Levelling-up and Regeneration Act 2023

139 Restriction of Community Infrastructure Levy to Greater London and Wales

(1) Part 11 of the Planning Act 2008 (Community Infrastructure Levy) is amended as follows.

(2) In the Part heading, at the end insert “: Greater London and Wales”.

(3) In section 205 (the levy)—

(a) in subsection (1), after “imposition” insert “, in Greater London and Wales,”;

(b) in subsection (3), in the Table, omit the second entry.

(4) In section 206 (the charge)—

(a) in subsection (1), after “A charging authority” insert “in Greater London or Wales”;

(b) for subsection (3) substitute—

“(3) The Mayor of London is the charging authority for Greater London.”;

(c) in subsection (4)—

(i) in the words before paragraph (a), for “, or in the case of Greater London one of the charging authorities,” substitute “in Wales”;

(ii) in the words before paragraph (a), omit “, (3)(b) or (c)”;

(iii) in paragraph (a), at the end insert “in Wales, and”;

(iv) omit paragraphs (c) to (e);

(d) in subsection (5)—

(i) omit paragraph (a) (together with the “and” at the end of that paragraph);

(ii) in paragraph (b) omit “in relation to Wales”;

(e) omit subsection (6).

(5) Omit section 207 (joint committees).

(6) In section 223(1) (relationship with other powers), before paragraph (a) insert—

“(za) Part 10A (Infrastructure Levy: England) (including any power conferred by IL regulations under that Part),”.