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The Anti-social Behaviour Act 2003 (Commencement No. 3) (Wales) Order 2004

W.S.I. 2004/3238 · Made 8 December 2004

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LAND, WALES

ANTI-SOCIAL BEHAVIOUR, WALES

Made 8 December 2004

The National Assembly for Wales, in exercise of the powers conferred upon it by section 93(3)(b) of the Anti-social Behaviour Act 2003 (“the Act”)f1, hereby makes the following Order:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

2003 c. 38.

Contents

  1. 1Citation and application
  2. 2Provisions to be commenced
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1Citation and application

(1)

This Order may be cited as the Anti-social Behaviour Act 2003 (Commencement No. 3) (Wales) Order 2004.

(2)

This Order applies to complaints about hedgesf1 situated in Wales.

2Provisions to be commenced

Part 8 of the Act (High Hedges) comes into force on 31 December 2004.

Signature

Signed on behalf of the National Assembly for Wales under section 66(1) of the Government of Wales Act 1998f1.

D. Elis-Thomas

The Presiding Officer of the National Assembly

8 December 2004

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order brings into force, on 31 December 2004, the provisions of Part 8 of the Anti-social Behaviour Act 2003 (“the Act”) in relation to hedges situated in Wales.

Part 8 of the Act gives local authorities the power to deal with complaints about high hedges which are having an adverse effect on a neighbour’s enjoyment of his or her property. It also gives the National Assembly for Wales (“the National Assembly”) the power to make regulations, in relation to hedges situated in Wales, to set the maximum level of fee chargeable by a local authority for dealing with an application under the Act and to set out the procedures to be followed where an appeal is made to the National Assembly under section 71 of the Act.