1.—(1) Chapters 1 and 2 of Part 1 of the 2008 Act apply in relation to the Combined County Authority as modified in accordance with the following provisions.
(2) Sections 5 (powers to provide housing or other land), 6 (powers for regeneration, development or effective use of land), 7 (powers in relation to infrastructure), 8 (powers to deal with land etc), 9 (acquisition of land), 10 (restrictions on disposal of land) and 11 (main powers in relation to acquired land) of, and Schedules 2 to 4 to, the 2008 Act, have effect as if for each reference to—
(a)“the HCA” there were substituted a reference to “the Combined County Authority”;
(b)“Part 1” of that Act there were substituted a reference to “Part 4 of the East Midlands Combined County Authority Regulations 2024”; and
(c)land acquired or held by the HCA there were substituted a reference to land acquired or held by the Combined County Authority.
(3) Sections 5, 6, 8, 9 and 10 of the 2008 Act have effect as if for every reference to “land” there were substituted a reference to “land in the area of the Combined County Authority”.
(4) Section 57(1) of the 2008 Act is to have effect as if before the definition of “develop” there were inserted—
““Combined County Authority” means the East Midlands Combined County Authority, a body corporate established under the East Midlands Combined County Authority Regulations 2024;”.