Regional Development Agencies Act 1998
Part I Regional development agencies
Development agencies
1 Establishment.
2 Constitution.
3 Status.
Activities
4 Purposes.
5 Powers.
6 Delegation of functions by Ministers.
6ADelegation of functions to the Mayor of London and the London Development Agency.
7 Regional strategy
7AThe London Development Agency strategy.
7BSecretary of State’s functions in relation to the London Development Agency strategy.
8 Regional consultation.
Financial arrangements
9 General financial duties.
10 Government grants.
11 Borrowing.
12 Government guarantees of an agency’s borrowing.
13 Government loans.
14 Accounts and records.
15 Audit.
Information, reports and accountability
16 Provision of information etc. to the Secretary of State.
17 Annual report.
18 Regional accountability.
Vesting and acquisition of land
19 Vesting of land by order.
20 Acquisition of land.
21 Rights of entry.
22 Offences in relation to rights of entry.
23 Supplementary provisions.
Miscellaneous and supplementary
24 Connection of private streets to highway.
25 Power to alter regions.
26 Change of name of agency.
26APower to promote or oppose Bills in Parliament.
27 General power to give guidance and directions.
28 Guidance: supplementary.
29 Consents of Secretary of State.
30 Validity of transactions.
30AApplication of guidance, consent etc. provisions to the Mayor of London.
31 Notices.
32 Minor amendments.
33 Interpretation of Part I.
Part II Existing bodies
The Development Commission
34 Transfer of property, rights and liabilities to agencies.
35 Powers in relation to the Commission.
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36 Transfer of property, rights and liabilities to agencies.
37 Powers in relation to the Agency.
Part III General
38 Corporation tax.
39 Stamp duty.
39AStamp duty land tax
40 Directions: supplementary.
41 General interpretation.
42 Expenses.
43 Commencement.
44 Extent.
45 Short title.
SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 1 Regions
SCHEDULE 2 Constitution of agencies
Membership
1(1) Subject to the following provisions of this paragraph, a...
Chairman and deputy chairman
2(1) A person designated as chairman or deputy chairman of...
Remuneration, pensions, etc.
3(1) A regional development agency shall pay to its members...
Application of paragraph 3 in relation to the London Development Agency
3A(1) Payments by way of remuneration or allowances, other than...
Staff
4(1) A regional development agency may appoint such officers and...
5(1) The persons to whom section 1 of the Superannuation...
Proceedings
6Subject to the following provisions of this Schedule, a regional...
Delegation of functions
7(1) Anything authorised or required by or under any enactment...
Members’ interests
8(1) A member of a regional development agency who is...
Vacancies and defective appointments
9The validity of any proceedings of a regional development agency...
Minutes
10(1) Minutes shall be kept of proceedings of a regional...
Execution and proof of instruments
11(1) The application of the seal of a regional development...
SCHEDULE 3 Delegation of Ministerial functions: transfer schemes
Power to make scheme
1(1) A Minister of the Crown may make a scheme...
Contents of scheme
2(1) The property, rights and liabilities which may be transferred...
3A transfer scheme may define the property, rights and liabilities...
4A transfer scheme may also contain provision—
5A scheme under paragraph 1(1) may also contain provision—
6A scheme under paragraph 1(2) may also contain provision for...
7A transfer scheme may make such supplemental, incidental and consequential...
Effect of scheme
8On the day appointed by a transfer scheme, the property,...
Effect of transfer by scheme of contracts of employment
9(1) This paragraph applies where rights and liabilities under a...
10Where rights and liabilities under a contract of employment are...
Modification of scheme
11(1) If at any time after a transfer scheme has...
Provision of information
12A regional development agency shall provide a Minister of the...
Interpretation
13In the application of this Schedule to a person employed...
SCHEDULE 4 Vesting of land: modifications of enactments
Land Compensation Act 1961 (c. 33)
1The Land Compensation Act 1961 shall have effect in relation...
2References to the date of service of a notice to...
3In section 17(2) (certification of appropriate alternative development), for “the...
4In section 22(2) (interpretation of Part III), at the end...
5Any reference to a notice to treat in section 39(2)...
Compulsory Purchase (Vesting Declarations) Act 1981 (c. 66)
6The Compulsory Purchase (Vesting Declarations) Act 1981 shall have effect...
7(1) Any reference in Part III or IV to a...
8In section 7(1)— (a) the reference to every person on...
9(1) In Schedule 1, in paragraph 2(2), the reference to...
SCHEDULE 5 Acquisition of land
Part I Modifications of the Acquisition of Land Act 1981
