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The Homes and Communities Agency (Transfer of Property etc.) (No. 2) Regulations 2016

S.I. 2016/515 · Made 20 April 2016

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Land, England

Made 20th April 2016

Laid before Parliament 22nd April 2016

Coming into force 16th May 2016

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 1(1), 53A(2) and 320(1) and (7)(ca) of the Housing and Regeneration Act 2008f1, makes the following Regulations:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

2008 c.17. Section 53A was inserted by section 31(2), and section 320(7)(ca) by section 31(4)(a) of the Infrastructure Act 2015 (c.7).

Contents

  1. 1Citation and commencement
  2. 2Specified public bodies for the purposes of section 53A of the Housing and Regeneration Act 2008
  3. Signature
  4. Schedule Specified public bodies
  5. Explanatory note

1Citation and commencement

These Regulations may be cited as the Homes and Communities Agency (Transfer of Property etc.) (No. 2) Regulations 2016 and come into force on 16th May 2016.

2Specified public bodies for the purposes of section 53A of the Housing and Regeneration Act 2008

The public bodies shown in the Schedule to these Regulations are specified for the purposes of section 53A (other property transfers etc to the HCA) of the Housing and Regeneration Act 2008.

Signature

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government

Brandon Lewis

Minister of State

Department for Communities and Local Government

20th April 2016

Specified public bodies

British Transport Police Authority

High Speed Two (HS2) Limitedf1

Network Rail Limitedf2

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

Section 53A(1) of the Housing and Regeneration Act 2008 allows the Secretary of State to make one or more schemes for the transfer to the Homes and Communities Agency of designated property, rights or liabilities of a specified public body. These Regulations specify a number of public bodies for this purpose. They are additional to the Homes and Communities Agency (Transfer of Property etc.) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/1471) which already specify public bodies for the same purpose.

A full impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no impact on the private or voluntary sectors is foreseen. An Explanatory Memorandum is available alongside this instrument at www.legislation.gov.uk.