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2004 No. 3238 (W.281) (C.144)

LAND, WALES

ANTI-SOCIAL BEHAVIOUR, WALES

The Anti-social Behaviour Act 2003 (Commencement No. 3) (Wales) Order 2004

  Made 8 December 2004 

The National Assembly for Wales, in exercise of the powers conferred upon it by section 93(3)(b) of the Anti-social Behaviour Act 2003 ("the Act")[1], hereby makes the following Order:

Citation and application
     1.  - (1) This Order may be cited as the Anti-social Behaviour Act 2003 (Commencement No. 3) (Wales) Order 2004.

    (2) This Order applies to complaints about hedges[2] situated in Wales.

Provisions to be commenced
     2. Part 8 of the Act (High Hedges) comes into force on 31 December 2004.



Signed on behalf of the National Assembly for Wales under section 66(1) of the Government of Wales Act 1998[3].


D. Elis-Thomas
The Presiding Officer of the National Assembly

8 December 2004


EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)


This Order brings into force, on 31 December 2004, the provisions of Part 8 of the Anti-social Behaviour Act 2003 ("the Act") in relation to hedges situated in Wales.

Part 8 of the Act gives local authorities the power to deal with complaints about high hedges which are having an adverse effect on a neighbour's enjoyment of his or her property. It also gives the National Assembly for Wales ("the National Assembly") the power to make regulations, in relation to hedges situated in Wales, to set the maximum level of fee chargeable by a local authority for dealing with an application under the Act and to set out the procedures to be followed where an appeal is made to the National Assembly under section 71 of the Act.


NOTE AS TO EARLIER COMMENCEMENT ORDERS

(This note is not part of the Order)


The provisions of the Act referred to in Table 1 below have been brought into force in relation to both Wales and England by Commencement Orders made before the date of this Order. The provisions of the Act referred to in Table 2 below have been brought into force in relation to Wales by Commencement Orders made before the date of this Order.


TABLE 1
Section(s) orSchedule(s) Date of commencement S.I. Number
1 to 11 20 January 2004 2003/3300
18 27 February 2004 2003/3300
23 27 February 2004 2003/3300
25 to 29 27 February 2004 2003/3300
30 to 38 20 January 2004 2003/3300
39(1) and (2) 20 January 2004 2003/3300
39(3) (in part) 20 January 2004 2003/3300
39(3) (remainder) 30 April 2004 2003/3300
39(4) to (6) 20 January 2004 2003/3300
46 31 March 2004 2004/690
53 20 January 2004 2003/3300
54 31 March 2004 2004/690
57 to 59 20 January 2004 2003/3300
60 to 64 27 February 2004 2003/3300
85(1) to (3) 20 January 2004 2003/3300
85(4) (in part) 20 January 2004 2003/3300
85(4) (remainder) 31 March 2004 2004/690
85(5) 31 March 2004 2004/690
85(6) (in part) 31 March 2004 2004/690
85(7) 20 January 2004 2003/3300
85(8) 27 February 2004 2003/3300
85(9) to (11) 31 March 2004 2004/690
86(1) and (2) 31 March 2004 2004/690
86(3) (in part) 20 January 2004 2003/3300
86(3) (remainder) 31 March 2004 2004/690
86(4) to (6) 20 January 2004 2003/3300
87 20 January 2004 2003/3300
89(1) to (4) 20 January 2004 2003/3300
89(5) 31 March 2004 2004/690
89(6) and (7) 20 January 2004 2003/3300
90 30 July 2004 2004/1502
92 (in part) 20 January 2004 2003/3300
92 (in part) 31 March 2004 2004/690
Schedule 3 (in part) 20 January 2004 2003/3300
Schedule 3 (in part) 31 March 2004 2004/690


TABLE 2
Section(s) or Schedule(s) Date of commencement S.I. Number
13 (with savings) 30 September 2004 2004/2557 (W.228) (C.107)
14 30 September 2004 2004/2557 (W.228) (C.107)
16 (with savings) 30 September 2004 2004/2557 (W.228) (C.107)
17 30 September 2004 2004/2557 (W.228) (C.107)
40 to 45 31 March 2004 2004/999 (W.105) (C.43)
47 to 52 31 March 2004 2004/999 (W.105) (C.43)
55 and 56 31 March 2004 2004/999 (W.105) (C.43)
91 (with savings) 30 September 2004 2004/2557 (W.228) (C.107)
Schedule 1 (in part) 30 September 2004 2004/2557 (W.228) (C.107)

Notes:

 [1] 2003 c.38.back

[2] See section 66(6) of the Act for the meaning of "high hedge".back

[3] 1998 c.38.back


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