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PART 1 U.K.Strategic highways companies

Transfers of property etcU.K.

15Transfer schemesE+W

(1)The Secretary of State may make one or more schemes for the transfer of property, rights and liabilities—

(a)from the Secretary of State to one or more of the following—

(i)a strategic highways company, or

(ii)a proposed strategic highways company;

(b)from a strategic highways company or a former strategic highways company to one or more of the following—

(i)the Secretary of State,

(ii)a strategic highways company, or

(iii)a proposed strategic highways company.

(2)In making a transfer scheme the Secretary of State must have regard to—

(a)the functions, or the proposed functions, of the transferee under any enactment, and

(b)the terms of appointment, or proposed terms of appointment, of a strategic highways company, or a proposed strategic highways company, to which the scheme relates.

(3)Schedule 3 (which contains more provision about transfer schemes) has effect.

(4)In this section and Schedule 3—

Commencement Information

I1S. 15 in force at 5.3.2015 by S.I. 2015/481, reg. 2(a)