Localism Act 2011 (c. 20)

PART 8 E+W London

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 Pt. 8 applied (with modifications) (8.5.2017) by The Greater Manchester Combined Authority (Functions and Amendment) Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/612), arts. 1(3), 4(1)(2), Sch.

C2 Pt. 8 applied (with modifications) (8.5.2017) by The Liverpool City Region Combined Authority (Functions and Amendment) Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/430), arts. 1(3), 11(1)(2), Sch. 4

CHAPTER 2 E+W Mayoral development corporations

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C3 Pt. 8 Ch. 2 applied (with modifications) (3.3.2017) by The Tees Valley Combined Authority (Functions) Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/250), arts. 1(2), 4(1)(2), Sch. (with arts. 3, 4(3))

C4 Pt. 8 Ch. 2 applied (with modifications) (8.5.2017) by The West Midlands Combined Authority (Functions and Amendment) Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/510), arts. 1(2), 13(1)(2), Sch. 4

C5 Pt. 8 Ch. 2 applied (with modifications) (8.5.2017) by The West of England Combined Authority Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/126), arts. 1(4), 14(1), Sch. 3

C6 Pt. 8 Ch. 2 applied (with modifications) (2.11.2018) by The Newcastle Upon Tyne, North Tyneside and Northumberland Combined Authority (Establishment and Functions) Order 2018 (S.I. 2018/1133), arts. 1, 16, Sch. 4 (with art. 28)

C7 Pt. 8 Ch. 2 applied (with modifications (28.7.2020) by The Barnsley, Doncaster, Rotherham and Sheffield Combined Authority (Functions and Amendment) Order 2020 (S.I. 2020/806), arts. 1, 12, Sch. 3

C8 Pt. 8 Ch. 2 applied (with modifications) (30.1.2021) by The West Yorkshire Combined Authority (Election of Mayor and Functions) Order 2021 (S.I. 2021/112), arts. 1(2), 15, Sch. 3

C9 Pt. 8 Ch. 2 applied (with modifications) (20.12.2023) by The York and North Yorkshire Combined Authority Order 2023 (S.I. 2023/1432), arts. 1(2), 11(1)(2), Sch. 3

C10 Pt. 8 Ch. 2: power to amend conferred (26.12.2023) by Levelling-up and Regeneration Act 2023 (c. 55), ss. 132, 255(3)(a) (with s. 247)

C11 Pt. 8 Ch. 2 applied (with modifications) (28.2.2024) by The East Midlands Combined County Authority Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/232), regs. 1(2), 12(1)(2), Sch. 3

Dissolution E+W

216 Transfers of property, rights and liabilities E+W

(1) The Mayor may at any time make a scheme (a “transfer scheme”) transferring to a permitted recipient, upon such terms as the Mayor considers appropriate, any property, rights or liabilities which are for the time being vested in an MDC.

(2) A transfer scheme may provide for a transfer to a person within paragraph (d), (e) or (f) of the definition of “permitted recipient” in subsection (4) only if the person consents.

(3) The Mayor must publish a transfer scheme as soon after it is made as is reasonably practicable.

(4) In this section—

• “company” means—

  (a)

  a company within the meaning given by section 1(1) of the Companies Act 2006, or

  (b)

  [F1 a registered society within the meaning of the Co-operative and Community Benefit Societies Act 2014 or a society registered or deemed to be registered under] the Industrial and Provident Societies Act (Northern Ireland) 1969;

• “functional body” has the meaning given by section 424(1) of the Greater London Authority Act 1999;

• “permitted recipient” means—

  (a)

  the Greater London Authority,

  (b)

  a functional body other than the MDC concerned,

  (c)

  a company that is a subsidiary of the Greater London Authority,

  (d)

  a London borough council,

  (e)

  the Common Council of the City of London, or

  (f)

  any other person;

• “subsidiary” has the meaning given by section 1159 of the Companies Act 2006.

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in s. 216(4) substituted (1.8.2014) by Co-operative and Community Benefit Societies Act 2014 (c. 14), s. 154, Sch. 4 para. 179 (with Sch. 5)

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C12 S. 216: functions made exercisable (20.12.2023) by The York and North Yorkshire Combined Authority Order 2023 (S.I. 2023/1432), arts. 1(2), 10