2016 No. 515
Land, England

The Homes and Communities Agency (Transfer of Property etc.) (No. 2) Regulations 2016

Made
Laid before Parliament
Coming into force
The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 1(1), 53A(2) and 320(1) and (7)(ca) of the Housing and Regeneration Act 20081, makes the following Regulations:

Citation and commencement1.

These Regulations may be cited as the Homes and Communities Agency (Transfer of Property etc.) (No. 2) Regulations 2016 and come into force on 16th May 2016.

Specified public bodies for the purposes of section 53A of the Housing and Regeneration Act 20082.

The public bodies shown in the Schedule to these Regulations are specified for the purposes of section 53A (other property transfers etc to the HCA) of the Housing and Regeneration Act 2008.

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government

Brandon Lewis
Minister of State
Department for Communities and Local Government

SCHEDULESpecified public bodies

Regulation 2

British Transport Police Authority

High Speed Two (HS2) Limited2
Network Rail Limited3
EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Regulations)

Section 53A(1) of the Housing and Regeneration Act 2008 allows the Secretary of State to make one or more schemes for the transfer to the Homes and Communities Agency of designated property, rights or liabilities of a specified public body. These Regulations specify a number of public bodies for this purpose. They are additional to the Homes and Communities Agency (Transfer of Property etc.) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/1471) which already specify public bodies for the same purpose.

A full impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no impact on the private or voluntary sectors is foreseen. An Explanatory Memorandum is available alongside this instrument at www.legislation.gov.uk.