{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/english-devolution-and-community-empowerment-act-2026/schedule-18/paragraph-8",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/english-devolution-and-community-empowerment-act-2026/schedule-18/paragraph-8.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2026/23",
  "legislation_title": "English Devolution and Community Empowerment Act 2026",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/english-devolution-and-community-empowerment-act-2026",
  "path": "schedule/18/paragraph/8",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": "Financial assistance",
  "text": "(1) Section 19 is amended in accordance with this paragraph.\n(2) In subsections (1), (1A) and (4), after “HCA” insert “or a strategic authority outside London”.\n(3) After subsection (5) insert—\n“(5A) A strategic authority outside London may only exercise the functions conferred by this section for the purposes of, or for purposes incidental to the objectives of—\n(a) improving the supply and quality of housing in the area of the strategic authority;\n(b) securing the regeneration or development of land or infrastructure in that area;\n(c) supporting in other ways the creation, regeneration or development of communities in that area or their continued well-being;\n(d) contributing to the achievement of sustainable development and good design in that area,\nwith a view to meeting the needs of people living in that area.\n(5B) In subsection (5A)—\n(a) “good design” and “needs” have the same meanings as in section 2 (see section 2(2));\n(b) the reference to improving the supply of housing includes a reference to improving the supply of particular kinds of housing.”",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 18 para. 8 in force at Royal Assent, see s. 108(1)(3)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2026/23/schedule/18/paragraph/8",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-05T03:43:57.197615+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}