The Crossrail (Qualifying Authorities) Order 2008

Made: 23rd July 2008

Coming into force: 24th July 2008

The Secretary of State for Transport, in exercise of the powers conferred by paragraph 1 of Schedule 7 to the Crossrail Act 2008¹ make the following Order:

Citation and commencement

1

This Order may be cited as the Crossrail (Qualifying Authorities) Order 2008 and shall come into force on 24th July 2008.

Undertakings given by local authorities

2

The relevant local authorities specified in the Schedule had, on or before the day on which the Bill for the Crossrail Act 2008 was reported from Select Committee in the House of Lords, given the Secretary of State undertakings with respect to the handling of planning matters arising under Schedule 7 to that Act which she considered satisfactory and have not subsequently been released from their undertakings.

SCHEDULE

• The Councils of the London Boroughs of Bexley, Camden, Ealing, Greenwich, Hammersmith and Fulham, Havering, Hillingdon, Islington, Newham, Redbridge, Tower Hamlets

• The Council of the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea

• Westminster City Council

• The Common Council of the City of London

• Slough Borough Council

• Brentwood Borough Council

• The Council of the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead

• South Bucks District Council

Signed

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State

Rosie Winterton — Minister of State — Department for Transport — 23rd July 2008

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This Order specifies the local planning authorities which are qualifying authorities for the purposes of Schedule 7 to the Crossrail Act 2008. Schedule 7 establishes a planning regime that seeks to give the qualifying authorities an appropriate degree of control over the detailed planning aspects of Crossrail.

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