New Towns Act 1946

1. Introductory Text

2. 1. Designation of sites of new towns.

3. 2. Establishment and general powers of development corporations.

4. 3. Planning and control of development in new towns.

5. 4. Acquisition of land by development corporations.

6. 5. Disposal of land by development corporations.

7. 6. Supplementary provisions as to land.

8. 7. Highways.

9. 8. Housing.

10. 9. Public health.

11. 10. Statutory undertakers.

12. 11. Contributions by development corporations towards expenditure of local authorities and statutory undertakers.

13. 12. Advances and payments by Minister to development corporations.

14. 13. Accounts, audit, annual report, etc.

15. 14. Transfer of undertakings of development corporations.

16. 15. Winding up of development corporations.

17. 16. Combination and transfer of functions of development corporations.

18. 17. Limitation of actions, etc.

19. 18. Superannuation of employees of development corporations.

20. 19. Regulations, orders and other supplementary provisions.

21. 20. Saving for revenue provisions, etc.

22. 21. Restriction on the provision by development corporations of certain public services.

23. 22. Transitional provisions.

24. 23. Modifications of Town and Country Planning Act, 1944, as applied.

25. 24. Payment out of moneys provided by Parliament of certain expenses.

26. 25. Provisions as to Scotland.

27. 26. Interpretation, construction, short title and extent.

28. SCHEDULES.

    1. FIRST SCHEDULE

       Provisions as to Orders under s. I.

       1. 1. Where the Minister proposes to make an order under section...

       2. 2. Before making the order the Minister shall publish in the...

       3. 3. If any objection is duly made to the proposed order...

       4. 4. Subject to the provisions of the last foregoing paragraph the...

       5. 5. As soon as may be after an order has been...

    2. SECOND SCHEDULE

       Constitution of Development Corporations.

       1. Appointment of members and tenure of office.

          1. 1. The members of a development corporation (in this Schedule referred...

          2. 2. Subject to the following provisions of this Schedule, a member...

          3. 3. If the chairman or deputy chairman of the corporation ceases...

          4. 4. Any member of the corporation may, by notice in writing...

          5. 5. If the Minister is satisfied that a member of the...

          6. 6. A member of the corporation who ceases to be a...

       2. Remuneration.

          1. 7. The corporation shall pay to their members, in respect of...

       3. Meetings and proceedings.

          1. 8. The quorum of the corporation and the arrangements relating to...

          2. 9. The validity of any proceeding of the corporation shall not...

       4. Instruments, etc.

          1. 10. The fixing of the seal of the corporation shall be...

          2. 11. Any contract or instrument which, if made or executed by...

          3. 12. Any document purporting to be a document duly executed under...

    3. THIRD SCHEDULE

       Enactments which may be suspended under Section Three.

    4. FOURTH SCHEDULE

       Modifications of Provisions of the Town and Country Planning Act, 1944, as applied by this Act.

       1. General Modifications.

          1. 1. For references to an order under section one of that...

          2. 2. For references to a compulsory purchase order under that Act,...

          3. 3. For references to land or buildings acquired for the purposes...

          4. 4. For references to the purchase or acquisition of land by...

          5. 5. For references to a local planning authority (except the reference...

          6. 6. References to land appropriated for the purposes of Part I...

       2. Additional Modifications of particular sections.

    5. FIFTH SCHEDULE

       Modifications of Provisions of the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act, 1945, as applied by this Act.

       1. General Modifications.

          1. 1. For references to an order under section one of that...

          2. 2. For references to a compulsory purchase order under that Act,...

          3. 3. For references to land or buildings acquired for the purposes...

          4. 4. For references to the purchase or acquisition of land by...

          5. 5. For references to a local planning authority (except the reference...

          6. 6. References to land appropriated for the purposes of Part I...

       2. Additional Modifications of particular sections.