Statutory Instruments

2004 No. 257

LONDON GOVERNMENT

TRANSPORT

The Transport for London (Larcombe Close) Order 2004

Made

4th February 2004

Laid before Parliament

12th February 2004

Coming into force

8th March 2004

The Secretary of State for Transport, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by section 163 of the Greater London Authority Act 1999(1) hereby makes the following Order:

Citation and commencement

1.  This Order may be cited as the Transport for London (Larcombe Close) Order 2004 and shall come into force on 8th March 2004.

Consent

2.  The Secretary of State hereby gives consent to Transport for London for the disposal of the freehold interest in land specified in the Schedule at Larcombe Close, Croydon to the Mayor and Burgesses of the London Borough of Croydon.

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport

Tony McNulty,

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,

Department for Transport

4th February 2004

Article 2

SCHEDULE

All that land forming part of Larcombe Close, Croydon as shown edged red on the attached plan marked LAR/HIGHWAY.

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

Section 163 of the Greater London Authority Act 1999 prohibits Transport for London from disposing of operational land without the consent of the Secretary of State. Under section 164 of that Act, Transport for London is required to ensure that none of its subsidiaries does anything which Transport for London has no power to do (including anything which Transport for London has no power to do because the consent of the Secretary of State has not been obtained).

The land at Larcombe Close, Croydon which is the subject of this Order was previously used by Croydon Tramlink and is operational land as defined in section 163(8) of the Greater London Authority Act 1999. Its disposal therefore requires the consent of the Secretary of State. The land is currently vested in London Bus Services Limited, a subsidiary of Transport for London, and the disposal shall be made by that company.

By this Order the Secretary of State for Transport gives consent to Transport for London for the disposal to the London Borough of Croydon of a freehold interest in the land which is the subject of the Order.