section 13(4) below applies where it is proposed to make an order under this section ; and

section 77(4) below applies to any order under this section which designates an area as the site of a proposed new town, and to certain orders for extending the area of a new town.

the development corporation for the town, and

any county council and district council in whose area the land is situated,

the land specified in the order shall cease to be contained in the area of the new town; and

the order made under section 1 above designating the area shall cease to operate as regards that land.

a chairman;

a deputy chairman ; and

such number of other members, not exceeding 11, as may be prescribed by the order.

to acquire, hold, manage and dispose of land and other property,

to carry out building and other operations,

to provide water, electricity, gas, sewerage and other services,

to carry on any business or undertaking in or for the purposes of the new town,

the power of acquiring land conferred by that subsection on a development corporation includes power to acquire any land within the area of the new town, whether or not it is proposed to develop that particular land; and

the power of disposing of land conferred by that subsection on a development corporation includes, in relation to any land within the area of the new town, power to dispose of that land, whether or not the development of that particular land has been proposed or approved under section 7(1) below.

may, with the Secretary of State's consent, contribute such sums as he may, with the Treasury's concurrence, determine towards expenditure incurred or to be incurred by any local authority or statutory undertakers in the performance, in relation to the new town, of any of their statutory functions, including expenditure so incurred in the acquisition of land ; and

may, with the like consent, contribute such sums as the Secretary of State, with the like concurrence, may determine by way of assistance towards the provision of amenities for the new town.

the objects in subsection (1) above, or

the requirement in subsection (2) above that the corporation shall exercise the powers conferred by that subsection for the purpose there mentioned,

consult with the chairman of the corporation, or,

if the chairman is not available, consult with the deputy chairman,

a person, and

a development corporation acting in purported exercise of their powers under this Act,

any undertaking for the supply of water, electricity or gas, or

any railway, light railway, tramway or trolley vehicle undertaking,

it appears to the Secretary of State that there are exceptional circumstances which render it expedient that the functions of a development corporation under this Act should be performed by the development corporation established for the purposes of any other new town instead of by a separate corporation established for the purpose, then

instead of establishing such a corporation, he may by order direct that those functions shall be performed by the development corporation established for that other new town.

providing for the exercise of functions in relation to a new town by the development corporation established for the purposes of another new town, or

providing for the transfer of such functions to such a corporation,

providing for the transfer of functions from or to a development corporation, or

providing for the exercise of any functions by such a corporation,

the development corporation shall from time to time submit to the Secretary of State, in accordance with any directions given by him in that behalf, their proposals for the development of land within the area of the new town; and

the Secretary of State, after consultation with the district planning authority within whose area the land is situated, and with any other local authority who appear to him to be concerned, may approve any such proposals either with or without modification.

may grant permission for any development of land in accordance with proposals approved under subsection (1) above; and

such permission shall be subject to such conditions, if any (including conditions requiring details of any proposed development to be submitted to the district planning authority) as may be specified in the order.

which forms a frontage to a road, or

which abuts on or is adjacent to a road,

as if that authority or the Secretary of State were possessed of, or interested in, adjacent land; and

as if that agreement had been entered into for the benefit of such land.

any land within the area of the new town, whether or not it is proposed to develop that particular land ;

any land adjacent to that area which they require for purposes connected with the development of the new town;

any land, whether adjacent to that area or not, which they require for the provision of services for the purposes of the new town.

which is the property of a local authority, or which is held inalienably by the National Trust, or

which forms part of a common, open space or fuel or field garden allotment,

is satisfied that the construction or improvement of a road is needed to supersede a part of a trunk road, and

it appears to him that such supersession is expedient for any such purpose as is mentioned in subsection (1)(a) or (b) above,

which is the property of a local authority or which is held inalienably by the National Trust, or

which forms part of a common, open space or fuel or field garden allotment,

an order under section 11 (2) authorising the compulsory acquisition of that land by the Secretary of State, instead of being made as provided in section 11(2), may be made by the Secretary of State and the appropriate Minister in accordance with Part II of Schedule 5,

any objection to an application for a compulsory purchase order to be made in accordance with subsection (1)(a) above, or to a proposal to make such an order in accordance with subsection (1)(b) above, is duly made by any statutory undertakers, and

any of the land to which the application or the proposal relates is operational land of those undertakers, then, unless that objection is withdrawn, any order made on the application or proposal shall be subject to special parliamentary procedure.

