Regional Development Agencies Act 1998

Part IRegional development agencies

Development agencies

6Delegation of functions by Ministers

8Regional consultation

Financial arrangements

9General financial duties

10Government grants

12Government guarantees of an agency’s borrowing

13Government loans

14Accounts and records

Information, reports and accountability

16Provision of information etc. to the Secretary of State

17Annual report

18Regional accountability

Vesting and acquisition of land

19Vesting of land by order

20Acquisition of land

21Rights of entry

22Offences in relation to rights of entry

23Supplementary provisions

Miscellaneous and supplementary

24Connection of private streets to highway

25Power to alter regions

26Change of name of agency

27General power to give guidance and directions

28Guidance: supplementary

29Consents of Secretary of State

30Validity of transactions

32Minor amendments

33Interpretation of Part I

Part IIExisting bodies

The Development Commission

34Transfer of property, rights and liabilities to agencies

35Powers in relation to the Commission

The Urban Regeneration Agency

36Transfer of property, rights and liabilities to agencies

37Powers in relation to the Agency

Part IIIGeneral

38Corporation tax

40Directions: supplementary

41General interpretation

SCHEDULE 1Regions

SCHEDULE 2Constitution of agencies

1(1) Subject to the following provisions of this paragraph, a...

Chairman and deputy chairman

2A person designated as chairman or deputy chairman of a...

Remuneration, pensions, etc.

3(1) A regional development agency shall pay to its members...

4(1) A regional development agency may appoint such officers and...

5(1) The persons to whom section 1 of the Superannuation...

6Subject to the following provisions of this Schedule, a regional...

Delegation of functions

7(1) Anything authorised or required by or under any enactment...

Members' interests

8(1) A member of a regional development agency who is...

Vacancies and defective appointments

9The validity of any proceedings of a regional development agency...

10(1) Minutes shall be kept of proceedings of a regional...

Execution and proof of instruments

11(1) The application of the seal of a regional development...

SCHEDULE 3Delegation of Ministerial functions: transfer schemes

Power to make scheme

1(1) A Minister of the Crown may make a scheme...

Contents of scheme

2(1) The property, rights and liabilities which may be transferred...

3A transfer scheme may define the property, rights and liabilities...

4A transfer scheme may also contain provision—

5A scheme under paragraph 1(1) may also contain provision—

6A scheme under paragraph 1(2) may also contain provision for...

7A transfer scheme may make such supplemental, incidental and consequential...

Effect of scheme

8On the day appointed by a transfer scheme, the property,...

Effect of transfer by scheme of contracts of employment

9(1) This paragraph applies where rights and liabilities under a...

10Where rights and liabilities under a contract of employment are...

Modification of scheme

11(1) If at any time after a transfer scheme has...

Provision of information

12A regional development agency shall provide a Minister of the...

13In the application of this Schedule to a person employed...

SCHEDULE 4Vesting of land: modifications of enactments

Land Compensation Act 1961 (c. 33)

1The Land Compensation Act 1961 shall have effect in relation...

2References to the date of service of a notice to...

3In section 17(2) (certification of appropriate alternative development), for “the...

4In section 22(2) (interpretation of Part III), at the end...

5Any reference to a notice to treat in section 39(2)...

Compulsory Purchase (Vesting Declarations) Act 1981 (c. 66)

6The Compulsory Purchase (Vesting Declarations) Act 1981 shall have effect...

7(1) Any reference in Part III or IV to a...

8In section 7(1)— (a) the reference to every person on...

9(1) In Schedule 1, in paragraph 2(2), the reference to...

SCHEDULE 5Acquisition of land

Part IModifications of the Acquisition of Land Act 1981

1(1) Where a compulsory purchase order authorising the acquisition of...

2The reference in section 17(3) of the Acquisition of Land...

Part IIAcquisition of rights

3(1) The Compulsory Purchase Act 1965 (“the 1965 Act”) shall...

4For sections 7 and 8 of the 1965 Act there...

5(1) The following provisions of the 1965 Act (which state...

SCHEDULE 6Vesting and acquisition of land: supplementary provisions

Extinguishment of rights over land

1(1) On an order under section 19(1) coming into force...

Power to override easements

2(1) The erection, construction, carrying out, or maintenance of any...

Consecrated land and burial grounds

3(1) Any consecrated land, whether including a building or not,...

4(1) Any land being, or forming part of, a common,...

Displacement of persons

5If the Secretary of State certifies that possession of a...

Extinguishment of public rights of way

6(1) Where any land has been vested in or acquired...

7(1) In this paragraph any reference to making a final...

Telegraphic lines

8(1) Where an order under paragraph 6 extinguishing a public...

Statutory undertakers

9(1) Where any land has been vested in or acquired...

10(1) Before making an order under paragraph 9 the Secretary...

11(1) Where any land has been vested in or acquired...

12(1) The powers conferred by this paragraph shall be exercisable...

13(1) As soon as may be after making such a...

14(1) Where, on a representation made by statutory undertakers, the...

15(1) For the purposes of paragraphs 12 and 14, an...

16(1) Any expression used in this Schedule to which a...

SCHEDULE 7Minor amendments

Public Records Act 1958 (c. 51)

1In Schedule 1 to the Public Records Act 1958, in...

Parliamentary Commissioner Act 1967 (c. 13)

2In Schedule 2 to the Parliamentary Commissioner Act 1967, there...

Local Authorities (Goods and Services) Act 1970 (c. 39)

3The Local Authorities (Goods and Services) Act 1970 shall have...

House of Commons Disqualification Act 1975 (c. 24)

4In Part II of Schedule 1 to the House of...

Northern Ireland Assembly Disqualification Act 1975 (c. 25)

5In Part II of Schedule 1 to the Northern Ireland...

SCHEDULE 8The Development Commission: transfer schemes

1In this Schedule— “the Commission” means the Development Commission, and...

Making and approval of transfer scheme

2(1) Where the Commission is required to make a transfer...

3(1) The Secretary of State may, after consultation with the...

Contents of scheme

4(1) The property, rights and liabilities which may be transferred...

5A transfer scheme may define the property, rights and liabilities...

6A transfer scheme may also contain provision—

7A transfer scheme may make such supplemental, incidental and consequential...

Effect of scheme

8On the date appointed by a transfer scheme, the property,...

Effect of transfer by scheme of contracts of employment

9(1) This paragraph applies where rights and liabilities under a...

Modification of scheme

10(1) If at any time after a transfer scheme has...

Provision of information to Secretary of State

11The Commission and the regional development agencies shall provide the...

SCHEDULE 9The Urban Regeneration Agency: transfer schemes

1In this Schedule— “the Agency” means the Urban Regeneration Agency,...

Making and approval of transfer scheme

2(1) Where the Agency is required to make a transfer...

3(1) The Secretary of State may, after consultation with the...

Contents of scheme

4(1) The property, rights and liabilities which may be transferred...

5A transfer scheme may define the property, rights and liabilities...

6A transfer scheme may also contain provision—

7A transfer scheme may make such supplemental, incidental and consequential...

Effect of scheme

8On the date appointed by a transfer scheme, the property,...

Effect of transfer by scheme of contracts of employment

9(1) This paragraph applies where rights and liabilities under a...

Modification of scheme

10(1) If at any time after a transfer scheme has...

Provision of information to Secretary of State

11The Agency and the regional development agencies shall provide the...

Regional Development Agencies Act 1998

1998 Chapter 45

An Act to make provision for regional development agencies in England; to make provision about the Development Commission and the Urban Regeneration Agency; and for connected purposes.

[19th November 1998]

Be it enacted by the Queen’s most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:—