# Welsh Development Agency Act 1975, Section 21C: Powers to advise on land matters.

Extent: E+W+S

(1) The Assembly may, if requested to do so by a public authority—
(a) advise the authority about disposing of any of the authority’s land in Wales to other persons; and
(b) assist the authority in disposing of the land.
(2) In subsection (1) above “public authority” means—
(a) a government department;
(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(c) a county council, county borough council or community council;
(d) a National Park authority;
(e) a development corporation for a new town;
(f) a Local Health Board, Special Health Authority or National Health Service trust;
(g) a body corporate established by or under an enactment for the purpose of carrying on under national ownership any industry or part of an industry;
(h) any statutory undertakers; or
(i) any other public authority, body or undertakers specified in an order made by the Assembly.
(3) The Assembly may assist—
(a) the council of a county or county borough in Wales in making an assessment of land in its area which is, in its opinion, available and suitable for development;
(b) a joint planning board in Wales in making an assessment of land in its district which is, in its opinion, available and suitable for development; ...
(c) a National Park authority for a National Park in Wales in making an assessment of land in the National Park which is, in its opinion, available and suitable for development ; or
(d) a corporate joint committee in making an assessment of land in its ... area which is, in its opinion, available and suitable for development.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1975/70/section/21C (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/welsh-development-agency-act-1975/section-21C
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