# Housing and Regeneration Act 2008, Paragraph 7


(1) Section 39 (power of development corporations to transfer undertakings) is amended as follows.
(2) In subsection (1) for “Secretary of State” substitute “ appropriate national authority ”.
(3) In subsection (2) for “Secretary of State” substitute “ appropriate national authority ”.
(4) In subsection (2A) for “in relation to Wales” substitute “ in the case of a development corporation established by the Welsh Ministers ”.
(5) In subsection (3) for “Secretary of State” substitute “ appropriate national authority ”.
(6) In subsection (4)—
(a) at the beginning insert “In a case in which the appropriate national authority is the Secretary of State,”, and
(b) for “Secretary of State”, where it first appears, substitute “ appropriate national authority ”.
(7) In subsection (5)—
(a) for “Secretary of State” substitute “ appropriate national authority ”, and
(b) for “he” substitute “ the authority ”.
(8) For subsection (5A) substitute—
“(5A) No order shall be made under subsection (5) above—
(a) by the Secretary of State unless a draft of the order has been laid before, and approved by a resolution of, the House of Commons;
(b) by the Welsh Ministers unless a draft of the order has been laid before, and approved by a resolution of, the National Assembly for Wales.”

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2008/17/schedule/5/paragraph/7 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/housing-and-regeneration-act-2008/schedule-5/paragraph-7
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