153 Corporation as housing authority.E+W+S
(1)If the Secretary of State so provides by order, an urban development corporation shall have in its area (or in such part of its area as may be specified in the order)—
(a)the functions conferred on a local authority by [F1the M1Housing Act 1985 or the M2Housing Associations Act 1985][F2or section 22 of the Housing Act 1996]or by the [F3Housing Associations Act 1985 and the M3Housing (Scotland) Act 1987]; and
(b)the functions conferred on the authority who are the relevant authority for the purposes of sections 39 to 41 of the M4Land Compensation Act 1973 or sections 36 to 38 of the M5Land Compensation (Scotland) Act 1973 (which relate to the rehousing of displaced residential occupiers);
or such of those functions as the order may specify.
(2)On the order coming into force, the corporation shall have the functions concerned in relation to the area (or part) instead of or concurrently with any such authority, depending on the terms of the order.
(3)The order may provide that any enactment under which the corporation is to exercise functions by virtue of the order shall have effect in relation to the corporation and, where the corporation is to have any function concurrently with any other authority, in relation to that authority, as modified by the order.
(4)The order shall have effect subject to such savings and transitional and supplementary provisions as may be specified in the order.
(5)The power to make an order under this section shall be exercisable by statutory instrument.
(6)No order under this section shall have effect until approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament.
Textual Amendments
F1Words substituted (E.W.) by Housing (Consequential Provisions) Act 1985 (c. 71, SIF 61), s. 4, Sch. 2 para. 46(3)
F2Words in s. 153(1)(a) inserted (1.10.1996) by S.I. 1996/2325, art. 5(1), Sch. 2 para. 10
F3Words substituted (S.) by Housing (Scotland) Act 1987 (c. 26, SIF 61), s. 339, Sch. 23 para. 25(2)
Marginal Citations
M11985 c. 68 (61).
M21985 c. 69 (61).
M31987 c. 26 (61).
M41973 c. 26 (28:1).
M51973 c. 56 (28:2).