Statutory Instruments
Land, England
Made
14th January 2020
Laid before Parliament
16th January 2020
Coming into force
7th February 2020
The Secretary of State makes the following Regulations in exercise of the power conferred by section 53A(2) of the Housing and Regeneration Act 2008(1).
1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Homes and Communities Agency (Transfer of Property etc.) Regulations 2020.
(2) These Regulations come into force on 7th February 2020.
2. The public bodies listed in the Schedule to these Regulations are specified under section 53A(2) of the Housing and Regeneration Act 2008.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government
Esther McVey
Minister of State
Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government
14th January 2020
Regulation 2
Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust(2)
Staffordshire County Council
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
Section 53A(1) of the Housing and Regeneration Act 2008 (c. 17) 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 various NHS Trusts and County Councils for that purpose.
The Homes and Communities Agency (Transfer of Property etc.) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/1471), the Homes and Communities Agency (Transfer of Property etc.) (No. 2) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/515), the Homes and Communities Agency (Transfer of Property etc.) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/199), the Homes and Communities Agency (Transfer of Property etc.) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/8) and the Homes and Communities Agency (Transfer of Property etc.) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/36) specify other public bodies for the same purpose.
A full impact assessment has not been prepared for this instrument as it has no impact on private or voluntary sectors. An Explanatory Memorandum is available alongside this instrument at www.legislation.gov.uk
2008 c. 17. Section 53A was inserted by section 31 of the Infrastructure Act 2015 (c. 7).
See S.I. 2017/932. https://www.england.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Manchester_University_NHS_FT_-_grant_of_merger.pdf Authorised as an NHS Foundation Trust under 56(4) of the National Health Service Act 2006 (c. 41) with effect from 1 October 2017.