PART 4Mayoral Development Corporations

Application of provisions in the Localism Act 201113

1

Chapter 2 of Part 8 (Mayoral development corporations) of the 2011 Act applies in relation to the Combined Authority as it applies in relation to the Mayor of London with the modifications made by Schedule 4.

2

Chapter 2 of Part 8 of the 2011 Act applies in relation to a Corporation as it applies in relation to a Mayoral development corporation, with the modifications made by Schedule 4.

3

Subject to paragraph (6), in any enactment passed or made on or before 8th May 2017—

a

any reference to a Mayoral development corporation; or

b

any reference which falls to be read as a reference to a Mayoral development corporation,

is to be treated as including a reference to a Corporation.

4

For the purposes of any transfer scheme under any provisions of the 2011 Act applied with modifications by this Order, paragraph 9 of Schedule 24 to the 2011 Act (transfers under scheme under section 200(1) or (4) or 216(1)) applies in relation to—

a

any property, rights or liabilities transferred to or from a Corporation in accordance with a transfer scheme, or

b

anything done for the purposes of, or in relation to, or in consequence of, the transfer of any property, rights or liabilities to or from a Corporation in accordance with such a transfer scheme,

as it applies in relation to a Mayoral development corporation.

5

For the purposes of establishing a Corporation, giving the Corporation a name, giving effect to any decisions notified to the Secretary of State (under sections 199(4) (exclusion of land from Mayoral development areas), 202(8) (decisions about planning functions), 214(6) (powers in relation to discretionary relief from non-domestic rates) of the 2011 Act) or making provision for varying the way in which a relevant tax has effect from time to time in relation to the transfer of land to or from a Corporation under any provision of the 2011 Act, applied with modifications by this Order, the provisions in section 235 of the 2011 Act (orders and regulations) apply in relation to—

a

the power of a Minister of the Crown to make an order under sections 198(2) (mayoral development corporations: establishment) and 200(6) (transfers of property etc to a Mayoral development corporation) of that Act; and

b

the power of the Treasury to make regulations under paragraph 9(2) of Schedule 24 to that Act,

as they apply in relation to the establishment of a Mayoral development corporation, giving the corporation a name, giving effect to any decisions notified to the Secretary of State (under sections 199(4), 202(8) and 214(6) of the 2011 Act) and making provision for varying the way in which a relevant tax has effect from time to time in relation to a transfer of land to or from a Mayoral development corporation.

6

Paragraph (3) does not apply to—

a

paragraph 9(8)(a) of Schedule 2 to the Channel Tunnel Rail Link Act 199639;

b

section 31(1A) of the 1999 Act40;

c

section 38 of the 1999 Act41;

d

section 60A(3) of the 1999 Act42;

e

section 68(6) of the 1999 Act43;

f

section 73 of the 1999 Act44;

g

section 424 of the 1999 Act45;

h

section 24(4) of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 200446; and

i

paragraph 8(8)(a) of Schedule 2 to the Crossrail Act 200847.