53 Continuity of exercise of functions
Local Government (Wales) Act 1994 (1994 c 19) | Legislation

53  Continuity of exercise of functions

(1)     The abolition of the old authorities shall not affect the validity of anything done by any of those authorities before their abolition.

(2)     Anything which at 1st April 1996 is in the process of being done by or in relation to an old authority in the exercise of, or in connection with, any relevant functions may be continued by or in relation to the authority (“the successor authority”) by which those functions become exercisable or, as the case may be, become exercisable in respect of the area in question.

(3)     Where immediately before 1st April 1996 any relevant functions exercisable by an old authority are exercisable concurrently by another such authority, or by other such authorities in respect of their respective

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