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Section 51: Property etc. transfers to the HCA and the Welsh Ministers

Housing and Regeneration Act 2008 · 2008 c. 17View on legislation.gov.uk

Part 1: The Homes and Communities Agency — Chapter 5: Supplementary

The Secretary of State may make one or more schemes for—

the transfer to the HCA of designated property, rights or liabilities of—
the Urban Regeneration Agency,
the Commission for the New Towns,
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ., or
a Minister of the Crown, or
the transfer to the Welsh Ministers of designated property, rights or liabilities of—
the Urban Regeneration Agency, or
the Commission for the New Towns.

On the transfer date, the designated property, rights or liabilities are transferred and vest in accordance with the scheme.

Schedule 6 (which makes further provision about the making of schemes) has effect.

A scheme under this section may not make provision in relation to land which is held by the Secretary of State and was acquired, or is treated as having been acquired, under section 39 of the Forestry Act 1967 (power to acquire land which is suitable for afforestation or purposes connected with forestry).

In this section and in Schedule 6—

  • "designated" in relation to a scheme, means specified in, or determined in accordance with, the scheme,

  • "Minister of the Crown" has the same meaning as in the Ministers of the Crown Act 1975 (c. 26),

  • "the transfer date" means a date specified by a scheme as the date on which the scheme is to have effect.

Schedule 7 makes provision about the tax implications of schemes under this section (and schemes under section 65).

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