C5C3PART 8London

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C1C5C3C4C2C6C7C8C9C10C11C12C13CHAPTER 2Mayoral development corporations

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Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1

Pt. 8 Ch. 2 applied (with modifications) (3.3.2017) by The Tees Valley Combined Authority (Functions) Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/250), arts. 1(2), 4(1)(2), Sch. (with arts. 3, 4(3))

C2

Pt. 8 Ch. 2 applied (with modifications) (8.5.2017) by The West of England Combined Authority Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/126), arts. 1(4), 14(1), Sch. 3

C10

Pt. 8 Ch. 2: power to amend conferred (26.12.2023) by Levelling-up and Regeneration Act 2023 (c. 55), ss. 132, 255(3)(a) (with s. 247)

Object and main power

201Object and powers

1

The object of an MDC is to secure the regeneration of its area.

2

An MDC may do anything it considers appropriate for the purposes of its object or for purposes incidental to those purposes.

3

In this section “specific power”, in relation to an MDC, means any of the MDC's powers other than its powers under subsection (2).

4

An MDC's specific powers are to be exercised for the purposes of its object or for purposes incidental to those purposes.

5

Each of an MDC's specific powers may be exercised separately or together with, or as part of, another of its specific powers.

6

None of an MDC's specific powers limits the scope of its other specific powers.

7

None of an MDC's specific powers limits the scope of its powers under subsection (2).

8

But—

a

subsections (4) and (5) do not apply to an MDC in its capacity as a local planning authority as a result of decisions under section 202 or in its exercise of other functions as a result of decisions under that section,

b

subsection (4) does not apply to the exercise of a function by an MDC in consequence of an authorisation under section 38 of the Greater London Authority Act 1999 (delegation by Mayor), and

c

the powers conferred by subsection (2) must not be used to override a restriction imposed on the exercise of a specific power.