Application of provisions of the 1985 Act, the 1990 Act and the 2008 Act
17.—(1) For the purposes of sub-paragraphs (a) to (e) of article 16(1), the Combined Authority is to be treated as a local housing authority for the Area(1) and acts of a local housing authority that is not the Combined Authority may be taken to be acts of the Combined Authority for these purposes.
(2) Part 9 of the 1990 Act (acquisition and appropriation of land for planning purposes, etc) applies in relation to the Combined Authority, and land which has been vested in or acquired by the Combined Authority for planning and public purposes, as it applies to a constituent council and land which has been vested in or acquired by a constituent council for planning and public purposes.
(3) Chapters 1 and 2 of Part 1 of, section 19 of and Schedules 2 to 4 to, the 2008 Act apply in relation to the powers of the Combined Authority to acquire land for housing and infrastructure as they apply to the HCA and land acquired by the HCA with the modifications made by Parts 1 and 2 of Schedule 3 to this Order (Modifications of the 2008 Act).
In section 1 of the 1985 Act “local housing authority” means a district council, a London borough council, the Common Council of the City of London, a Welsh county council or county borough council or the Council of the Isles of Scilly.