HC Deb 04 May 1999 vol 330 cc841-2

'.—(1) A Minister of the Crown may by order make provision for or in connection with the transfer to any body or person falling within subsection (2) below of such property, rights or liabilities of a body or person falling within subsection (3) below as he may consider appropriate.

(2) The bodies and persons falling within this subsection are—

  1. (a) the Authority;
  2. (b) any functional body;
  3. (c) any subsidiary of Transport for London;
  4. (d) any local authority or the Corporation of London;
  5. (e) any police authority established under section 3 of the Police Act 1996;
  6. (f) the London Transport Users' Committee;
  7. (g) any body or person, or the holder of any office, established by or under this Act and not falling within the preceding paragraphs of this subsection.

(3) The bodies and persons falling within this subsection are—

  1. (a) any Minister of the Crown or government department;
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  2. (b) any London borough council or the Corporation of London;
  3. (c) London Regional Transport or any subsidiary of London Regional Transport;
  4. (d) the Receiver for the Metropolitan Police District;
  5. (e) the Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis;
  6. (f) the Development Commission;
  7. (g) the Urban Regeneration Agency;
  8. (h) any body or person, or the holder of any office, for whose abolition or dissolution provision is made by or under this Act and which does not fall within the preceding paragraphs of this subsection.

(4) The power conferred by subsection (1) above is exercisable—

  1. (a) for the general purposes, or any particular purposes, of this Act;
  2. (b) in consequence of, or otherwise in connection with, any provision made by or under this Act;
  3. (c) for giving full effect to this Act; or
  4. (d) in consequence of such of the provisions of any other Act passed—
  1. (i) before the relevant day, within the meaning of section 299 above, or
  2. (ii) in the Session in which that day falls,

as apply to any area, or any body or person, affected by this Act.

(5) The power conferred by subsection (1) above is also exercisable in relation to a transfer of property, rights or liabilities to the London Development Agency for any purpose for which such a transfer may be made by a scheme under the Regional Development Agencies Act 1998.

(6) An order under subsection (1) above may make provision for or in connection with the creation of rights or liabilities.'.—[Mr. Dowd.]

Brought up, read the First and Second time, and added to the Bill.

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