Part I New Towns and Their Development Corporations
New towns
1AF1Local authority to oversee development of new town
1
This section applies where the Secretary of State is considering designating an area of land in England as the site of a proposed new town in an order under section 1.
2
The Secretary of State may, in an order under section 1, appoint one or more local authorities to oversee the development of the area as a new town.
3
But a local authority may only be appointed if the area of land mentioned in subsection (1) is wholly or partly within the area of the local authority.
4
The Secretary of State may by regulations make provision about how a local authority is to oversee the development of an area as a new town.
5
Regulations under subsection (4) may, for example—
a
provide that a local authority is to exercise specified functions under this Act which would otherwise be exercisable by the Secretary of State, the appropriate Minister or the Treasury;
b
provide that a local authority is to exercise such functions subject to specified conditions or limitations;
c
provide that specified functions under this Act may be exercised only with the consent of a local authority;
d
make provision about the membership of a corporation established under section 3, including the proportion of the members of the corporation who may be members of or employed by a local authority;
e
modify provisions of this Act;
f
make different provision for different purposes;
g
make incidental, supplementary or consequential provision.
6
In subsection (5)(a) the reference to “functions” does not include a power to make regulations or other instruments of a legislative character.
7
Where two or more local authorities are appointed in an order containing provision by virtue of subsection (2), the Secretary of State may in that order provide—
a
that a specified function is to be exercised by a specified local authority, or
b
that a specified function is to be exercised by two or more specified local authorities jointly.
8
In this section—
“local authority” means—
- a
a district council,
- b
a county council, or
- c
a London borough council;
- a
“specified” means specified in—
- a
an order containing provision by virtue of subsection (2), or
- b
regulations under subsection (4).
- a