Part 1 - the Homes and Communities Agency
Chapter 1 - General
Section 1 - Establishment and constitution
17.This section establishes the Homes and Communities Agency (“HCA”) and introduces Schedule 1.
Sections 2 to 4 – Objects: Principal powers: Powers: general
18.The HCA will operate across England, with a view to meeting the needs of people in England, by:
improving the supply and quality of housing;
securing the regeneration or development of land or infrastructure;
supporting in other ways the creation, regeneration or development of communities or their continued well-being; and
contributing to the achievement of sustainable development and good design.
19.These objects are broadly drawn to reflect the wide range of activities that the HCA will undertake at a national level. It will work to improve housing supply, including tackling housing shortages, and to improve the quality of housing including the condition of housing. It will also undertake the regeneration and development of any type of land or infrastructure; and will have a more general role supporting the overall well-being of communities, in relation to which it will be able to establish new communities or work to regenerate or develop existing communities. It will also work to contribute to the achievement of sustainable development and good design. Section 2(2) provides that “good design” includes design which has due regard to the needs of elderly and disabled persons. The HCA will also act as the residuary body for the development corporations for new towns established under the New Towns Act 1981 and for urban development corporations (which is currently the function of the Commission for the New Towns), as set out in section 52.
20.Generally, the HCA may do anything it considers appropriate for the purposes of its objects or for purposes incidental to them and its specific powers are set out in Chapters 2 to 4 of Part 1. Many of these powers are modelled on the powers available to the Urban Regeneration Agency, the Commission for the New Towns and the Housing Corporation.
21.The powers of the HCA are to be exercised for the purposes of the objects (or for purposes incidental to them) only. Those powers may be exercised independently of each other or together. Where the HCA is conferred with functions of the local planning authority in relation to a designated area under section 13, it will not be constrained by its objects in exercising those powers (but, in this situation, it will exercise those functions in accordance with existing planning legislation). Section 2(4) also refers to sections 19 and 44 of the Act, which make provision as to the objects of the HCA.
Chapter 2 - Land and infrastructure
General
Sections 5 to 7 – Powers to provide housing or other land; Powers for regeneration, development or effective use of land; Powers in relation to infrastructure
22.Section 5 enables the HCA to provide or facilitate the provision of housing or other land. Subsection (3) explains the meaning of “provide” in this context.
23.Section 6 enables the HCA, directly or indirectly, to regenerate or develop land and bring land into more effective use.
24.Section 7 enables the HCA to provide or facilitate the provision of infrastructure. Infrastructure is defined in section 2(3) and includes, for example, utilities such as water, electricity, gas, transport facilities, retail and other business facilities. Subsection (3) explains the meaning of “provide” in this context.
Powers to deal with land etc.
Section 8 - Powers to deal with land etc.
25.The HCA will be able to acquire, hold, improve, manage, reclaim, repair or dispose of housing or other land or property, or facilitate these activities. It will also be able to carry out building and other operations, including the demolition or conversion of buildings, or facilitate such operations. These powers are modelled on those of the Urban Regeneration Agency.
Section 9 - Acquisition of land
26.The HCA may need to acquire land in order to achieve its objects. The HCA will therefore be able to purchase land by agreement or may, where authorised to do so by the Secretary of State, acquire land and new rights over land compulsorily. This section is modelled on the powers of the Urban Regeneration Agency under section 162 of the Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993.
27.This section also introduces Schedule 2.
Section 10 - Restrictions on disposal of land
28.The HCA is not permitted to dispose of land for less than the best consideration it can reasonably obtain, unless the Secretary of State consents (section 48 provides that the Secretary of State may give consent, where required under Part 1, generally or specifically). The restriction to dispose of land for less than best consideration does not apply where the HCA proposes to dispose of land by granting or assigning a short tenancy, that is to say of a term of seven years or less.
29.Unless the Secretary of State consents, the HCA is not permitted to dispose of land that it has acquired by way of compulsory purchase. Such a disposal would also be subject to the restrictions on disposal at less than best consideration. Aside from this, the HCA may dispose of land held by it in any way it considers appropriate.
Powers in relation to acquired land
Section 11 - Main powers in relation to acquired land
30.Section 11 introduces Schedule 3.
Section 12 - Powers in relation to, and for, statutory undertakers
31.Section 12 introduces Schedule 4.