if no representation was made under subsection (4) with respect thereto; or

if an order under subsection (5) above has come into force with respect thereto.

may be made as to all or any of the land to which the compulsory purchase order relates, and

may include such modification of references in those sections to the railway or works, or to the company, as may be specified in the order,

compensation payable in connection with the acquisition for damage sustained by reason of the severing of the land acquired from other land held therewith or otherwise injuriously affecting such other land; and

compensation payable for disturbance or any other matter not directly based on the value of the land.

to any direction given by the acquiring authority before the completion of the acquisition that subsection (1) shall not apply to any right or apparatus specified in the direction; and

to any agreement which may be made (whether before or after the completion of the acquisition) between the acquiring authority and the person in or to whom the right or apparatus in question is vested or belongs.

to transfer the freehold of any land, or

to grant a lease of any land for a term of more than 99 years.

in favour of any person claiming under the corporation, the disposal so purporting to be made shall not be invalid by reason that any consent which is required under subsection (2) above has not been given ; and

a person dealing with the corporation or a person claiming under the corporation shall not be concerned to see or enquire whether any such consent has been given.

nothing shall be construed as enabling a development corporation to dispose of land by way of gift, mortgage or charge, but,

subject to paragraph (a) above, references to the disposal of land by a development corporation shall be construed as references to the disposal of land in any manner, whether by way of sale, exchange or lease, by the creation of any easement, right or privilege, or otherwise.

desire to obtain accommodation on land belonging to the corporation, and

are willing to comply with any requirements of the corporation as to its development and use,

that it involves interference with an interest or right to which this section applies ; or

that it involves a breach of a restriction as to the user of land arising by virtue of a contract.

the compensation is to be estimated in connection with a purchase by a development corporation or local highway authority; or

the injury arises from the execution of works on land acquired by such a corporation or authority.

in the case of land acquired by such a corporation or authority, be used by them, or by any other person, in any manner in accordance with planning permission, and

in the case of land acquired by the Secretary of State, be used in any manner by him or on his behalf for any purpose for which he acquired the land,

shall be subject to compliance with the prescribed requirements with respect to the removal and reinterment of any human remains and the disposal of monuments and fixtures and furnishings, and

shall be subject to such provisions as may be prescribed for prohibiting or restricting the use of the land, either absolutely or until the prescribed consent has been obtained, so long as any church or other building used or formerly used for religious worship, or any part of it, remains on the land,

shall contain such provisions as appear to the Secretary of State to be requisite for securing that any use of land which is subject to compliance with the regulations shall, as nearly as may be, be subject to the like control as is imposed by law in the case of a similar use authorised by an enactment not contained in this Act or by a Measure, or as it would be proper to impose on a disposal of the land in question otherwise than in pursuance of an enactment or Measure;

shall contain requirements relating to the disposal of any such land as is mentioned in subsection (2) such as appear to the Secretary of State requisite for securing that the provisions of that subsection shall be complied with in relation to the use of the land; and

may contain such incidental and consequential provisions (including provision as to the closing of registers) as appear to the Secretary of State to be expedient for the purposes of the regulations.

in the case of land acquired by a development corporation or local highway authority, be used by them in any manner in accordance with planning permission, and

in the case of land acquired by the Secretary of State, be used in any manner by him or on his behalf for any purpose for which he acquired the land,

for requiring the persons in whom the land is vested to publish notice of their intention to carry out the removal and reinterment of any human remains or the disposal of any monuments ;

for enabling the personal representatives or relatives of any deceased person themselves to undertake the removal and reinterment of the remains of the deceased, and the disposal of any monument commemorating the deceased, and for requiring the persons in whom the land is vested to defray the expenses of such removal, reinterment and disposal, not exceeding such amount as may be prescribed ;

for requiring compliance with such reasonable conditions (if any) as may be imposed, in the case of consecrated land, by the bishop of the diocese, with respect to the manner of removal, and the place and manner of reinterment of any human remains, and the disposal of any monuments, and with any directions given in any case by the Secretary of State with respect to the removal and reinterment of any human remains.

