Welsh Development Agency Act 1975 (C. 70)

To establish and maintain a Welsh Development Agency and a Welsh Industrial Development Advisory Board.
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Functions exercisable solely by WAG or the National Assembly for Wales.
The following Ministerial functions under this Act are exercisable solely by the Welsh Ministers in relation to Wales namely: sections 1(8) and (9): Power to direct Agency as to the exercise of its functions. section 2 and Schedule 1: Power to appoint chairman, deputy chairman and other Board members and approve appointment of the chief executive. section 10: Authorisation for Agency to provide means of access or other services or facilities for the development of industry in an area. section 10A: Power to appoint with the Treasury approval the Agency to act agent of the Secretary of State in relation to providing financial assistance for regeneration and development under sections 126-128 of the Housing Grants, Construction and Regeneration Act 1996 and sections 27 to 29 of the Housing and Planning Act 1986. section 13: Appointment of members of the Welsh Industrial Development Board to advice the Secretary of State as to the exercise of his functions under section 7 of the Industrial Development Act 1982. section 15: Approval, with Treasury approval, for the making of payments by the Agency to bodies undertaking the improvement of the environment in Wales. section 16: Power to consent to the Agency: (a) paying grants, at 80% or such other percentage prescribed by the Secretary of State with the Treasury consent, to persons to reclaim or improve derelict, unsightly or neglected land; (b) acquiring such land compulsorily or by agreement; (c) carrying out works on such land. section 17: Determination, with Treasury approval, of the financial duties of the Agency. section 18: Power by order to approve limit of borrowing by the Agency. section 19(7): Power to direct that Agency is not bound by the provisions of sections 19(5) and (6) in relation to shareholdings in bodies carrying on a business of publishing newspapers or magazines. section 20: Power to consent to limit of purchase of share capital by the Agency or its subsidiaries. section 21A, Schedule 4 and 21B: Consent to compulsory purchase of land or disposal of land by Agency. section 23: Power to permit entry onto land to carry out surveys for the purposes of the Act.

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Functions exercisable solely by WAG or the National Assembly for Wales.