Planning
Sections 13 and 14 - Power of Secretary of State to make designation orders; The HCA as the local planning authority; Contents of designation orders
32.Section 13 gives the Secretary of State power to designate an area in England where she is of the opinion that the area is suitable for development and that it is appropriate for the HCA to be the local planning authority for the whole or part of the area for particular “permitted purposes” and in relation to particular kinds of development. It will only be “appropriate” if making the designation order is likely to improve the effectiveness with which the planning functions for the area or part of the area are discharged.
33.The designation of an area is to be made by order and before making such an order the Secretary of State is required to publish a draft of the order and her reasons for making it, and to consult a variety of bodies including every local authority or local planning authority who has an area, or part of an area, in the proposed designated area, persons representing the interests of local authorities and people who live or carry on business in the proposed designated area.
34.The range of planning functions that can be conferred on the HCA under a designation order provide the Secretary of State with the flexibility to confer only those functions considered to be necessary for that area. Section 14 sets out the functions which may be conferred on the HCA in relation to that designated area. In particular the designation order may provide that the HCA is to be the local planning authority in relation to development control under Part 3 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990, it may be the local planning authority in relation to applications for listed building and conservation area consent and it may be the hazardous substances authority for the designated area. A designation order may also confer certain other planning functions (those which are not conferred on a local planning authority per se) on the HCA, either instead of or concurrently with, other persons who have them. An example of such a function is that of keeping enforcement notice registers, a function of the district council planning authority, district council or London borough council.
35.Section 14 also enables the Secretary of State to confer responsibility on the HCA for preparing and maintaining all or part of the local development framework for the designated area. Conferring such powers may be useful in instances where a designated area covers two or more local authority areas.
36.Where the HCA is the local planning authority for a designated area, the designation order can ensure that it will be bound by the same legislation, consultation requirements and restrictions as any other local planning authority. The procedures set out in the Town and Country Planning (General Development Procedure) Order 1995 are expected to apply where the HCA is an “interested planning authority”. In addition, it is expected that the HCA would also need to have regard to the same policies as any other local planning authority, whether these are development plan policies or policies of the Secretary of State.
37.Where the functions of a local planning authority or hazardous substances authority are conferred upon the HCA in relation to a designated area, it can have the power under the applied legislation to charge fees in relation to certain applications. The Secretary of State is given the power to prescribe in regulations fees payable for certain applications, including applications for planning permission and hazardous substances consent. The power to set fees in relation to applications for planning permission is found in section 303 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990. Regulations made under this section are subject to the affirmative resolution procedure. In relation to applications for hazardous substances consent, the power of the Secretary of State to prescribe fees is found in section 26A of the Planning (Hazardous Substances) Act 1990. The Secretary of State also has the power to prescribe for the making of reasonable charges for the provision of copies of documents required by or under Part 2 of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004. Whilst there is no express restriction on the regulation making powers to restrict fees to cover costs, the intention is that the power will be so exercised.
Section 15 – HCA as local planning authority: local involvement
38.Prior to exercising any function conferred upon it by a designation order, the HCA must prepare and publish a statement of local involvement. The statement will set out the HCA's policy on how it intends to involve affected local authorities, and other particular persons, in the exercise of functions conferred upon it by a designation order. This statement must be kept under review and revisions must be published. Where the HCA establishes a committee or sub-committee for the purposes of exercising those functions, every local authority within the designated area can suggest one or more candidates for membership to that committee or sub-committee
Section 16 - Regional planning
39.Where a regional planning body is to exercise certain of its functions (in particular the preparation of a draft revision, or review, of the regional spatial strategy and monitoring of the implementation of that strategy throughout the region, under section 4 of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004) the regional planning body is required to seek the advice of any county council, metropolitan district council, district council for an area for which there is no county council and national park authority which is within the region. Section 16 adds the HCA to this list of bodies from whom the regional planning body must seek advice, where the HCA is the local planning authority for a designated area.
