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

JurisdictionUK Non-devolved
CitationSI 2016/515
Year2016

2016 No. 515

Land, England

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

Made 20th April 2016

Laid before Parliament 22th 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 20081, makes the following Regulations:

S-1 Citation and commencement

Citation and commencement

1. 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.

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

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

2. 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.

Brandon Lewis

Minister of State

Department for Communities and Local Government

20th April 2016

SCHEDULE

Regulation 2

Specified public bodies

British Transport Police Authority

High Speed Two (HS2) Limited2

Network Rail Limited3

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.


(1) 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).
(2) A company formed and registered under the Companies Acts with the registration number 06791686.
(3) A company formed and registered under the Companies Acts with the registration number 04402220.

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