The East Midlands Combined County Authority Regulations 2024

Application of certain provisions of the 1985 Act, the 1990 Act and the 2008 Act

10.—(1) This regulation has effect in consequence of regulations 7 and 8.

(2) The provisions set out in section 17 of the 1985 Act (acquisition of land for housing purposes) apply to the Combined County Authority as they apply to a local housing authority within the meaning of section 1 of the 1985 Act.

(3) For the purposes of regulation 8(1)(o) and (p) the Combined County Authority is to be treated as a local housing authority for the Area(1).

(4) Part 9 of the 1990 Act (acquisition and appropriation of land for planning purposes, etc) applies in relation to the Combined County Authority and land which has been vested in or acquired by the Combined County Authority for planning and public purposes as it applies to a local planning authority and land vested in or acquired by a local planning authority for planning and public purposes.

(5) Chapters 1 and 2 of Part 1 of, and Schedules 2 to 4 to, the 2008 Act apply in relation to the powers of the Combined County Authority to acquire land for housing and infrastructure as they apply to the HCA and land acquired by the HCA with the modifications made by Parts 1 and 2 of Schedule 2 to these Regulations.

(6) In this regulation “local planning authority” has the meaning given by section 336(1) of the 1990 Act.

(1)

In section 1 of the 1985 Act “local housing authority” means a district council, a London borough council, the Common Council of the City of London, a Welsh county council or county borough council or the Council of the Isles of Scilly.