C1PART IIIREGENERATION OF SITES

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Regeneration of relevant sites by development corporations

Agreements and arrangements with other bodies and persons22

1

A development corporation may –

a

enter into an agreement with any person for the development of any land forming all or part of its site, and

b

do anything which is required in order to secure the development of that land in accordance with such agreement.

2

Where under any statutory provision powers are conferred on a public body to do anything (of whatever kind and for whatever purpose) –

a

that body and the corporation may enter into an agreement that those powers shall, to such extent and subject to such conditions as the agreement may specify, be exercised on or in relation to its site by the corporation on behalf of that public body;

b

the corporation shall have power to carry any such agreement into effect; and

c

for that purpose references to the public body in any such statutory provision shall be construed as including references to the corporation.

3

The corporation shall not enter an agreement under paragraph (2) with a public body other than a Northern Ireland department except with the approval of the F1responsible department.

4

A public body may enter into an agreement with a development corporation that any powers of the corporation under this Part shall, to such extent and subject to such conditions as the agreement may specify, be exercised by the public body on behalf of the corporation and the public body shall have power to carry any such agreement into effect.

5

The provisions of this Part shall, with any necessary modifications, apply to the exercise of powers under this Part by a public body in pursuance of an agreement under paragraph (4) as they would have applied to their exercise by the development corporation.