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Status:This version of this chapter contains provisions that are prospective.StatusThe term provision is used to describe a definable element in a piece of legislation that has legislative effect – such as a Part, Chapter or section. A version of a provision is prospective either:where the provision (Part, Chapter or section) has never come into force or;where the text of the provision is subject to change, but no date has yet been appointed by the appropriate person or body for those changes to come into force.Commencement Orders listed in the ‘Changes to Legislation’ box as not yet applied may bring this prospective version into force.Changes to legislation:There are outstanding changes not yet made by the legislation.gov.uk editorial team to Housing and Regeneration Act 2008. Any changes that have already been made by the team appear in the content and are referenced with annotations.Changes to LegislationRevised legislation carried on this site may not be fully up to date. Changes and effects are recorded by our editorial team in lists which can be found in the ‘Changes to Legislation’ area. Where those effects have yet to be applied to the text of the legislation by the editorial team they are also listed alongside the legislation in the affected provisions. Use the ‘more’ link to open the changes and effects relevant to the provision you are viewing.Changes and effects yet to be applied to :Changes and effectsThis section lists the changes and effects yet to be applied to the specific provision you are viewing.specified purposes Appointed Day(s) by S.I. 2009/801 art. 2 (Day appointed for purposes of s. 49, 50(1))Changes and effects yet to be applied to the whole Act, associated Parts and Chapters:Changes and effectsThis section lists the changes and effects yet to be applied to the whole Act, associated Parts and Chapters where applicable. This includes any insertions of whole new Parts, Chapters or provisions yet to be inserted into this Act. These effects are included in this view as they may be (but won’t necessarily be) relevant to the specific provision that you are viewing.Whole provisions yet to be inserted into this Act (including any effects on those provisions):s. 230((2)(a) word repealed by 2011 c. 20 Sch. 25 Pt. 26s. 250(8(a) word repealed by 2011 c. 20 Sch. 25 Pt. 26s. 92A-92K and cross-heading inserted by 2011 c. 20 Sch. 16 para. 26s. 106A inserted by S.I. 2010/844 Sch. 1 para. 9s. 114A inserted by S.I. 2010/844 Sch. 1 para. 13s. 116 Heading substituted by S.I. 2010/844 Sch. 1 para. 15(6)s. 143A inserted by S.I. 2010/844 Sch. 1 para. 27s. 159A inserted by S.I. 2010/844 Sch. 1 para. 33s. 198A 198B inserted by 2011 c. 20 Sch. 17 para. 9s. 210A inserted by S.I. 2010/844 Sch. 1 para. 55s. 232A inserted by 2011 c. 20 Sch. 19 para. 60s. 250A inserted by S.I. 2010/844 Sch. 1 para. 67s. 252A inserted by S.I. 2010/844 Sch. 1 para. 70s. 269A 269B inserted by S.I. 2010/844 Sch. 1 para. 74s. 278A inserted by 2009 c. 20 s. 26(2)Commencement Orders yet to be applied to the Housing and Regeneration Act 2008:Commencement OrdersThis section lists the commencement orders yet to be applied to the whole Act. These effects are included in this view as they may be (but won’t necessarily be) relevant to the specific provision that you are viewing. Where applicable the commencement orders are listed under two headings, firstly those that bring some part of the Act you are viewing into force and secondly, those that bring into force legislation that affects some part of the legislation you are viewing. If you are viewing a prospective version or there is a prospective version available there may be commencement orders listed here that are relevant to the provision you are viewing.Commencement Orders bringing provisions within this Act into force:S.I. 2008/2358 art. 2 3 commences (2008 c. 17)S.I. 2008/3068 art. 2-5 commences (2008 c. 17)S.I. 2009/363 art. 2 commences (2008 c. 17)S.I. 2009/415 art. 2-4 commences (2008 c. 17)S.I. 2009/773 art. 2 commences (2008 c. 17)S.I. 2009/803 art. 2-10 commences (2008 c. 17)S.I. 2009/1261 art. 2-4 commences (2008 c. 17)S.I. 2009/2096 art. 2 commences (2008 c. 17)S.I. 2010/862 art. 2 3 commences (2008 c. 17)S.I. 2011/1002 art. 3-7 commences (2008 c. 17)S.I. 2011/1863 art. 2 3 commences (2008 c. 17)Commencement Orders bringing legislation that affects this Act into force:S.I. 2009/3318 art. 2-4 commences (2009 c. 20)S.I. 2010/101 art. 2-5 commences (2008 c. 29)S.I. 2011/1418 art. 2 commences (2010 c. 23)S.I. 2012/628 art. 2-8 commences (2011 c. 20)S.I. 2012/1662 art. 2(2)(b) commences (2011 c. 24)S.I. 2012/2029 art. 3(a) art. 3(b) commences (2011 c. 20)ProspectiveChapter 5E+WSupplementaryCertain supervisory powers of the Secretary of StateE+W46Guidance by the Secretary of StateE+W(1)The Secretary of State may give guidance to the HCA as to the exercise of any of its functions.