Other powers etc. in relation to land
Sections 17 and 18 - Power to enter and survey land; Section 17: supplementary
40.The HCA may authorise a person to enter any land in connection with a proposal by the HCA to acquire that land or other land, or a claim for compensation in respect of acquisition of land. This power may be exercised for the purpose of surveying the land or estimating its value. The section sets out entry and notice requirements, and enables compensation to be recovered if the land is damaged as a result of the authorised person entering the land or the survey being undertaken. An offence is committed if a person intentionally obstructs another person in the exercise of that other person’s powers under section 17. A person who commits such an offence is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 2 on the standard scale, which is currently a fine not exceeding £500.
41.The power to survey land includes power to search and bore in order to establish the nature of the subsoil or the presence of any minerals, provided that notice of intention to do so is included in the notice of intended entry required under section 17. In addition, if the proposed works are to be carried out on land held by a statutory undertaker and the statutory undertaker objects because the works would seriously interfere with the carrying out of their functions, the consent of the appropriate Minister is needed before the works can be carried out.
Chapter 3 - Financial provision
Powers to give financial assistance
Section 19 - Financial assistance
42.This section provides a power for the HCA to give financial assistance to any person, in pursuit of its objects and subject to the consent of the Secretary of State. The financial assistance may be given in any form, and on such terms and conditions as the HCA considers appropriate, including provision for repayment, with or without interest.
43.Subsection (5) extends the HCA’s objects for the purposes of financial assistance functions which are transferred to it from the Housing Corporation, or which would supersede existing Housing Corporation functions, provided that when exercising those functions the HCA is doing so in a way corresponding to the way in which the Housing Corporation could have done so.
Borrowing powers of the HCA
Section 20 - Powers to borrow
44.This section enables the HCA to borrow on a short-term basis, such as by overdraft, from any person. If the borrowing is not on a short-term basis the HCA may borrow only from the Secretary of State or the European Investment Bank. The HCA may only borrow in sterling.
Section 21 - Loans by the Secretary of State
45.The Secretary of State may lend money to the HCA.
46.The Secretary of State may impose such terms and conditions as she considers appropriate, including regarding repayment with or without interest.
Section 22 - Guarantees by the Secretary of State
47.If the HCA takes out a loan with anyone other than the Secretary of State under section 20, the Secretary of State may guarantee the repayment of this loan, including any interest payable on it.
48.The guarantee may be subject to such terms and conditions as the Secretary of State may consider appropriate. In respect of any sums paid out under the guarantee, the Secretary of State may direct the HCA to repay such amounts as the Secretary of State may direct towards repayment of those sums and towards interest, at such rates of interest as the Secretary of State may direct.
49.The Secretary of State must lay a statement of the guarantee before Parliament immediately after giving the guarantee annually until all liability under the guarantee is discharged.
Section 23 - Financial limits
50.The HCA’s total borrowings, which include those of any subsidiary (other than sums borrowed from the HCA) must not exceed £2,300 million unless the Secretary of State provides for an increase to this limit by order, up to a maximum ceiling of £3,000 million. These limits are the same as for the Housing Corporation.
Other
Section 24 - Power to charge for certain activities
51.The HCA can charge a reasonable amount for information services, advice, education and training, and support services. The intention is to limit the amount that may be charged so that it does not exceed the costs incurred in providing the services.
Section 25 - Directions as to surplus funds
52.If the Secretary of State considers that the HCA or any of its subsidiaries has surplus capital, either on capital or revenue account, the Secretary of State may (following consultation with the HCA) direct it to pay such sums as specified (not exceeding the amount of surplus) to the Secretary of State.
53.The Secretary of State may decide to treat the whole or part of any payment as part repayment of the principal of any loans borrowed from the Secretary of State under Section 21.
Section 26 - Duty to act as agent in respect of regeneration and development
54.The HCA may be appointed to act as agent for the Secretary of State for the purpose of giving financial assistance to regeneration and development activities, under sections 126 to 128 of the Housing Grants, Construction and Regeneration Act 1996. If so appointed, the HCA will be bound to act in accordance with the terms and conditions of the appointment, as set out by the Secretary of State.
Section 27 - Duty to act as agent in respect of derelict land etc.
55.The HCA may be appointed to act as the Secretary of State’s agent in connection with specified derelict land functions. This may include providing grant for reclaiming, improving or bringing such land back into use. The Secretary of State may specify the terms and conditions of this appointment and the HCA must act in accordance with those terms and conditions.
Chapter 4 - Other functions of the HCA
General
Section 28 - Business
56.In order for the HCA to operate effectively, it may be necessary for it to carry on a business in the open market. This section enables the HCA to do so.
