PART 4Housing and regeneration

Conferral of functions the Homes and Communities Agency has in relation to the combined areaI114

1

The functions of the Homes and Communities Agency (“HCA”) which are specified in the following provisions of the 2008 Act are to be functions of the Combined Authority that are exercisable in relation to the combined area—

a

section 5 (powers to provide housing or other land);

b

section 6 (powers for regeneration, development or effective use of land);

c

section 7 (powers in relation to infrastructure);

d

section 8 (powers to deal with land etc);

e

section 9 (acquisition of land);

f

section 10 (restrictions on disposal of land);

g

section 11 (main powers in relation to acquired land)28;

h

section 12 (powers in relation to, and for, statutory undertakers);

i

paragraphs 19 and 20 of Schedule 3 (powers in relation to burial grounds and consecrated land etc); and

j

paragraphs 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 10 and 20 of Schedule 4 (extinguishment or removal powers for the HCA).

2

The Combined Authority must exercise the functions described in the provisions specified in paragraph (1) for the purposes of, or for purposes incidental to the objective of—

a

improving the supply and quality of housing in the combined area;

b

securing the regeneration or development of land or infrastructure in the combined area;

c

supporting in other ways the creation, regeneration or development of communities in the combined area or their continued well-being; and

d

contributing to the achievement of sustainable development and good design in the combined area,

with a view to meeting the needs of people living in the combined area.

3

The functions described in the provisions specified in paragraph (1) are—

a

exercisable concurrently with the HCA; and

b

subject to Schedules 2 (acquisition of land) and 3 (main powers in relation to land acquired by the HCA) to the 2008 Act.

4

In paragraph (2) “good design” and “needs” have the meanings given by section 2(2) of the 2008 Act and the reference to improving the supply of housing includes a reference to improving the supply of particular kinds of housing.

5

Chapters 1 and 2 of Part 1 of and Schedules 2 to 4 to, the 2008 Act apply in relation to the powers of the Combined Authority to acquire land for housing and infrastructure under the functions specified in paragraph (1) and land acquired by the Combined Authority under those functions as they apply to the HCA and land acquired by the HCA with the modifications made by Parts 1 and 2 of Schedule 3.