1. . . . . . . . . ....
2The reference in section 17(3) of the Acquisition of Land...
Part II Acquisition of rights
3(1) The Compulsory Purchase Act 1965 (“the 1965 Act”) shall...
4For sections 7 and 8 of the 1965 Act there...
5(1) The following provisions of the 1965 Act (which state...
SCHEDULE 6 Vesting and acquisition of land: supplementary provisions
Extinguishment of rights over land
1(1) On an order under section 19(1) coming into force...
Power to override easements
2(1) The erection, construction, carrying out, or maintenance of any...
Consecrated land and burial grounds
3(1) Any consecrated land, whether including a building or not,...
Open spaces
4(1) Any land being, or forming part of, a common,...
Displacement of persons
5If the Secretary of State certifies that possession of a...
Extinguishment of public rights of way
6(1) Where any land has been vested in or acquired...
7(1) In this paragraph any reference to making a final...
Telegraphic lines
8(1) Where an order under paragraph 6 extinguishing a public...
Statutory undertakers
9(1) Where any land has been vested in or acquired...
10(1) Before making an order under paragraph 9 the Secretary...
11(1) Where any land has been vested in or acquired...
12(1) The powers conferred by this paragraph shall be exercisable...
13(1) As soon as may be after making such a...
14(1) Where, on a representation made by statutory undertakers, the...
15(1) For the purposes of paragraphs 12 and 14, an...
Interpretation
16(1) . . . . . . . . ....
Schedule 6A Promotion of Bills in Parliament by the London Development Agency
Preliminary requirements
1. . . . . . . . . ....
Consultation on draft Bill
2. . . . . . . . . ....
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Publicity for, and exposure of, the draft Bill
3. . . . . . . . . ....
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Deposition of the Bill in Parliament
4. . . . . . . . . ....
Bills affecting statutory functions of London local authorities
5. . . . . . . . . ....
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2. . . . . . . . . ....
Publicity for the deposited Bill
6. . . . . . . . . ....
SCHEDULE 7 Minor amendments
Public Records Act 1958 (c. 51)
1In Schedule 1 to the Public Records Act 1958, in...
Parliamentary Commissioner Act 1967 (c. 13)
2In Schedule 2 to the Parliamentary Commissioner Act 1967, there...
Local Authorities (Goods and Services) Act 1970 (c. 39)
3The Local Authorities (Goods and Services) Act 1970 shall have...
House of Commons Disqualification Act 1975 (c. 24)
4In Part II of Schedule 1 to the House of...
Northern Ireland Assembly Disqualification Act 1975 (c. 25)
5In Part II of Schedule 1 to the Northern Ireland...
SCHEDULE 8 The Development Commission: transfer schemes
Definitions
1In this Schedule— “the Commission” means the Development Commission, and...
Making and approval of transfer scheme
2(1) Where the Commission is required to make a transfer...
3(1) The Secretary of State may, after consultation with the...
Contents of scheme
4(1) The property, rights and liabilities which may be transferred...
5A transfer scheme may define the property, rights and liabilities...
6A transfer scheme may also contain provision—
7A transfer scheme may make such supplemental, incidental and consequential...
Effect of scheme
8On the date appointed by a transfer scheme, the property,...
Effect of transfer by scheme of contracts of employment
9(1) This paragraph applies where rights and liabilities under a...
Modification of scheme
10(1) If at any time after a transfer scheme has...
Provision of information to Secretary of State
11The Commission and the regional development agencies shall provide the...
SCHEDULE 9 The Urban Regeneration Agency: transfer schemes
Definitions
1. . . . . . . . . ....
Making and approval of transfer scheme
2. . . . . . . . . ....
3. . . . . . . . . ....
Contents of scheme
4. . . . . . . . . ....
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Effect of scheme
8. . . . . . . . . ....
Effect of transfer by scheme of contracts of employment
9. . . . . . . . . ....
Modification of scheme
10. . . . . . . . . ....
Provision of information to Secretary of State
11. . . . . . . . . ....

Regional Development Agencies Act 1998

1998 c. 45

An Act to make provision for regional development agencies in England; to make provision about the Development Commission and the Urban Regeneration Agency; and for connected purposes.

E1C1Be it enacted by the Queen’s most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:—

Annotations:
Extent Information
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Acts amending provisons are coextensive with the enactments they affect.

Modifications etc. (not altering text)
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Act applied (with modifications) by S.I. 2000/1174, art. 2 (subject to transitional provisons in art. 2(12), Sch. 2A)