3.Section 1 of the Infrastructure Act 2015 Chapter 7 provides for the establishment of strategic highways companies to take over the functions of the Highways Agency. As an executive agency of the Department of Transport, the Highways Agency is entitled to recover the VAT it pays when purchasing certain services. This measure will ensure that strategic highways companies will similarly be entitled to recover VAT.
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