." In section 124(8) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1971 the words " in section 2 or 14 of the Local Employment Act 1960 " shall be omitted and for the words " section 20 or 21(4) of the Industrial Development Act 1966 " there shall be substituted the words " section 5, 8, 13(1) or 14 of the Local Employment Act 1972 ".
In section 11(3) of the Development of Tourism Act 1969 for the words " under subsection (2) of section 15 of the Industrial Development Act 1966" and " subsection (6) of that section" there shall be substituted respectively the words " by an order made or having effect under section 1 of the Local Employment Act 1972 " and " subsection (5) of that section ".
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Each corporation shall be a body corporate with perpetual succession and a common seal.
Each corporation—
shall pay to each of its members, in respect of his office as such, such remuneration (whether by way of salary or fees) and such allowances as the Secretary of State may with the approval of the Minister for the Civil Service determine in the case of that member; and
in the case of any such member as the Secretary of State may with the approval of the Minister for the Civil Service determine, shall pay such pension or make such payments towards the provision of pensions to or in respect of him as the Secretary of State may with the approval of the Minister for the Civil Service determine.
The Secretary of State shall lay before each House of Parliament a statement of the remuneration and allowances that are or will be payable to members of the corporations under paragraph 2 of this Schedule; and, if any subsequent determination by the Secretary of State under that paragraph involves any departure from the terms of the said statement or if a determination by the Secretary of State under that paragraph relates to the payment of, or to payments towards the provision of, a pension to or in respect of any member of any of the corporations, the Secretary of State shall, as soon as possible after the determination, lay a statement thereof before each House of Parliament.
Each corporation may, subject to any limit of numbers which may be determined by the Secretary of State, employ such officers and servants as appear to the corporation expedient for the exercise of its functions.
Each corporation shall—
pay to its officers and servants such remuneration as the corporation may, subject to any directions of the Secretary of State, determine ; and
as regards any officer or servant in whose case it may be determined by the corporation with the approval of the Secretary of State so to do, pay to or in respect of him such pension, or provide and maintain for him such pension scheme (whether contributory or not), as may be so determined.
Where any officer or servant of any of the corporations, being a participant in any pension scheme applicable to his office or employment, becomes a member of the corporation, he may be treated for the purposes of the pension scheme as if his service as a member of the corporation were service as an officer or servant of the corporation, and his rights under the scheme shall not be affected by any provision of this Act which requires that the pensions to be paid, or payments towards the provision of pensions to be made, in the case of members of any of the corporations shall be determined by the Secretary of State with the approval of the Minister for the Civil Service.
The procedure of each corporation (including quorum) shall be such as the corporation may determine.
No act of any of the corporations shall be invalid by reason only of any vacancy among the members or any defect in the appointment of a member.
In this Schedule " pension ", in relation to a person, means a pension, whether contributory or not, of any kind whatsover payable to or in respect of him, and includes a gratuity so payable and a return of contributions, with or without interest thereon or any other addition thereto.
Section 19.
The following provisions of this paragraph shall have effect as respects any pension, superannuation or life-assurance scheme or fund in force on 1st April 1960 for the benefit of persons in the employment or former employment of any of the following companies, that is to say— North Eastern Trading Estates Limited Wales and Monmouthshire Industrial Estates Limited The West Cumberland Industrial Development Company Limited Scottish Industrial Estates Limited North Western Industrial Estates Limited. Anything authorised or required to be done for the purposes of the scheme or fund on or after 1st April 1960 which, apart from this paragraph, would fall to be done by, with or to the company or its directors shall be treated as falling to be done by, with or to the industrial estates corporation acting for the part of Great Britain in which the company exercised its functions. For the purposes of the scheme or fund, employment on or after 1st April 1960 by the said corporation shall be treated as equivalent to employment by the company, and employment on or after that date by the company shall be disregarded. Any requirement to do anything for the said purposes at the registered office of the company shall be treated, in relation to things falling to be done on or after 1st April 1960, as a requirement to do that thing at the head office of the said industrial estates corporation. References in any deed, rules or other document to the company shall be construed as, or as including, references to the said industrial estates corporation as may be required for giving effect to, or in consequence of, the foregoing provisions of this paragraph.
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In any enactment or instrument passed or made before 19th August 1966, for any reference to an industrial estates corporation by its original name (that is, the name given to it by section 8 of the Local Employment Act 1960) there shall be substituted a reference to that corporation by the new name given to it by section 19(1) of the Industrial Development Act 1966 (that is, the appropriate name specified in section 10(1) of this Act).
