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Section 1 Establishment of British Tourist Authority, English Tourist Board, Scottish Tourist Board and Wales Tourist Boardand Scottish Tourist Board.F12

Changes not yet applied. Later legislation changes this provision in ways not yet written into the text below:

(1)

For the purposes of this Act there shall be established F1fourthree bodies to be known respectively as the British Tourist Authority, the English Tourist BoardF2, F3VisitScotland and the Wales Tourist Board.

(2)

The British Tourist Authority shall consist of—

(a)

a chairman and not more than five other members appointed by the F4Secretary of State for Trade; and

(b)

the chairman of the English Tourist Board, the chairman of VisitScotland and F5the chairman of the Wales Tourist Boarda person appointed by the National Assembly for Wales.

C1(3)

The English Tourist Board shall consist of a chairman and not more than six other members appointed by the Secretary of State for F6Trade,Trade and VisitScotland shall consist of a chairman and not more than six other members appointed by the Secretary of State for ScotlandF7, and the Wales Tourist Board shall consist of a chairman and not more than F8eleven other members appointed by the Secretary of State for Wales.

(4)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F9

(5)

Schedule 1 to this Act shall have effect in relation to each of the bodies established by this section.

(6)

In this Act “Tourist Board” means any of the bodies established by this section, and “the relevant Minister” means, in relation to the British Tourist Authority and the English Tourist Board, the Secretary of State for F10Trade,Trade and in relation to VisitScotland , the Secretary of State for Scotland F11and, in relation to the Wales Tourist Board, the Secretary of State for Wales.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

Word in s. 1(1) substituted (E.W.) (23.11.2005) by Wales Tourist Board (Transfer of Functions to the National Assembly for Wales and Abolition) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/3225) , art. 1(1) , Sch. 1 para. 1(1) (with art. 3(1) )

F2

Words in s. 1(1) substituted (E.W.) (23.11.2005) by Wales Tourist Board (Transfer of Functions to the National Assembly for Wales and Abolition) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/3225) , art. 1(1) , Sch. 1 para. 1(1) (with art. 3(1) )

F3

Words in Act substituted (E.W.) (29.3.2007) by Tourist Boards (Scotland) Act 2006 (Consequential Modifications) Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/1103), art. 1(1), Sch. para. 1(2) and words substituted (S.) (1.4.2007) by Tourist Boards (Scotland) Act 2006 (asp 15), ss. 1(2), 5(1); S.S.I. 2007/47, art. 2

F4

Words substituted by virtue of S.I. 1970/1537 , arts. 2(1) , 7(4) , Sch. 2 para. 12 and 1974/692 arts. 2(1), 5(3), Sch. 1 Pt. III

F5

Words in s. 1(2)(b) substituted (E.W.) (23.11.2005) by Wales Tourist Board (Transfer of Functions to the National Assembly for Wales and Abolition) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/3225) , art. 1(1) , Sch. 1 para. 1(2) (with art. 3(1) )

F6

Words in s. 1(3) substituted (E.W.) (23.11.2005) by Wales Tourist Board (Transfer of Functions to the National Assembly for Wales and Abolition) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/3225) , art. 1(1) , Sch. 1 para. 1(3)(a) (with art. 3(1) )

F7

Words in s. 1(3) omitted (E.W.) (23.11.2005) by virtue of Wales Tourist Board (Transfer of Functions to the National Assembly for Wales and Abolition) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/3225) , art. 1(1) , Sch. 1 para. 1(3)(b) (with art. 3(1) )

F8

Word in s. 1(3) substituted (E.W.) (29.3.2007) by Tourist Boards (Scotland) Act 2006 (Consequential Modifications) Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/1103) , art. 1(1) , Sch. para. 1(3) and substituted for (S.) (1.4.2007) by Tourist Boards (Scotland) Act 2006 (asp 15), ss. 2, 5(1); S.S.I. 2007/47, art. 2

F9

S. 1(4) repealed by House of Commons Disqualification Act 1975 (c. 24) , Sch. 3

F10

Words in s. 1(6) substituted (E.W.) (23.11.2005) by Wales Tourist Board (Transfer of Functions to the National Assembly for Wales and Abolition) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/3225) , art. 1(1) , Sch. 1 para. 1(4) (with art. 3(1) )

F11

Words in s. 1(6) omitted (E.W.) (23.11.2005) by virtue of Wales Tourist Board (Transfer of Functions to the National Assembly for Wales and Abolition) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/3225) , art. 1(1) , Sch. 1 para. 1(4) (with art. 3(1) )

F12

Words in s. 1 heading substituted (E.W.) (23.11.2005) by Wales Tourist Board (Transfer of Functions to the National Assembly for Wales and Abolition) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/3225) , art. 1(1) , Sch. 1 para. 1(5) (with art. 3(1) )

Modifications

C1

S. 1(3)(6): modified (1.7.1999) by S.I. 1999/672 , art. 2 , Sch. 1