for the removal and reinterment in accordance with the regulations of any human remains, or

for the removal or disposal of any monuments,

in the case of land acquired by such a corporation or authority, be used by them, or by any other person, in any manner in accordance with planning permission, and

in the case of land acquired by the Secretary of State, be used in any manner by him or on his behalf for any purpose for which he acquired the land,

has been acquired for the purposes of this Act by a development corporation or local highway authority and is for the time being held by that corporation or authority for those purposes, or

has been acquired under this Act by the Secretary of State and is for the time being held for the purposes for which he acquired it,

it is made within the time and in the manner specified in the notice required by this section ; and

a statement in writing of the grounds of the objection is comprised in or submitted with the objection.

it is proposed to make an order under this section extinguishing a public right of way over a road on land acquired for the purposes of this Act by a development corporation, and

compensation in respect of restrictions imposed under section 1 or section 2 of the M16Restriction of Ribbon Development Act 1935 in respect of that road has been paid by the highway authority (or, in the case of a trunk road, by the authority who, when the compensation was paid, were the authority for the purposes of section 4 of the M17Trunk Roads Act 1936),

which has been acquired for the purposes of this Act by a development corporation or local highway authority and is for the time being held by that corporation or authority for those purposes, or

which has been acquired under this Act by the Secretary of State and is for the time being held for the purposes for which he acquired it.

there subsists over that land a right vested in or belonging to statutory undertakers for the purpose of the carrying on of their undertaking, being a right of way or a right of laying down, erecting, continuing or maintaining apparatus on, under or over the land, or

there is on, under or over the land apparatus vested in or belonging to statutory undertakers for the purpose of the carrying on of their undertaking,

any right to which the notice relates shall be extinguished at the end of the period specified in that behalf in the notice; and

if, at the end of the period so specified in relation to any apparatus, any requirement of the notice as to the removal of the apparatus has not been complied with, the acquiring authority may remove the apparatus and dispose of it in any way the authority may think fit.

may either withdraw the notice (without prejudice to the service of a further notice), or

may apply to the Secretary of State and the appropriate Minister for an order under this section embodying the provisions of the notice, with or without modification,

any right vested in or belonging to statutory undertakers is extinguished, or

any requirement is imposed on statutory undertakers,

shall afford to the statutory undertakers on whom notice was served under subsection (2) of that section an opportunity of objecting to the application for, or proposal to make, the order, and

if any objection is made, shall consider the objection and afford to those statutory undertakers (and, in a case falling within subsection (5) of that section, to the development corporation or local highway authority on whom the counter-notice was served) an opportunity of appearing before, and being heard by, a person appointed by the Secretary of State and the appropriate Minister for the purpose,

any right to which the order relates shall be extinguished at the end of the period specified in that behalf in the order, and

if, at the end of the period so specified in relation to any apparatus, any requirement of the order as to the removal of the apparatus has not been complied with, the acquiring authority may remove the apparatus and dispose of it in any way the authority may think fit.

to secure the provision of services which would not otherwise be provided, or satisfactorily provided, for the purposes of a new town under this Act; or

to facilitate an adjustment of the carrying on of the undertaking necessitated by any of the acts and events mentioned in subsection (2) below.

the acquisition under this Act of any land in which an interest was held, or which was used, for the purpose of the carrying on of the undertaking of the statutory undertakers in question;

the extinguishment of a right or the imposition of any requirement by virtue of section 26 above.

to secure the provision of new services, or

to secure the extension of existing services,

to secure the provision of the services in question, as mentioned in subsection (1)(a) or (3) above, or

to secure the adjustment in question, as mentioned in subsection (1)(b),

for empowering the statutory undertakers to acquire (whether compulsorily or by agreement) any land specified in the order, and to erect or construct any buildings or works so specified ;

for applying, in relation to the acquisition of any such land or the construction of any such works, enactments relating to the acquisition of land and the construction of works;

for such incidental and supplemental matters as appear to the Secretary of State and the appropriate Minister to be expedient for the purposes of the order.

on a representation made by statutory undertakers, the appropriate Minister is satisfied that the fulfilment of any obligation incurred by those undertakers in connection with the carrying on of their undertaking has been rendered impracticable by an act or event to which this subsection applies, then,

the appropriate Minister may, if he thinks fit, by order direct that the statutory undertakers shall be relieved of the fulfilment of that obligation, either absolutely or to such extent as may be specified in the order.

the compulsory acquisition under this Act of any land in which an interest was held, or which was used, for the purpose of the carrying on of the undertaking of the statutory undertakers;

the extinguishment of a right or the imposition of any requirement by virtue of section 26 above.

