# The Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980 (Commencement No. 9) Order 1984, Note: Explanatory note


This order brings Part X of the Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980 into operation in those areas of Wales in which it is not already in operation. The areas in which it is already in operation are specified in the Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980 (Commencement No. 8) Order 1983 (S.I. 1983/94). These comprise the areas of the district councils of Alyn and Deeside, Cardiff, Newport, Swansea, the Vale of Glamorgan and Wrexham Maelor. Part X of the Act provides for registers to be kept of land owned by public bodies, being land which, in the opinion of the Secretary of State, is not being used or not being sufficiently used for the performance of a public body's functions or of carrying on their undertaking. Part X also provides that the Secretary of State may direct a public body who own land on a register to take steps to dispose of it.
This order brings into force in England and Wales all the provisions of the Local Government Planning and Land Act 1980 not previously brought into force.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1984/1493/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-planning-and-land-act-1980-commencement-no-9-order-1984/note
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