(2)Before giving guidance under this section, the Secretary of State must consult such persons as the Secretary of State considers appropriate.
(3)The Secretary of State must publish any guidance given under this section as soon as reasonably practicable after giving it.
(4)The Secretary of State may revoke guidance given under this section.
(a)consult, before revoking guidance under this section, such persons as the Secretary of State considers appropriate, and
(b)publish the fact that the guidance has been revoked as soon as reasonably practicable after the revocation.
(6)The HCA must, in exercising its functions, have regard to any guidance for the time being in force under this section.
47Directions by the Secretary of StateE+W(1)The Secretary of State may give the HCA general or specific directions as to the exercise of any of its functions.
48Consents of the Secretary of StateE+W(1)Any consent of the Secretary of State required under this Part may be given—
Abolition of existing bodiesE+W49Abolition of Urban Regeneration AgencyE+WThe Urban Regeneration Agency shall cease to exist on such day as the Secretary of State may by order appoint.
50Abolition of the Commission for the New TownsE+W(1)The Commission for the New Towns shall cease to exist on such day as the Secretary of State may by order appoint.
(2)Schedule 5 (which transfers Welsh functions of the Commission to the Welsh Ministers and makes other amendments of the New Towns Act 1981 (c. 64)) has effect.
51Property etc. transfers to the HCA and the Welsh MinistersE+W(1)The Secretary of State may make one or more schemes for—
(a)the transfer to the HCA of designated property, rights or liabilities of—
(i)the Urban Regeneration Agency,
(ii)the Commission for the New Towns,
(iii)a regional development agency (within the meaning of the Regional Development Agencies Act 1998 (c. 45)), or
(iv)a Minister of the Crown, or
(b)the transfer to the Welsh Ministers of designated property, rights or liabilities of—
(i)the Urban Regeneration Agency, or
(ii)the Commission for the New Towns.
(3)Schedule 6 (which makes further provision about the making of schemes) has effect.
(4)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.
(5)Schedule 7 makes provision about the tax implications of schemes under this section (and schemes under section 65).
52Role of the HCA in relation to former CNT functionsE+W(1)The HCA must, so far as practicable, exercise its powers in relation to—
(a)any property, rights or liabilities of the Commission for the New Towns transferred to it by virtue of section 51 and Schedule 6,
(b)any property, rights or liabilities of a new town development corporation transferred to it by virtue of section 41 of, and Schedule 10 to, the New Towns Act 1981 (c. 64),
(c)any undertaking, or part of an undertaking, of an urban development corporation transferred to it by virtue of an agreement under section 165 of the Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980 (c. 65), or
(d)any property, rights or liabilities of an urban development corporation transferred to it by virtue of an order under section 165B of that Act,
for the purposes of the objects mentioned in section 2(1) or for purposes incidental to those purposes.