publish (in such form and manner as may be so directed) a notice giving such particulars as may be so directed of the matters to which the representation relates, and specifying the time within which, and the manner in which, objections to the making of an order on the representation may be made ; or

serve such a notice on such persons, or persons of such classes, as may be so directed ; or

both publish and serve such notices.

the substitution for references to a compulsory purchase order of references to an order under this section ; and

the substitution for references to publication in accordance with that Schedule of references to publication in accordance with subsection (5) above.

the objection is made within the time and in the manner specified in the notice required by the section under which the order is proposed to be made; and

a statement in writing of the grounds of the objection is comprised in or submitted with the objection.

authorising the construction and maintenance in highways of any works or equipment required in connection with the services;

providing for the making and enforcement of regulations and byelaws with respect to the construction and operation of any vehicles or equipment used for the purposes of the services, and with respect to the conduct of passengers on, and of the drivers and conductors of, any such vehicles.

on an application made to him by the development corporation, and

after consultation with the council of every county and of every district and the water authority for every water authority area in which the whole or any part of the area of the corporation's new town in situated,

as if the development corporation were a local authority as defined by those Acts, and

as if the sewers vested in the corporation were public sewers as so defined.

as may be agreed upon between the authority and the corporation, or

in default of such agreement, as may be determined by the Secretary of State,

as may be agreed upon between the corporation and the authority, or

in default of such agreement, as may be determined by the Secretary of State.

it is not to be regarded as the servant or agent of the Crown or as enjoying any status, immunity or privilege of the Crown, and

its property is not to be regarded as property of, or held on behalf of, the Crown,

the constitution and proceedings of the Commission, and

other matters relating to the Commission and its members.

to acquire (otherwise than by transfer under this Act), hold, manage and turn to account land situated in or near the town, or any interest in or rights over such land;

with the approval of the Secretary of State given with the concurrence of the Treasury, to make contributions towards the cost of providing amenities for the town, or of providing for it water supplies or sewerage or sewage disposal services;

to promote or assist by any means, and in particular by making advances towards the cost of purchasing land, or of erecting, extending, improving or adapting buildings or works, the setting up or extension of businesses in the town ;

to dispose of any property for such purposes and in such manner as they think fit.

transfer the freehold in any land, or grant a lease of any land for a term of more than 99 years, except in the case of a private dwelling and in pursuance of an agreement to make the transfer or grant to the person, occupying or proposing to occupy it as his residence; or

develop any land, except in accordance with proposals submitted to the Secretory of State and approved by him.

in favour of any person claiming under the Commission, the disposal so purporting to be made shall not be invalid by reason that any authority which is required under subsection (3)(a) had not been given ; and

a person dealing with the Commission or a person claiming under the Commission shall not be concerned to see or enquire whether any such authority has been given.

do for the Commission any building or other work on land (including land outside the county or district), being work undertaken for the purposes of the Commission's functions in relation to the new town, or any work preliminary to or connected with any such work on land as mentioned above ; or

allow the Commission to have for the purpose of any such work as mentioned above the services of officers or servants of the council or the use of premises or equipment of the council.

transfer to that local authority any part of the under taking of the corporation, or

transfer to those statutory undertakers any part of the undertaking of the corporation which consists of a statutory undertaking,

who are carrying on, or are authorised to carry on, a statutory undertaking of a character similar to the statutory undertaking proposed to be transferred by the agreement, and

who do so within the area in which the new town is situated or any adjacent area,

made with the Treasury's consent, and

to which section 77(5) below shall apply,

by agreement with a water authority, and

with the consent of the Secretary of State and the Treasury,

may provide for the transfer to a water authority of the whole or any part of a sewerage or sewage disposal undertaking which has, in pursuance of an order under section 34, been carried on by the development corporation ; and

may contain such incidental, consequential and supplemental provisions as the Secretary of State thinks necessary or expedient for the purposes of the order.

shall be such as the Secretary of State, with the Treasury's consent, may specify in the order, and

may provide for the payment by the water authority of such sums, to be satisfied in such manner, as may be so specified,

to the water authority, and

to the development corporation,

that on such date as may be specified in the order the property of the corporation (other than property excepted under the following provisions of this Act) shall vest in the Commission, and the corporation shall cease to act except for the purpose of taking such steps (if any) as may be authorised or required by the order to dispose of any property so excepted, to prepare its final accounts and report, or otherwise to wind up its affairs; and

that on that date or such later date as may be fixed by or under the order, the corporation shall be dissolved.

