The Homes and Communities Agency (Transfer of Property etc.) Regulations 2019

Made: 14th January 2019

Laid before Parliament: 17th January 2019

Coming into force: 8th February 2019

The Secretary of State makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 53A(2) of the Housing and Regeneration Act 2008[^f00001].

Citation and commencement

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• (1) These Regulations may be cited as the Homes and Communities Agency (Transfer of Property etc.) Regulations 2019.

• (2) These Regulations come into force on 8th February 2019.

Specified public bodies

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The public bodies listed in the Schedule to these Regulations are specified under section 53A(2) of the Housing and Regeneration Act 2008.

SCHEDULE — Specified Public Bodies

• Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust[^f00002]

• Dorset Healthcare University NHS Foundation Trust[^f00003]

• Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust[^f00004]

• Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust[^f00005]

• Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust[^f00006]

• Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust[^f00007]

Signed

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government

Kit Malthouse — Minister of State — Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government — 14th January 2019

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

EXPLANATORY NOTE

Section 53A(1) of the Housing and Regeneration Act 2008 (c. 17) allows the Secretary of State to make one or more schemes for the transfer to the Homes and Communities Agency of designated property, rights or liabilities of a specified public body. These Regulations specify various NHS Trusts for that purpose.

The Homes and Communities Agency (Transfer of Property etc.) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/1471), the Homes and Communities Agency (Transfer of Property etc.) (No. 2) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/515), the Homes and Communities Agency (Transfer of Property etc) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/199) and the Homes and Communities Agency (Transfer of Property etc) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/8) specify other public bodies for the same purpose.

A full impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as it has no impact on the private or voluntary sectors. An Explanatory Memorandum is available alongside this instrument at www.legislation.gov.uk.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 2008 c. 17. Section 53A was inserted by section 31(2) of the Infrastructure Act 2015 (c. 7).

[^f00002]: See S.I. 2010/2461.

[^f00003]: See S.I. 1991/2339. Authorised as an NHS Foundation Trust under section 35 of the National Health Service Act 2006 (c. 41) with effect from 1st April 2007.

[^f00004]: See S.I. 1998/834. Authorised as an NHS Foundation Trust under section 6 of the Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Act 2003 (c. 43) with effect from 5th January 2005.

[^f00005]: See S.I. 1994/178 and S.I. 1995/117. Authorised as an NHS Foundation Trust under section 6 of the Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Act 2003 with effect from 1st December 2006. On 9th January 2012 this Foundation Trust acquired Winchester and Eastleigh Healthcare NHS Trust. See S.I. 1993/2581.

[^f00006]: See S.I. 2001/931. Authorised as an NHS Foundation Trust under section 6 of the Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Act 2003 with effect from 1st June 2006.

[^f00007]: See S.I. 2004/766. Authorised as an NHS Foundation Trust under section 35 of the National Health Service Act 2006 (c. 41) with effect from 1st April 2009.