(2)But subsection (1) does not apply if the HCA does not consider it appropriate to exercise its powers in this way having regard, in particular, to the purposes for which the transferred property was held by the Commission for the New Towns, the new town development corporation or (as the case may be) the urban development corporation.
(3)In such a case, the HCA must exercise its powers in relation to the transferred property in such a way as it considers appropriate having regard, in particular, to—
(a)the objects mentioned in section 2(1), and
(b)the purposes for which the transferred property was held by the body concerned,
and the references in this Part to the objects of the HCA are to be read accordingly.
“new town development corporation” means a development corporation established under section 3 of the New Towns Act 1981 (c. 64),
“transferred property” means any property, rights or liabilities, or any undertaking or part of an undertaking, falling within paragraphs (a) to (d) of subsection (1) above.
53Interim arrangementsE+W(1)The Secretary of State may by notice require the Urban Regeneration Agency or the Commission for the New Towns to provide staff, premises, facilities or other assistance on a temporary basis to—
(a)the HCA, or
(2)In paragraph 1(1) of Schedule 17 to the Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993 (c. 28) (constitution of the Urban Regeneration Agency: number of members), for “six” substitute “ two ”.
(3)This section is without prejudice to the power of the Secretary of State under section 322(1).
OtherE+W54Validity of transactionsE+W(1)A transaction between a person and the HCA is not invalid merely because of a failure by the HCA to exercise its powers for the purposes mentioned in sections 3 and 4(2).
(2)A transaction between a person and the HCA is not invalid merely because it was carried out in contravention of a direction under section 47.
(3)A transaction between a person and a subsidiary of the HCA is not invalid merely because of a failure by the HCA to comply with section 41(1) or (2).
(4)A person entering into a transaction with the HCA or a subsidiary of the HCA need not be concerned as to whether—
(a)there has been a failure of the kind mentioned in subsection (1) or (3), or
(b)a direction of the kind mentioned in subsection (2) has been given or complied with.
(5)A disposal of land by the HCA is not invalid merely because any consent required by section 10(1) or (3) has not been given.
(6)A person dealing with—
(b)a person claiming under the HCA,
in relation to any land need not be concerned as to whether any consent required by section 10(1) or (3) has been given.
55NoticesE+W(1)Any notice required or authorised under this Part to be served on any person may be served by—
(b)leaving it at the person's proper address, or
(a)in the case of a body corporate, be served in accordance with subsection (1) on an officer of the body, and
(b)in the case of a partnership, be served in accordance with subsection (1) on a partner or a person having the control or management of the partnership business.
(3)For the purposes of this section and section 7 of the Interpretation Act 1978 (c. 30) (service of documents by post) in its application to this section, the proper address of any person on whom a notice is to be served is the person's last known address except as follows.
(4)For the purposes of this section and section 7 of the Act of 1978 in its application to this section, the proper address is—
(a)in the case of service on a body corporate or an officer of the body, the address of the registered or principal office of the body, and
(b)in the case of service on a partnership, a partner or a person having the control or management of the partnership business, the address of the principal office of the partnership.
(5)For the purposes of subsection (4) the principal office of a company registered outside the United Kingdom or of a partnership carrying on business outside the United Kingdom is its principal office within the United Kingdom.
(6)Subsection (7) applies if a person to be served under this Part with a notice has specified an address within the United Kingdom other than the person's proper address (as decided under subsections (3) and (4)) as the one at which the person, or someone on the person's behalf, will accept documents of the same description as the notice.
(7)The specified address is also to be treated for the purposes of this section and section 7 of the Act of 1978 in its application to this section as the person's proper address.
(8)Subsection (9) applies if the name or address of any owner, lessee or occupier of land on whom a notice is to be served under this Part cannot, after reasonable inquiry, be ascertained.
(9)The notice may be served by—
(a)leaving it in the hands of a person who is, or appears to be, resident or employed on the land, or
(b)leaving it conspicuously affixed to a building or object on the land.