Section 29 - Powers to form companies etc.
57.This section allows the HCA, with the consent of the Secretary of State, to establish or acquire an interest in a company.
Section 30 - Community services
58.This section allows the HCA to act in a supportive capacity in order to provide or facilitate the provision of such services for communities as it considers appropriate. These may include services such as encouraging, or developing new businesses; providing employment; providing business or employment services; providing safe and attractive environments; or contributing to the prevention or reduction of anti-social behaviour or crime, or the fear of anti-social behaviour or crime.
Social housing
Section 31 - Duties in relation to social housing
59.This section requires the HCA when -
acquiring, constructing or converting any housing or land for use as low cost rental accommodation, (subsections (1) and (2));
disposing of housing or land on the condition that low cost rental accommodation is provided (subsections (3) and (4));
providing infrastructure on condition that low cost rental accommodation is provided (subsections (5) and (6)); or
giving financial assistance on condition that low cost rental accommodation is provided (subsections (7) and (8)),
to ensure that when the accommodation is made available for rent the landlord is a “relevant provider of social housing”. A “relevant provider” is a registered provider of social housing (as defined by section 80(2)(a)), an English local housing authority (or a person controlled by such an authority), or a county council in England. Low cost rental accommodation is accommodation which is made available for rent, the rent is below the market rate and the accommodation is made available in accordance with rules designed to ensure that the accommodation is made available to people whose needs are not adequately served by the commercial housing market. If the HCA is proposing to give financial assistance on condition that the recipient provides low cost home ownership accommodation (as defined by section 70) the HCA must consult the Regulator of Social Housing about the proposals.
Section 32 – Recovery etc. of social housing assistance
60.This section gives the HCA powers in relation to a person who has received financial assistance for the provision of social housing. The HCA may-
reduce, suspend or cancel grant payments (or other financial assistance); or
direct the recipient of financial assistance by way of grant to:
a)apply or appropriate for such purposes of the recipient as the HCA may specify; or
b)pay to the HCA,
such amount as the HCA may specify.
61.The aggregate of the amounts specified in directions given in respect of that grant cannot be greater than the amount of grant received by that person, although interest may be added to the original amount (see section 33).
62.The powers to recover financial assistance may only be exercised in accordance with principles determined by the HCA.
63.These powers enable the HCA to operate a system similar to the Housing Corporation’s “Recycled Capital Grant Fund” operated under section 27 of the Housing Act 1996. This enables the Housing Corporation to require, as a condition of grant that, for example, when a property grant-funded by the Corporation is disposed of, a sum specified by the Corporation (which could be the amount of original grant, or a proportion of the property value) is either repaid to the Corporation, or is applied by the grant recipient to a purpose specified by the Corporation, such as the provision of new social housing.
64.Subsection (11) requires the HCA to notify the Regulator of Social Housing 14 days before exercising any power under section 32(2), (3) or (4) to reduce, suspend or cancel grant, or require repayment or reapplication of specified sums, in relation to a registered provider of social housing.
65.The HCA must determine in advance of (or at the time of) providing the financial assistance the events in which (and the principles according to which) it will exercise its powers to recover the assistance.
Section 33: interest and successors in title
66.Subsections (1) to (5)provide that the HCA may add interest to sums to be repaid under section 32 and enter into agreements with recipients of grants which include arrangements for sharing equity uplift between the HCA and the recipient. It also has power to suspend or reduce interest. This section replicates the provisions in sections 27(4) and (5) of the Housing Act 1996.
67.Subsections (6) and (7)provide that a person acquiring social housing from the recipient of social housing assistance will also be subject to the HCA’s powers of recovery under section 32. This section replicates section 27(6) of the Housing Act 1996.
68.This section also requires that any determination on the principles of adding interest or entering into an equity sharing agreement have to be made at or before the award of grant funding.
Section 34 – Determinations under sections 32 and 33
69.This section sets out the process for determinations under sections 32 and 33. A determination could define the “relevant events” which would trigger these requirements (e.g. the disposal of a grant-funded property), or it could specify the purposes to which sums may be applied (e.g. the provision of similar properties, the refurbishment of others, etc.).