Schedule 10 to this Act has effect; and

the Secretary of State may by order under this section make such further incidental or supplementary provisions as appear to him to be necessary or expedient in relation to any such matter.

to that corporation, and

to any of those towns without the other or others,

any interest of the corporation in any land occupied or set aside for occupation or use with a transferred dwelling;

any interest of the corporation in land in the vicinity of transferred dwellings which is held by them for the benefit or use of the occupiers or other inhabitants of those dwellings (rather than the inhabitants of the new town as a whole) or for providing facilities for the inhabitants of those dwellings, and any other property and any rights of the corporation so held;

any property and rights held by the corporation for the administration of an estate comprising any transferred dwellings or other transferred land or the maintenance or service of any transferred dwellings or other transferred land, or otherwise in connection with any transferred property;

any rights, liabilities and obligations which the corporation have in connection with any transferred dwellings or other transferred property or rights or in connection with any dwellings of the new town in which the corporation have disposed of their interest;

any interest of the corporation in land awaiting development as part of an estate comprising any transferred dwellings or other transferred land and set aside by the corporation for the erection of dwellings or for the erection of any other buildings for any purpose mentioned in paragraph (b) or (c) above ;

any interest of the corporation in land set aside by them as an open space for the use or enjoyment of the occupiers or other inhabitants of any transferred dwellings;

any property, rights, liabilities or obligations of the corporation prescribed by the Secretary of State by order as being of a description which it is appropriate in his opinion to transfer with any property, rights, liabilities or obligations mentioned in any of the foregoing paragraphs.

an order has been made before 15th November 1976 with respect to the new town under section 41 of the M25New Towns Act 1965, transferring the property of its development corporation to the Commission;

the site of the new town was first designated not less than 15 years before the date of the directions under this section;

the Secretary of State has, after consulting the new town corporation for the town concerned, formed the opinion that the development of the new town has been substantially completed or that the carrying out of a transfer scheme would not be detrimental to the laying out of the new town or the completion of its development.

the site of a new town was first designated not less than 15 years before a request under this subsection, but

no directions have been given with respect to the new town under this section,

with each other, and

with the council of any other district within which any part of the area of the new town or any dwellings of the new town or any associated property is or are situated.

a transfer scheme, or

subject to subsection (5) below, of all those dwellings within their district or any adjoining district which are not transferred, but in which the corporation have an interest for the time being, and

if the parties think fit, of any other land not transferred in which the corporation have an interest for the time being and which in the interests of proper estate management it is expedient should be managed together with those dwellings.

specify any dwellings of a new town, or a number or description of such dwellings, which in the Secretary of State's opinion should be excluded from transfer on the ground that the new town corporation's interest in them should be disposed of to some person other than the district council;

in the case of directions which do not require the transfer of a new town corporation's interest in all the dwellings of the new town to a district council, specify the dwellings or description of dwellings which must be transferred; and

require the inclusion in the transfer scheme of any description of provisions which are authorised to be so included by any enactment contained in this Part other than this subsection.

specify the dwellings and other property transferred, any transferred rights, liabilities and obligations and any land which is the subject of any management arrangements, describing them sufficiently to enable them to be readily identified and, in the case of land and of any rights in, under or over land which it is reasonably practicable to indicate on or by reference to a map, indicating the land itself and the rights on or by reference to a map;

confer on the new town corporation a right to nominate tenants of dwellings of the district council (whether transferred or not and including any which are the subject of management arrangements) and specify the number or proportion of dwellings in respect of which the right is so conferred and, where it is so conferred on the Commission, the period for which it is to be exercisable ;

state the method for determining the payments falling to be made by the district council under section 50(2) below; and

contain relevant information about the effect of the scheme on the existing staff of the parties concerned and state proposals for staffing arrangements immediately after the transfer scheme comes into force and the protection of existing staff.

if it appears to the Secretary of State that the scheme substantially complies with the directions, he may, with the Treasury's consent but subject to subsection (7) below, approve the scheme, with or without modifications ; or

he may in any event reject it.

