The Development Commission (Dissolution) Order 2000
S.I. 2000/1505 · Made 7 June 2000
COUNTRYSIDE AGENCY
DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION, (ENGLAND AND WALES)
Made 7th June 2000
Coming into force 8th June 2000
The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by section 35(1), (3), (4), (6) and (7) of the Regional Development Agencies Act 1998f1 and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order, a draft of which has been laid before and approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament:
Annotations to the whole text
Footnotes
- f1
Contents
- 1Citation and Commencement
- 2Dissolution date
- 3Transfer of functions, property, rights and liabilities
- 4Application of the Superannuation Act 1972
- 5Consequential Amendments
- Signature
- Explanatory note
1Citation and Commencement
This Order may be cited as the Development Commission (Dissolution) Order 2000, and shall come into force on the day after the day on which it is made.
2Dissolution date
The Development Commission shall be dissolved on 1st July 2000.
3Transfer of functions, property, rights and liabilities
On the date on which the Development Commission is dissolved:
all rights and liabilities of the Development Commission relating to the property known as Units 3 and 4, Chartfield House, Castle Street, Taunton, Somerset TA1 4AS, shall transfer to the Secretary of State; and
all other remaining functions, property, rights and liabilities shall transfer to the Countryside Agencyf1.
4Application of the Superannuation Act 1972
The persons to whom section 1 of the Superannuation Act 1972f1 applies (persons to or in respect of whom benefits may be provided by schemes under that section) shall include persons who at the time of the coming into force of this Order:
are serving or have served in employment with the Development Commission; or
have served but have ceased serving in employment with a Rural Community Council; and,
in either case, are members of the Development Commission (Staff) Superannuation Scheme 1984 as amended on 28th May 1991.
In Schedule 1 to the Superannuation Act 1972 (bodies in respect of which there are superannuation schemes) a reference to the Development Commission shall be inserted at the appropriate point in the alphabetical list of “Royal Commissions and other Commissions”.
5Consequential Amendments
On the date on which the Development Commission is dissolved the following provisions of the Miscellaneous Financial Provisions Act 1983f1 shall be repealed: section 1(1), (2), (5), (6) and (9) and Schedule 1.
Signature
Michael Meacher
Minister of State
Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions
7th June 2000
Explanatory note
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order:
dissolves the Development Commission on the 1st July 2000 (article 2);
transfers some property to the Secretary of State and any remaining functions, property, rights and liabilities to the Countryside Agency (article 3); and
applies the Superannuation Act 1972 to certain employees or former employees of the Development Commission and the Rural Community Councils with pension rights under the Development Commission (Staff) Superannuation Scheme 1984 to enable them to join the Principal Civil Service Pension Scheme (article 4).
The Development Commission (Staff) Superannuation Scheme 1984 was made on 25th March 1984 by the Development Commission under the powers conferred upon it by section 1(4) of and paragraph 4(3) of Schedule 1 to the Miscellaneous Financial Provisions Act 1983 and was amended on 28th May 1991. Copies of that scheme, the amendment to it and other relevant documents are available for inspection by appointment during office hours at:
Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions
Rural Development Division
Zone 3/B4
Eland House
Bressenden Place
London
SW1E 5DU