70.Subsection (1)prohibits the HCA from making a general determination without the consent of the Secretary of State. And subsection (2)requires the HCA, before making such a determination, to consult the Regulator of Social Housing, and other appropriate persons.
71.The HCA may vary or revoke a determination but, in varying or revoking a determination, the HCA cannot override the provision that events and principles according to which it exercises its powers to recover grants must be predetermined.
Section 35 - Duty to give financial assistance in respect of certain disposals
72.Section 35 broadly replicates the effect of the duties placed on the Housing Corporation under sections 20 and 21 of the Housing Act 1996.
73.It places a statutory duty on the HCA to provide financial assistance by way of grant to a registered provider of social housing or a registered social landlord in respect of discount provided to a tenant exercising their right to acquire under the right to acquire provisions in Part 2 of the Act (or under section 16 of the Housing Act 1996, where a Welsh social landlord is disposing of a dwelling in England). The requirement also applies if a tenant entitled to the right to acquire chooses to purchase an alternative property in England offered by their landlord.
74.The grant given to a person in any one year is limited to the total value of the discounts given by the person in that year. The HCA is required to specify the procedure to be followed in relation to applications for the grant; the method for calculating and any other limitations on the amount of grant; the manner and timing of payment and any other terms and conditions under which the grant will be given.
75.The purpose of this duty is to ensure that providers of social housing receive the market value for the properties they are required to sell to tenants at a discount. This duty ensures that they receive full market value for the property while the disposal proceeds fund system ensures that proceeds are spent on replacement social housing.
Section 36 - Information in relation to social housing
76.This section enables the Secretary of State to make an order requiring the HCA to produce information about its provision of accommodation for the purposes of social housing and the consequences of that accommodation being social housing. For example, the intention is that where funding is provided by the HCA for the purposes of providing housing, the HCA would be required to notify the Regulator of Social Housing about which housing will be low cost rental accommodation and thus should be transferred to a registered provider of social housing, if the recipient of the funding is not such a provider.
Section 37 - Duty to co-operate with Regulator of Social Housing
77.Under this section the HCA is required to co-operate and consult with the Regulator of Social Housing on matters of general interest. For example, the HCA should take account of the regulator’s views when it proposes to invest in the provision of social housing. The Regulator of Social Housing is under a corresponding duty to co-operate with the HCA by virtue of section 105.
Information, education and guidance etc.
Sections 38 and 39 - Information services; Advice, education and training
78.These sections allow the HCA to publish, provide, disseminate or facilitate ideas or information. It can also undertake research and provide, or facilitate the provision of, education and training services. This for example might include providing accreditation or sponsorship programmes, running conferences or developing training modules.
79.Section 24 enables the HCA to charge a reasonable amount for such services. The intention is that the amount charged will not exceed the cost of providing the service.
Section 40 - Guidance
80.In addition to providing information and training, the HCA can also provide guidance (or vary existing guidance) about matters relating to its work. However, before doing so, the HCA must consult appropriate persons and then bring the published guidance to the notice of those affected by it.
81.The HCA can revoke its guidance, but, prior to revocation, it must consult those affected by the guidance and, upon revocation, inform those affected by it.
Functions in relation to companies and other persons
Section 41 - Control of subsidiaries
82.A subsidiary of the HCA will not have the power to engage in an activity that the HCA itself would not be required or permitted to carry out unless the subsidiary has the consent of the Secretary of State.
83.The HCA must take steps to ensure that its subsidiaries do not borrow money from anyone other than the HCA, nor issue shares or stocks to anyone other than the HCA, without the consent of the Secretary of State.
Sections 42 and 43 - Agency arrangements with urban development corporations; Acting with, or for other persons: general
84.With the consent of the Secretary of State, the HCA can appoint an urban development corporation (“UDC”) to carry out functions on its behalf (other than its functions in connection with Chapter 3 of Part 1 (financial provision)). The UDC must act within the terms specified in the appointment. The UDC may arrange for any of its property or staff to be made available to the HCA, if requested, and if the purpose of the request is to assist the HCA to exercise its functions.
85.The HCA can form partnerships or enter into working arrangements in conjunction with others, or enter into arrangements to act on behalf others.
Section 44 – Local government involvement
86.Section 44 requires the HCA to consult with such representatives of local government as it considers appropriate about how it pursues its objects and to publish a statement about how it proposes to do that (having consulted with such persons as it considers appropriate).