any management arrangements included in a proposed transfer scheme submitted to the Secretary of State in pursuance of directions under section 44 appear to him to be unsatisfactory, or

a proposed transfer scheme so submitted which was required by any such directions to include management arrangements fails to include them,

no proposed transfer scheme is submitted to the Secretary of State within the requisite time, or

he rejects a proposed transfer scheme so submitted which was required by directions under section 44 to include management arrangements and the ground of the rejection is that the scheme does not include any management arrangements or that any such arrangements so included appear to him to be unsatisfactory,

by virtue of this provision and without more, vest in the district council concerned the interest of the new town corporation in the transferred land and any of the corporation's rights, liabilities and obligations relating to that land and shall do so on a date specified in the scheme, being 1st April in the year in question; and

so far as it relates to any other matter, come into force on that date, except so far as may be otherwise provided by the scheme.

so far as it transfers to a district council any land of the new town corporation or any of the corporation's rights, liabilities or obligations relating to land, have effect as an instrument under seal made between the corporation and the council,

so far as it relates to any other matter, have effect as an agreement for valuable consideration made by the corporation and council concerned,

to vary it so as to affect any title to land or any rights, liabilities or obligations relating to land; or

to include management arrangements in a scheme approved or made under section 46 above without management arrangements.

the Secretary of State may direct that any land shall not be so treated if, in his opinion, it is inappropriate to do so; and

in relation to land so managed the council shall not have the powers conferred by sections 104 and 105 of that Act (disposal of houses so provided and land so acquired or appropriated).

the power to hold the corporation's interest in the land ;

any obligation to make repayments of capital or payments of interest in respect of loans ;

where the corporation in question are a development corporation, any powers, rights, liabilities and obligations which are certified by the corporation as being appropriate for them to retain in order to enable them to complete their function of laying out and developing the new town.

the council shall be taken to enter into, and to be authorised by the corporation to enter into, the transaction as the corporation's agent; and

the corporation shall be entitled to be indemnified by the council for any loss suffered by the corporation as a result of their being taken, by virtue of paragraph (a) above, to be a principal in respect of any transaction.

each deposit at their respective offices and at other convenient places in the town and district respectively an extract of the scheme (including the map) which specifies the transferred land, any transferred rights, liabilities or obligations relating to that land and any land which is the subject of management arrangements ; and

keep the extract so deposited for at least 6 weeks; and

while it is so deposited, permit any interested person to inspect and take copies of the extract, free of charge, at all reasonable hours.

where the corporation are a development corporation, a period beginning with the date on which their interest in the transferred dwellings vests in the district council and ending with the date which is the transfer date for the purposes of Schedule 10 to this Act;

where the corporation are the Commission and the dwellings in question were transferred from the development corporation to the district council, a period of 5 years beginning with that transfer date;

where the corporation are the Commission and the dwellings in question were transferred from them to the district council, the period of 5 years beginning with the date on which the Commission's interest in the transferred dwellings vests in the district council.

may, as respects the financial year at the beginning of which the corporation's interest in the transferred dwellings vests in the council, pay the council an increased basic element of housing subsidy under that Act of 1975 or, if the council would not be entitled to the basic element for that year, treat them as entitled to it;

if after the beginning of that year a particular parcel of land is managed by the council for the first time in pursuance of management arrangements, may, as respects the next financial year falling wholly after that event, increase the basic element.

in the case of transferred buildings or other transferred land, it is reasonable to attribute to the provision of the buildings or provision or acquisition of the land and the provision of services in respect of such buildings or land,

in the case of buildings which are or other land which is managed by a district council in pursuance of management arrangements, it is reasonable to attribute to the provision of the buildings (including buildings for the time being in course of erection) or provision, acquisition or development of the land (including land for the time being in course of development) and the provision of services in respect of the buildings or land,

that the transfer of buildings or other land to a district council by a transfer scheme, or

that the inclusion of any land in management arrangements,

states that the scheme has been approved or made and the date on which it was approved or made; and

specifies at least one place in that area where a document describing the scheme's provisions and identifying the property affected by the scheme or arrangements can be inspected.

securing that, so long as he continues in the new employment and until he is served with a statement in writing referring to the regulations and specifying new terms and conditions of employment, he enjoys terms and conditions of employment not less favourable, taken as a whole, than those which he enjoyed immediately before the termination of the old employment;

the period of his employment in the old employment shall count as a period of employment in the new employment; and

the change of employment shall not break the continuity of the period of employment.

