The Transport for London (High Barnet Substation) Order 2005

Statutory Instruments

2005 No. 3232

LOCAL GOVERNMENT

TRANSPORT

The Transport for London (High Barnet Substation) Order 2005

Made

22nd November 2005

Laid before Parliament

28th November 2005

Coming into force

5th January 2006

The Secretary of State for Transport, in exercise of the powers conferred 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 (High Barnet Substation) Order 2005 and shall come into force on 5th January 2006.

Consent

2.  The Secretary of State hereby gives consent to Transport for London for the disposal of the freehold interest in the land described in the Schedule.

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport

Karen Buck

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State

Department for Transport

22nd November 2005

Article 2

SCHEDULE

All that land formerly occupied by the electricity substation at High Barnet, Ivere Drive, Barnet, London EN5 shown edged red on the attached plan marked `High Barnet Substation'.

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 any freehold interest in 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 Ivere Drive, Barnet, London EN5, which is the subject of this Order has been operational land as defined in section 163(8) of the Greater London Authority Act 1999. It comprises of the area formerly occupied by an electricity substation used in connection with the provision of railway services. Section 163(3) provides that consent under section 163 is not required in respect of land which was formerly operational land if a period of at least five years has elapsed since the land was last operational land, but such a period has not yet elapsed in this case. Its disposal therefore requires the consent of the Secretary of State. The land is currently vested in London Underground Limited, a subsidiary of Transport for London, and the disposal of the land will be made by that company.

By this Order the Secretary of State for Transport gives consent to Transport for London for the disposal of the land which is the subject of the Order.

A full regulatory impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument because it has no impact on the costs of business.

(1)

1999 c. 29.