Other
Section 45 - Support services
87.The HCA may provide or facilitate the provision of services in support of a project. In particular, this could include seconding staff, providing consultants, or providing technical and financial resources.
Chapter 5 - Supplementary
Certain supervisory powers of the Secretary of State
Section 46 - Guidance by the Secretary of State
88.This section gives the Secretary of State power, following consultation with appropriate persons, to give guidance to the HCA about how to carry out its functions. The guidance must be published as soon as is reasonably practical after it has been given. If the guidance is to be revoked, the same consultation and notification process must be followed.
89.The HCA is required to have regard to any guidance issued to it by the Secretary of State which is in force.
Section 47 - Directions by the Secretary of State
90.This section gives the Secretary of State power to give general or specific directions to the HCA as to how it should carry out its functions. It requires that those directions must be published as soon as practicable. If the Secretary of State revokes those directions, that fact must also be published. Publication of the making or revocation of directions does not apply to directions given in connection with the HCA’s own, or its committees’, procedure.
91.The HCA is required to comply with the Secretary of State’s directions.
Section 48 - Consents by the Secretary of State
92.Where the Secretary of State may give consent, such as under section 10 for the disposal of land for less than best consideration, the Secretary of State may give consent with or without conditions, or, depending upon the circumstances, in either general or specific terms..
93.A consent may be varied or revoked, except where something has already been done on the authority of that consent. A variation or revocation only takes effect once the Secretary of State has given notice of it to the HCA or anyone else to whom the consent was given.
Abolition of existing bodies
Sections 49 and 50 - Abolition of the Urban Regeneration Agency; Abolition of the Commission for the New Towns
94.These sections enable the Secretary of State to make an order dissolving the Urban Regeneration Agency and the Commission for the New Towns on a specified date.
95.Section 50 also introduces Schedule 5.
Section 51 - Property etc. transfers to the HCA and the Welsh Ministers
96.This section makes provision for the transfer of property, rights or liabilities in connection with the dissolution of the Urban Regeneration Agency and the Commission for the New Towns, and also for the transfer of property, rights or liabilities of a regional development agency and a Minister of the Crown.
97.Section 51, together with section 65, introduces Schedules 6 and 7.
Section 52 - Role of the HCA in relation to former CNT functions
98.This section sets out the role of the HCA in relation to functions which were formerly undertaken by the Commission for the New Towns. In relation to any property, rights or liabilities which are transferred to it from the Commission for the New Towns (on its abolition) and any property, rights or liabilities of a new town development corporation or an urban development corporation which are transferred to it on the dissolution of those corporations, the HCA will have to exercise its powers for the purposes of its objects. However, the HCA is not compelled to do so if it does not consider it appropriate to exercise its powers in that way, having regard to the purposes for which those property, rights or liabilities were held by the original bodies. The HCA must then exercise its powers as it considers appropriate, having regard to its objects and to the purposes for which the property, rights or liabilities were held by the body concerned.
Section 53 - Interim arrangements
99.This section gives the Secretary of State the power to 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 the HCA or Welsh Ministers.
100.This power could be used during any period of transition between the establishment of the HCA and the dissolution of the Urban Regeneration Agency and the Commission for the New Towns.
101.This section also reduces the minimum number of members that the Urban Regeneration Agency may have. This is to facilitate the transition of activities from the Urban Regeneration Agency to the HCA.
Other
Section 54 - Validity of transactions
102.This section is intended to cover the situation where persons enter into agreements with the HCA or one of its subsidiaries and it subsequently transpires that the HCA or one of its subsidiaries acted unlawfully in carrying out its powers, or in contravention of directions given by the Secretary of State. The agreements are not invalidated by reason of such circumstances.
Section 55 - Notices
103.There are various references to serving notices throughout Part 1. A notice is served if it is delivered to the person concerned, left at the person’s proper address or sent by post to that person at that address. If the notice is to be served on a business, it can be served on an officer of the body or if the business is a partnership on a partner of the business.
Sections 56 to 58 - Consequential amendments: Part 1; Interpretation: Part 1; Index of defined expressions: Part 1
104.Section 56 introduces Schedule 8 which makes various consequential amendments.
105.Sections 57 and 58 set out the definitions of key terms used throughout Part 1.