(10)Any notice required or authorised under this Part to be served on any person may be served on the person by transmitting the text of the notice to the person by means of an electronic communications network or by other means but while in electronic form provided the text is received by the person in legible form and is capable of being used for subsequent reference.
“officer of a body corporate” means any director, manager, secretary or other similar officer of the body corporate,
56Consequential amendments: Part 1E+WSchedule 8 (which contains amendments of enactments) has effect.
57Interpretation: Part 1E+W(1)In this Part—
(a)so much of an electronic communications network or conduit system provided by an electronic communications code operator as is not excluded from the application of the electronic communications code by a direction under section 106 of the Act of 2003 (application of the electronic communications code), and
(b)an electronic communications network which the Secretary of State is providing or proposing to provide,
(a)the period beginning with the day on which the HCA is established and ending with the next 31 March, and
(b)each subsequent period of 12 months ending with 31 March,
(a)the electronic communications code operator providing that network, or
(b)the Secretary of State, so far as the Secretary of State is providing or proposing to provide that network,
58Index of defined expressions: Part 1E+WIn this Part, the expressions listed in the left-hand column have the meaning given by, or are to be interpreted in accordance with, the provisions listed in the right-hand column.
ExpressionProvisionAllotmentSection 9(7)BuildingSection 2(3)CaravanSection 2(3)CommonSection 9(7)Conduit system (and providing such a system)Section 57(1)Designated areaSection 13(5)Designation orderSection 13(5)Develop (and development)Section 57(1)Electronic communications apparatusSection 57(1)Electronic communications codeSection 57(1)Electronic communications code networkSection 57(1)Electronic communications code operatorSection 57(1)Electronic communications networkSection 57(1)EnactmentSection 57(1)Financial yearSection 57(1)Giving directionsSection 47(6)The HCASection 1(1)HousingSection 2(3)ImproveSection 57(1)InfrastructureSection 2(3)LandSection 2(3) (and Schedule 1 to the Interpretation Act 1978 (c. 30))Local planning authority (in relation to designation orders or proposed designation orders)Section 13(5)ModificationsSection 57(1)NoticeSection 57(1)Objects of the HCASections 2, 19(5) and 52(3)Open spaceSection 9(7)Operator (in relation to electronic communications code network)Section 57(1)Permitted purposesSection 13(5)Powers of the HCASection 57(2)Provide (in relation to an electronic communications network)Section 57(1)Registered provider of social housingSection 80(2)(a)Regulator of Social HousingSection 81(2)(a)Social housing (and its provision)Section 32(13)Social housing assistanceSection 32(13)SubsidiarySection 23(5)Urban development corporationSection 42(7)Previous: ChapterNext: ChapterBack to topOptions/HelpPrint OptionsPrint The Whole ActPDF The Whole ActWeb page The Whole ActPrint The Whole PartPDF The Whole PartWeb page The Whole PartPrint This Chapter onlyPDF This Chapter onlyWeb page This Chapter onlyYou have chosen to open The Whole ActThe Whole Act you have selected contains over 200 provisions and might take some time to download. You may also experience some issues with your browser, such as an alert box that a script is taking a long time to run.Would you like to continue?Continue to openYou have chosen to open The Whole Act as a PDFThe Whole Act you have selected contains over 200 provisions and might take some time to download.Would you like to continue?Continue to openYou have chosen to open The Whole Act without SchedulesThe Whole Act without Schedules you have selected contains over 200 provisions and might take some time to download. You may also experience some issues with your browser, such as an alert box that a script is taking a long time to run.Would you like to continue?Continue to openYou have chosen to open The Whole Act without Schedules as a PDFThe Whole Act without Schedules you have selected contains over 200 provisions and might take some time to download.Would you like to continue?Continue to openYou have chosen to open the Whole ActThe Whole Act you have selected contains over 200 provisions and might take some time to download. You may also experience some issues with your browser, such as an alert box that a script is taking a long time to run.Would you like to continue?Continue to openYou have chosen to open the Whole Act without Schedules