Infrastructure Act 2015

1. Introduction

2. Summary

3. Territorial Extent and Application

4. Commentary on Sections

   1. Part 1 – Strategic Highways Companies

      1. Section 1: Appointment of strategic highways companies

      2. Section 2: Area and highways in an appointment

      3. Schedule 1 Strategic highways companies: consequential and supplemental amendments

         1. Schedule 1 Part 1 – amendments to the Highways Act 1980

         2. Schedule 1 Part 2 - Other Enactments

      4. Section 3: Road Investment Strategy

      5. Schedule 2 Road Investment Strategy

      6. Section 4: Route strategies

      7. Section 5: General duties of a strategic highways company

      8. Section 6: Directions and guidance

      9. Section 7: Delegation of functions

      10. Section 8: Exercise of delegated functions

      11. Section 9: Watchdog

      12. Section 10: Monitor

      13. Section 11: Monitor: compliance and fines

      14. Section 12: Monitor: general duties

      15. Section 13: Monitor: guidance

      16. Section 14: Periodic reports by the Secretary of State

      17. Section 15: Transfer schemes

      18. Schedule 3 Transfer schemes

      19. Section 16: Tax consequences of transfers

      20. Section 17: Financial assistance

      21. Section 18: Transfer of additional functions

   2. Part 2 – Cycling and Walking Investment Strategies

      1. Section 21: Cycling and walking investment strategies

   3. Part 3: Powers of British Transport Police Force

      1. Section 22: Powers of British Transport Police Force

   4. Part 4 – Environmental Control of Animal and Plant Species

      1. Section 23: Species control agreements and orders

         1. Part 1 – Overview and interpretation

         2. Part 2 – Species control agreements

         3. Part 3 - Species control orders

         4. Part 4 – Powers of entry

         5. Part 5 - Supplementary

      2. Sections 24 and 25: Schedule 9 to the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981

   5. Part 5 – Planning and Land

      1. Nationally significant infrastructure projects

         1. Section 26: Timing of appointment of examining authority

         2. Section 27: Two-person Panels

         3. Section 28: Changes to, and revocation of, development consent orders

      2. Deemed discharge of planning conditions

         1. Section 29: Deemed discharge of planning conditions

      3. Mayoral Development Orders

         1. Section 30 and Schedule 4: Mayoral development orders

      4. The Homes and Communities Agency and other bodies

         1. Section 31: Property etc transfers to the HCA

         2. Section 32: Easements etc affecting land

         3. Section 33: Expenditure of Greater London Authority on housing or regeneration

      5. Her Majesty’s Land Registry

         1. Section 34 and Schedule 5: Transfer of responsibility for local land charges to Land Registry

         2. Schedule 5 Part 1: Amendments to the Local Land Charges Act 1975

         3. Schedule 5 Part 2: Amendments to the Land Registration Act 2002

            1. Paragraphs 17 to 20

         4. Schedule 5 Part 3: Amendments to Other Acts

            1. Paragraphs 21 to 39

         5. Schedule 5 Part 4: Transitional Provision

            1. Paragraphs 40 to 44

            2. Paragraph 43

         6. Section 35: Conferral of additional powers on Land Registry

         7. Section 36: Transfer of power to nominate member of Rule Committee

      6. Off-site carbon abatement measures

         1. Section 37: Provision in building regulations for off-site carbon abatement measures

   6. Part 6 – Energy

      1. Community electricity right

         1. Section 38: The community electricity right

         2. Section 39: Supplementary provision

         3. Schedule 6: Community electricity right regulations

            1. Part 1: The Right to Buy

            2. Part 2: Operators, Ownership & Related Matters

            3. Part 3: Information

            4. Part 4: Supplementary

      2. The Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative

         1. Section 40: The Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative

      3. Recovery of UK petroleum

         1. Section 41: Maximising economic recovery of UK petroleum

         2. Section 42: Levy on holders of certain energy industry licences and Schedule 7: The Licensing Levy

      4. Petroleum and geothermal energy in deep-level land

         1. Section 43: Petroleum and geothermal energy: right to use deep-level land

         2. Section 44: Further provision about the right of use

         3. Section 45: Payment scheme

         4. Section 46: Notice scheme

         5. Section 47: Payment and notice schemes: supplementary provision

         6. Section 48: Interpretation

         7. Section 49: Advice on likely impact of onshore petroleum on the carbon budget

         8. Section 50: Onshore hydraulic fracturing: safeguards

      5. Renewable Heat Incentives

         1. Section 51: Renewable Heat Incentives

      6. Reimbursement of persons who have met expenses of making connections

         1. Section 52: Reimbursement of persons who have met expenses of making electrical connections

            1. Schedule 5B

               1. Power to make regulations

               2. The reimbursement powers

               3. Other provisions about the regulations under this Schedule

               4. Interpretation

         2. Section 53: Consequential provision

   7. Part 7 Public Works Loan Commissioners

      1. Section 54: Power to abolish Public Works Loan Commissioners

5. Commencement Dates

6. Hansard References