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Any document executed before 23rd October 1969 by the Board of Trade in connection with the exercise of their powers under section 4 of the Local Employment Act 1960 as extended by section 18 of the Industrial Development Act 1966 shall be deemed to have been validly executed if executed by the President of the Board, any Minister of State with duties concerning the affairs of the Board, any secretary, under-secretary or assistant secretary of the Board or any person authorised in that behalf by the President.
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As respects any time before the coming into force of the Town and Country Planning Act 1971 this Act shall have effect as if— the words from " as respects England" to " Scotland" were omitted.
in section 16(3) for the reference to the provisions of that Act there were substituted a reference to section 211(6) and 212(1) to (4) and (6) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1962;
in section 17(3) for the reference to section 67(1) of the said Act of 1971 there were substituted a reference to section 38(1) of the said Act of 1962 ; and
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Section 22(1)
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In section 26(6)(a) of the Finance Act 1967 for the words " under section 15(2) of the Industrial Development Act 1966 " and " section 15(6) of that Act" there shall be substituted respectively the words " by an order made or having effect under section 1 of the Local Employment Act 1972 " and " section 1(5) of that Act ".
In section 13(6) of the Highlands and Islands Development (Scotland) Act 1965 for the words " section 10 of the Local Employment Act 1960 (which relates to accounts of Management Corporations)" there shall be substituted the words " section 12 of the Local Employment Act 1972 (which relates to the accounts of the industrial estates corporations) " .
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In section 38(6) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1962, as amended by section 26 of the Industrial Development Act 1966, for the words from "development area" onwards there shall be substituted the words " ' development areas' means the areas specified as such by orders made or having effect under section 1 of the Local Employment Act 1972 and any locality treated by virtue of subsection (5) of that section as included in a development area. " In section 79(8) of the said Act of 1962 for the words " section two, section five or section fourteen of the Local Employment Act 1960" there shall be substituted the words " section 5, 8, 13(1) or 14 of the Local Employment Act 1972 " .
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In section 1(4) of the Housing Act 1971—
for the words " under section 15(2) of the Industrial Development Act 1966 " and " section 15(6) of that Act " there shall be substituted respectively the words " by an order made or having effect under section 1 of the Local Employment Act 1972 " and " subsection (5) of that section " ;
for the words " under Part II of this Act" there shall be substituted the words " by an order made or having effect under section 1 of the Local Employment Act 1972 ";
for the words " under section 1 of the Local Employment Act 1970 " and " subsection (5) of that section " there shall be substituted respectively the words " by an order made or having effect under section 1 of that Act " and " subsection (7) of that section ".
for the words " the said Part II" there shall be substituted the words " the said Act of 1972 " .
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For subsection (3) of section 15 of the Finance Act 1970 there shall be subsituted the following subsection—
For subsection (3) of section 15 of the Finance Act 1970 there shall be substituted the following subsection—
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In sections 42(6) and 52(1) of the Finance Act 1971 for the words " Part I of the Local Employment Act 1960" there shall be substituted the words " the Local Employment Act 1972 " .
for the words " section 15(6) of the Industrial Development Act 1966 " there shall be substituted the words " section 1(5) of the Local Employment Act 1972 ";
for the words " section 1(5) of the Local Employment Act 1970 " there shall be substituted the words " section 1(7) of that Act ";
for the words " the purposes for which the powers conferred by Part I of the Local Employment Act 1960 are exercisable under section 1(1) of that Act" there shall be substituted the words " the purpose mentioned in section 2(1) of the said Act of 1972 ";
For the purposes of this Act Monmouthshire shall be deemed to be part of Wales.
Except where the context otherwise requires, in this Act any reference to any enactment shall be construed as a reference to that enactment as amended, and as including a reference thereto as extended or applied, by any other enactment.
The enactments specified in Schedule 3 to this Act shall have effect subject to the amendments there specified.
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The repeal by this Act of any enactment shall not affect the validity of any order, regulations, determination, appointment, consent, approval, direction, recommendation, agreement, application or any other thing made, given or done under that enactment, but any such thing shall be deemed for the purposes of this Act to have been made, given or done under the corresponding provision of this Act; and anything begun under any such enactment may be continued under the corresponding provision of this Act.
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Without prejudice to subsection (1) of this section, any reference in any document to an enactment repealed by this Act shall, except where the context otherwise requires, be construed as, or as including, a reference to this Act or the corresponding provision of this Act.
Nothing in this section shall be construed as affecting the general application of section 38 of the Interpretation Act 1889 with respect to the effect of repeals.
This Act may be cited as the Local Employment Act 1972.
This Act shall come into force at the expiration of the period of one month beginning with the day on which it is passed.
This Act does not extend to Northern Ireland.