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There are currently no known outstanding effects for the The Strategic Investment and Regeneration of Sites (Northern Ireland) Order 2003, Cross Heading: Functions of the Office in relation to relevant sites.
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10.—(1) The [F1responsible department] may, with the approval of the Department of Finance and Personnel, dispose of any land forming all or part of a relevant site and vested in the [F1responsible department].
(2) A disposal under this Article –
(a)may be for value or otherwise; and
(b)shall be on such terms and conditions as the [F1responsible department] may think fit.
(3) In particular on any such disposal the [F1responsible department] may –
(a)impose such restrictions as the [F1responsible department] may think necessary on the use of the land disposed of; and
(b)grant or reserve such rights over the land as the [F1responsible department] may think fit.
(4) Nothing in section 5 of the Stormont Regulation and Government Property Act (Northern Ireland) 1933 (c. 6) affects the disposal by the [F1responsible department] of land forming all or part of a relevant site.
F1Words in arts. 10-13 substituted (8.5.2016) by The Departments (Transfer of Functions) Order (Northern Ireland) 2016 (S.R. 2016/76), art. 1(3), Sch. 6 para. 5 (with art. 9(2))
11.—(1) For the purpose of securing the regeneration of a relevant site, the [F1responsible department] may –
(a)carry out the development or redevelopment of land, including the conversion or demolition of existing buildings;
(b)carry out building and other operations;
(c)provide services and facilities;
(d)form, or acquire interests in, bodies corporate;
(e)act with other persons, whether in partnership or otherwise;
(f)give financial assistance to other bodies or persons in accordance with paragraphs (2) to (5);
(g)carry out studies, investigations and research;
(h)generally do anything necessary or expedient for that purpose.
(2) The [F1responsible department] may, with the approval of the Department of Finance and Personnel, provide financial assistance for any body or person doing or intending to do on or in relation to a relevant site anything falling within paragraph (3).
(3) Financial assistance under paragraph (2) may be provided for –
(a)the promotion, development or regeneration of commercial, industrial or other economic activity;
(b)the improvement of the environment;
(c)the provision of housing;
(d)the provision of social, cultural, recreational or community facilities;
(e)the refurbishment or restructuring of buildings;
(f)anything not falling within sub-paragraphs (a) to (e) which the [F1responsible department] considers will benefit the site.
(4) Financial assistance under paragraph (2) may include –
(a)grants;
(b)loans;
(c)guarantees;
(d)the taking of any interest in property or in a body corporate.
(5) In providing financial assistance under paragraph (2), the [F1responsible department] may impose such conditions as it thinks fit, including conditions for repayment in specified circumstances.
F1Words in arts. 10-13 substituted (8.5.2016) by The Departments (Transfer of Functions) Order (Northern Ireland) 2016 (S.R. 2016/76), art. 1(3), Sch. 6 para. 5 (with art. 9(2))
12.—(1) The [F1responsible department] may acquire by agreement or compulsorily land which –
(a)is adjacent to a relevant site and is required by the [F1responsible department] for purposes connected with the discharge of its functions in relation to the site; or
(b)is required to provide or improve access to a relevant site.
(2) Parts I and III of Schedule 2 shall have effect in relation to –
(a)the compulsory acquisition of land under paragraph (1); and
(b)powers of entry in connection with the acquisition of land under that paragraph.
(3) Where land is acquired by the [F1responsible department] under paragraph (1) in connection with a relevant site, that land shall for the purposes of this Part be taken to form part of the relevant site.
F1Words in arts. 10-13 substituted (8.5.2016) by The Departments (Transfer of Functions) Order (Northern Ireland) 2016 (S.R. 2016/76), art. 1(3), Sch. 6 para. 5 (with art. 9(2))
13.—(1) The [F1responsible department] may –
(a)enter into an agreement with any person for the development of any land forming all or part of a relevant site, and
(b)do anything which is required in order to secure the development of that land in accordance with such agreement.
(2) The [F1responsible department] shall consult –
(a)the district council for the district in which a relevant site is situated;
(b)such other public bodies as the [F1responsible department] thinks appropriate; and
(c)such other bodies or persons as appear to the [F1responsible department] to have an interest in the site,
about the exercise of the [F2responsible department’s] functions under Article 11 in relation to the site.
F1Words in arts. 10-13 substituted (8.5.2016) by The Departments (Transfer of Functions) Order (Northern Ireland) 2016 (S.R. 2016/76), art. 1(3), Sch. 6 para. 5 (with art. 9(2))
F2Words in art. 13(2) substituted (8.5.2016) by The Departments (Transfer of Functions) Order (Northern Ireland) 2016 (S.R. 2016/76), art. 1(3), Sch. 6 para. 6 (with art. 9(2))
14. Articles 10 to 13 do not apply in relation to any relevant site for which a development corporation is for the time being established under Article 15.
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