Part 1 E+W The Homes and Communities Agency

Chapter 1 E+W General

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 Pt. 1 Chs. 1, 2 applied (with modifications) (23.12.2016) by The Greater Manchester Combined Authority (Functions and Amendment) Order 2016 (S.I. 2016/1267), arts. 1(2), 8(5)(6), Sch. 2

C2 Pt. 1 Chs. 1, 2 applied (with modifications) (9.2.2017) by The West of England Combined Authority Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/126), arts. 1(3), 21(5), Sch. 4

C3 Pt. 1 Ch. 1 applied (with modifications) (17.3.2017) by The Liverpool City Region Combined Authority (Functions and Amendment) Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/430), arts. 1(2), 9(3), Sch. 3 Pt. 1

C4 Pt. 1 Chs. 1, 2 applied (with modifications) (8.5.2017) by The West Midlands Combined Authority (Functions and Amendment) Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/510), arts. 1(2), 11(2), Sch. 3

C5 Pt. 1 Ch. 1 applied (with modifications) (2.11.2018) by The Newcastle Upon Tyne, North Tyneside and Northumberland Combined Authority (Establishment and Functions) Order 2018 (S.I. 2018/1133), arts. 1, 14(5), Sch. 3 (with art. 28)

C6 Pt. 1 Chs. 1, 2 applied (with modifications (28.7.2020) by The Barnsley, Doncaster, Rotherham and Sheffield Combined Authority (Functions and Amendment) Order 2020 (S.I. 2020/806), arts. 1, 10(5), Sch. 2 Pt. 1

C7 Pt. 1 Chs. 1, 2 applied (with modifications) (30.1.2021) by The West Yorkshire Combined Authority (Election of Mayor and Functions) Order 2021 (S.I. 2021/112), arts. 1(2), 13(5), Sch. 2 Pts. 1, 2

C8 Pt. 1 Ch. 1 applied (with modifications) (20.12.2023) by The York and North Yorkshire Combined Authority Order 2023 (S.I. 2023/1432), arts. 1(2), 9(5), Sch. 2 Pt. 1

C9 Pt. 1 Chs. 1, 2 applied (with modifications) (28.2.2024) by The East Midlands Combined County Authority Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/232), regs. 1(2), 10(5), Sch. 2 Pt. 1

C10 Pt. 1 Chs. 1, 2 applied (with modifications) (7.5.2024) by The North East Mayoral Combined Authority (Establishment and Functions) Order 2024 (S.I. 2024/402), arts. 1(3), 36(4), Sch. 4 (with art. 9)

2 Objects E+W

(1) The objects of the HCA are—

(a) to improve the supply and quality of housing in England,

(b) to secure the regeneration or development of land or infrastructure in England,

(c) to support in other ways the creation, regeneration or development of communities in England or their continued well-being, and

(d) to contribute to the achievement of sustainable development and good design in England,

with a view to meeting the needs of people living in England.

F1 (1A) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(2) In subsection (1)—

• [F2 “ England ” does not include Greater London;]

• “ good design ” includes design which has due regard to the needs of elderly persons and disabled persons,

• “ needs ” includes future needs,

and the reference to improving the supply of housing includes a reference to improving the supply of particular kinds of housing.

(3) In this Part—

• “ building ” means a building or other structure (including a house-boat or caravan),

• “ caravan ” has the meaning given by section 29(1) of the Caravan Sites and Control of Development Act 1960 (c. 2),

• “ housing ” means a building, or part of a building, occupied or intended to be occupied as a dwelling or as more than one dwelling; and includes a hostel which provides temporary residential accommodation,

• “ infrastructure ” includes—

  (a)

  water, electricity, gas, [F3 electronic communications], sewerage or other services,

  (b)

  roads or other transport facilities,

  (c)

  retail or other business facilities,

  (d)

  health, educational, employment or training facilities,

  (e)

  social, religious or recreational facilities,

  (f)

  cremation or burial facilities, and

  (g)

  community facilities not falling within paragraphs (a) to (f),

• “ land ” includes housing or other buildings (and see also the definition in Schedule 1 to the Interpretation Act 1978 (c. 30)),

and references to housing include (where the context permits) any yard, garden, outhouses and appurtenances belonging to, or usually enjoyed with, the building or part of building concerned.

(4) See also sections 19(5) (financial assistance), 44 (local government involvement) and 52 (role of the HCA in relation to certain former functions of the Commission for the New Towns).

Textual Amendments

F1 S. 2(1A) omitted (1.10.2018) by virtue of The Legislative Reform (Regulator of Social Housing) (England) Order 2018 (S.I. 2018/1040), art. 1(2), Sch. para. 2 (with Pt. 4)

F2 Words in s. 2(2) inserted (1.4.2012) by Localism Act 2011 (c. 20), ss. 189(2), 240(2); S.I. 2012/628, art. 6(f) (with arts. 9 11 14 15 17)

F3 Words in s. 2(3) substituted (28.12.2017) by Digital Economy Act 2017 (c. 30), s. 118(6), Sch. 3 para. 51; S.I. 2017/1286, reg. 2(d)

Commencement Information

I1 S. 2 in force at 8.9.2008 by S.I. 2008/2358 , art. 2(1)