C1Part IX Acquisition and Appropriation of Land for Planning Purposes, etc.

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Constitution of joint body to hold land for planning purposes

243 Constitution of joint body to hold land for planning purposes.

1

If it appears to the Secretary of State, after consultation with the local authorities concerned, to be expedient that any land acquired by a local authority for planning purposes should be held by a joint body, consisting of representatives of that authority and of any other local authority, he may by order provide for the establishment of such a joint body and for the transfer to that body of the land so acquired.

2

Any order under this section providing for the establishment of a joint body may make such provision as the Secretary of State considers expedient with respect to the constitution and functions of that body.

3

The provisions which may be included under subsection (2) include provisions—

a

for incorporating the joint body;

b

for conferring on them, in relation to land transferred to them as mentioned in subsection (1), any of the powers conferred on local authorities by this Part or Chapter V of Part I of the M1Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 in relation to land acquired and held by such authorities for the purposes of this Part or that Chapter;

c

for determining the manner in which their expenses are to be defrayed.

4

Regulations under this Act may make such provision consequential upon or supplementary to the provisions of this section as appears to the Secretary of State to be necessary or expedient.