Legislation – Historic Environment (Wales) Act 2023
Changes to legislation:
Historic Environment (Wales) Act 2023, Section 157 is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 06 November 2025. There are changes that may be brought into force at a future date. Changes that have been made appear in the content and are referenced with annotations.
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Changes and effects yet to be applied to Section 157:
- s. 11(3) inserted by 2024 asc 3 Sch. 3 para. 15(2)
- s. 58(4)(c) inserted by 2024 asc 3 Sch. 3 para. 15(3)
- s. 88(4) inserted by 2024 asc 3 Sch. 3 para. 15(4)
- s. 118(2)(f) inserted by 2024 asc 3 Sch. 3 para. 15(5)
- s. 161(6) inserted by 2024 asc 3 Sch. 3 para. 15(6)
Changes and effects yet to be applied to the whole Act associated Parts and Chapters:
Whole provisions yet to be inserted into this Act (including any effects on those provisions):
- s. 11(3) inserted by 2024 asc 3 Sch. 3 para. 15(2)
- s. 58(4)(c) inserted by 2024 asc 3 Sch. 3 para. 15(3)
- s. 88(4) inserted by 2024 asc 3 Sch. 3 para. 15(4)
- s. 118(2)(f) inserted by 2024 asc 3 Sch. 3 para. 15(5)
- s. 161(6) inserted by 2024 asc 3 Sch. 3 para. 15(6)
PART 3BUILDINGS OF SPECIAL ARCHITECTURAL OR HISTORIC INTEREST
CHAPTER 6GENERAL
Supplementary
157Interpretation of this Part
In this Part—
“enforcement notice” (“hysbysiad gorfodi”) means an enforcement notice issued under section 123 or 134 (as the case may be);
“exempt religious building” (“adeilad crefyddol esempt”) is to be interpreted in accordance with section 156;
“interim protection” (“gwarchodaeth interim”) has the meaning given by section 79(3);
“listing” (“rhestru”) and “de-listing” (“dadrestru”), in relation to a building, have the meanings given by section 76(6);
“local authority” (“awdurdod lleol”) means—
(a)
a county council or county borough council in Wales;
(b)
a National Park authority in Wales;
(c)
a community council;
(d)
a police and crime commissioner in Wales;
(e)
a fire and rescue authority in Wales constituted by a scheme under section 2 of the Fire and Rescue Services Act 2004 (c. 21) or a scheme to which section 4 of that Act applies;
(f)
a body in Wales which is a levying body within the meaning of section 74(1) of the Local Government Finance Act 1988 (c. 41);
(g)
a body in Wales to which section 75 of that Act (special levies) applies;
(h)
a joint board or joint committee, if all the constituent authorities are local authorities within paragraphs (a) to (g);
“temporary listing” (“rhestru dros dro”) has the meaning given by section 83(5);
“temporary stop notice” (“hysbysiad stop dros dro”) means a temporary stop notice issued under section 119;
“Wales” (“Cymru”) means the combined area of the counties and county boroughs in Wales.