give directions to the New Towns Staff Commission with respect to their procedure ;

give directions to any new town corporation or district council with respect to the furnishing of any information requested by that Commission;

give directions to any relevant authority whose attention has been drawn to any advice under subsection (2) above requiring them to take such steps as may be specified in the directions to implement any of that advice so specified;

pay any member of that Commission such remuneration as the Secretary of State may determine with the approval of the Minister for the Civil Service;

defray any expenses incurred with the approval of the Secretary of State by that Commission in the performance of their functions ; and

wind up that Commission in such manner and at such time as the Secretary of State thinks fit.

a dwelling (whether or not in the area of the new town concerned) erected, adapted or acquired by the Board for occupation as a dwelling, and

so erected, adapted or acquired for the purpose of developing any area of a new town or new town situated within the area for which the Board is responsible under that Act of 1976.

the powers, rights, liabilities and obligations of the Board which are excepted by subsection (8) of that section from those which a district council are to have in relation to land managed under a transfer scheme include any powers, rights, liabilities and obligations which are certified by the Board as being appropriate for the Board to retain to enable them to complete their function of laying out and developing the new town; and

subsection (9) of that section shall apply as if the certificate had been given under subsection (8)(c).

to meet expenditure properly chargeable to capital account (including the provision of working capital), or

to make good to revenue account sums applied in meeting liabilities so chargeable,

to meet liabilities properly chargeable to capital account (including the provision of working capital), or

to make good to revenue account sums applied in meeting liabilities so chargeable,

before the commencement of the M38New Towns Act 1965, under section 3(2) of the M39New Towns Act 1959,

before the commencement of this Act, under section 42(5) of the New Towns Act 1965, and

after the commencement of this Act, under this subsection (which corresponds to those subsections),

in sterling from the Secretary of State, or

with the Secretary of State's consent and the Treasury's approval, or in accordance with any general authority given by the Secretary of State with the Treasury's approval, in any currency from any other person,

in any currency from the Commission of the European Communities or from the European Investment Bank, or

in any currency other than sterling from any person, other than the Secretary of State and the bodies mentioned in the preceding paragraph,

to a development corporation under section 58(1) above; or

to the Commission under section 58(5) or (6),

the repayment of the principal of, and

the payment of interest on,

beginning with that in which the sum is issued, and

ending with that in which all liability in respect of the principal of the sum, and in respect of interest on it, is finally discharged,

payments, of such amounts as the Treasury may so direct, in or towards repayment of the sums so issued; and

payments of interest on what is outstanding for the time being in respect of amounts so issued at such rate as the Treasury may so direct.

for restricting the exercise of the power ; or

for requiring the power to be exercised in any manner specified in the directions.

in favour of a person claiming under the corporation or Commission, the disposal so purporting to be made shall not be invalid by reason that any consent of the Secretary of State required under this section has not been given or that any direction of his given under this section has not been complied with ; and

a person dealing with or claiming under the corporation or Commission shall not be concerned to see or enquire whether any such consent has been given or whether any such direction has been given or complied with.

as made in respect of the repayments due at such times, as may be so determined.

shall keep proper accounts and other records in relation to those accounts, and

shall respectively prepare in respect of each financial year annual accounts in such form as the Secretary of State may with the Treasury's approval direct, being, in the Commission's case, in a form which will show their financial position both generally and in relation to each of their towns,

the kind or number of accounts which they are to keep,

the amounts which are or are not to be credited or debited to any account,

the manner of rectifying any account,

provision for working balances,

an account of the sums issued to him and advanced to the Commission under this Act, of sums received by him from the Commission and paid into the National Loans Fund in respect of the principal of and interest on sums so advanced, and of sums received by him from the Commission under section 65 above, and

an account of the sums issued to him and advanced to a development corporation under this Act and of sums received by him from the development corporation and paid into the National Loans Fund in respect of the principal of and interest on sums so advanced,

the account prepared by the Secretary of State under subsection (1)(a) above in respect of the last foregoing financial year, and

the account prepared by him under subsection (1)(b) in respect of the last foregoing financial year,

shall permit any person authorised by the Secretary of State in that behalf to inspect and copy the accounts, books, documents or papers of the Commission or corporation, as the case may be, and

shall afford such explanation of those accounts, books, documents or papers as that person or the Secretary of State may reasonably require.

vested in any person by virtue of an order under section 40 or section 41 above transferring that property from a development corporation or from the Commission, or

of a new town corporation vested in a district council by a transfer scheme under Part III of this Act,

authorised to acquire any land compulsorily under this Act, or

have under consideration the purchase of any land compulsorily under this Act,

such local inquiries as are directed by this Act, and

such other local inquiries as he may think fit.

