Paragraph 1

(1)

Chapters 1 and 2 of Part 1 of the 2008 Act apply in relation to the Combined Authority as modified in accordance with the following provisions.

(2)

Sections 5 (powers to provide housing or other land), 6 (powers for regeneration, development or effective use of land), 7 (powers in relation to infrastructure), 8 (powers to deal with land etc), 9 (acquisition of land), 10 (restrictions on disposal of land) and 11 (main powers in relation to acquired land) of, and Schedules 2 to 4 to, the 2008 Act, have effect as if for each reference to—

(a)

“the HCA” there were substituted a reference to “the Combined Authority”;

(b)

“Part 1” of that Act there were substituted a reference to “Part 3 of the York and North Yorkshire Combined Authority Order 2023”; and

(c)

“land acquired or held by the HCA” there were substituted a reference to “land acquired or held by the Combined Authority”.

(3)

Sections 5, 6, 8, 9 and 10 of the 2008 Act have effect as if for each reference to “land” there were substituted a reference to “land in the area of the Combined Authority”.

(4)

Section 57(1) of the 2008 Act has effect as if before the definition of “develop” there were inserted—

““Combined Authority” means the York and North Yorkshire Combined Authority, a body corporate established under the York and North Yorkshire Combined Authority Order 2023;”.