Article 3 National Trust

The functions of the First Secretary of State under section 23 of the National Trust Act 1971^f1 (consent to building on commons) are transferred to the Secretary of State.

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f1: 1971 c. vi. Section 23 is amended by the Commons Act 2006 (c. 26) ss. 44(1) and 53 and Sch. 4, para. 4. In this Act and certain other enactments references to the Secretary of State for the Environment have effect as references to the First Secretary of State, by virtue of the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions Order (S.I. 1997/2971), the Secretaries of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions and for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Order 2001 (S.I. 2001/2568) and the Transfer of Functions (Transport, Local Government and the Regions) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/2626). That is subject to the National Assembly for Wales (Transfer of Functions) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/672) and, in the case of enactments extending to Scotland, sections 53 and 117 of the Scotland Act 1998 (c. 46). By virtue of section 162 of, and paragraph 30 of Schedule 11 to, the Government of Wales Act 2006 (c.32), certain functions conferred on the National Assembly for Wales are exercisable by the Welsh Ministers.