subsections (2), (3) and (5) of that section (which relate to the giving of evidence at, and the costs of parties to, local inquiries), and

except as regards an inquiry held for the purposes of the exercise of the Secretary of State's functions under any of the provisions of this Act specified in subsection (3) below, subsection (4) of that section (which relates to recovery of the costs of holding local inquiries).

sections 37, 40, 41 and 58(5) and (6);

section 65 so far as that section applies to the disposal of surplus funds of the Commission ;

Schedules 9 and 10.

by delivering it to the person on whom it is to be served or to whom it is to be given; or

by leaving it at the usual or last known place of abode of that person, or, in a case where an address for service has been given by that person, at that address ; or

by sending it in a prepaid registered letter, or by the recorded delivery service, addressed to that person at his usual or last known place of abode, or, in a case where an address for service has been given by that person, at that address ; or

in the case of an incorporated company or body, by delivering it to the secretary or clerk of the company or body at their registered or principal office, or sending it in a prepaid registered letter, or by the recorded delivery service, addressed to the secretary or clerk of the company or body at that office.

being addressed to him by the description of " the owner ", or " the occupier ", as the case may be, of the premises (describing them), it is delivered, left or sent in the manner specified in subsection (1)(a), (b) or (c) above ; or

the notice or other document is required to be served on or given to all persons having interests in, or being occupiers of, premises comprised in any land; and

it appears to the authority required to serve or give the notice or other document that any part of that land is unoccupied.

being addressed to " the owners and any occupiers" of that part of the land (describing it), and

marked as mentioned in subsection (2) above,

does not apply to an order under section 40 above, but

does apply to any other order under this Act (as well as to those under sections 1, 2, 41, 42 and 60) as if that order were made by statutory instrument.

the order is under section 2 or section 42.

in relation to statutory undertakers carrying on any railway, light railway, tramway, road transport, dock, harbour or pier undertaking, the Secretary of State for Transport;

in relation to statutory undertakers carrying on an undertaking for the supply of electricity, gas or hydraulic power, the Secretary of State for Energy;

in relation to the British Airports Authority or the Civil Aviation Authority or statutory undertakers carrying on any lighthouse undertaking, the Secretary of State for Trade;

in relation to the Post Office or British Telecommunications, the Secretary of State for Industry;

in relation to statutory undertakers carrying on an undertaking for the supply of water, in the application of this Act to Wales, the Secretary of State for Wales; and

in relation to any other statutory undertakers, the Secretary of State for the Environment.

as references to the Secretary of State and the appropriate Minister, if the appropriate Minister is not the one concerned as the Secretary of State; and

as references to the one concerned as the Secretary of State alone, if he is also the appropriate Minister.

in relation to anything required or authorised to be done under this Act as to which Minister is or was the appropriate Minister in relation to any statutory undertakers, that question shall be determined by the Treasury;

in relation to the authorisation under this Act of a compulsory acquisition of land, whether land of statutory undertakers is operational land, that question shall be determined by the Secretary of State and the appropriate Minister.

the Civil Aviation Authority or the British Airports Authority, or

the Post Office or British Telecommunications,

land which is used for the purpose of the carrying on of their undertaking, and

land in which an interest is held for that purpose,

in relation to the Post Office, has the meaning given by paragraph 93(4) of Schedule 4 to the M54Post Office Act 1969;

in relation to the Civil Aviation Authority, has the meaning given by paragraph 7 of Schedule 5 to the M55Civil Aviation Act 1971 ;

in relation to British Telecommunications, has the meaning given by paragraph 12(1) of Part II of Schedule 3 to the M56British Telecommunications Act 1981.

Part I of the M61Housing Act 1980 (public sector tenants);

Part X of the M62Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980 (1and held by public bodies).

section 60, and in relation to that section, subsections (3) and (5) of section 77 ;

sections 63 and 64 and (so far as it relates to Scotland) section 66;

paragraphs 1, 2 and 12 of Schedule 11 ;

Schedule 12 so far as it amends provisions which apply to Scotland; and

Schedule 13 so far as it repeals section 1(2) of the M63New Towns Act 1975, section 14(4) of the M64New Towns (Amendment) Act 1976, the M65New Towns Act 1980, and sections 126 and 127 and (so far as it relates to Scotland) section 133 of the M66Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980.