Part 1The Homes and Communities Agency
Chapter 1General
I2I3I14Powers: general
1
This Part contains various specific powers of the HCA.
2
The specific powers of the HCA (whether contained in this Part or elsewhere) are to be exercised for the purposes of its objects or for purposes incidental to those purposes.
3
Each power may be exercised separately or together with, or as part of, another power.
4
Each power does not limit the scope of another power.
5
Each power does not limit the scope of the powers conferred by section 3.
6
But—
a
subsections (2) and (3) do not apply to the HCA in its capacity as a local planning authority by virtue of sections 13 and 14 or in its exercise of other functions by virtue of those sections,
F2aa
subsections (2) to (5) do not apply to the powers conferred on the HCA—
i
as the regulator by virtue of Part 2 (but see section 92I (exercise of functions)), or
ii
as the Regulator of Social Housing by virtue of any other enactment or instrument, and
F1aa
subsection (2) does not apply to the exercise of a function by the HCA in consequence of an authorisation under section 38 of the Greater London Authority Act 1999 (delegation by Mayor), and
b
the powers conferred by section 3 must not be used to override a restriction imposed on the exercise of a specific power.