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Infrastructure Act 2015 Page 1 Infrastructure Act 2015 2015 CHAPTER 7 Thomson Reuters (Legal) Limited. UK Statutes Crown Copyright. Reproduced by permission of the Controller of Her Majesty©s Stationery Of®ce. An Act to make provision for strategic highways companies and the funding of transport services by land; to make provision for the control of invasive non-native species; to make provision about nationally signi®cant infrastructure projects; to make provision about town and country planning; to make provision about the Homes and Communities Agency and Mayoral development corporations; to make provision about the Greater London Authority so far as it exercises functions for the purposes of housing and regeneration; to make provision about Her Majesty©s Land Registry and local land charges; to make provision to enable building regulations to provide for off-site carbon abatement measures; to make provision for giving members of communities the right to buy stakes in local renewable electricity generation facilities; to make provision about maximising economic recovery of petroleum in the United Kingdom; to provide for a levy to be charged on holders of certain energy licences; to enable Her Majesty©s Revenue and Customs to exercise functions in connection with the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative; to make provision about onshore petroleum and geothermal energy; to make provision about renewable heat incentives; to make provision about the reimbursement of persons who have paid for electricity connections; to make provision to enable the Public Works Loan Commissioners to be abolished; and for connected purposes. [12th February 2015] BE IT ENACTED by the Queen©s most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:Ð Extent Preamble: United Kingdom PART 1 STRATEGIC HIGHWAYS COMPANIES Infrastructure Act 2015 Page 2 Appointment as highway authorities Law In Force 1 Appointment of strategic highways companies (1) The Secretary of State may by order in accordance with this Part appoint one or more companies as a highway authority. (2) A company may only be appointed under this section if it isÐ (a) limited by shares, and (b) wholly owned by the Secretary of State. (3) The appointment of a company terminates (in addition to termination by revocation of the order making the appointment) if the company ceases to be wholly owned by the Secretary of State. (4) A company appointed under this section is called a ªstrategic highways companyº. (5) In this section, ªcompanyºmeans a company registered under the Companies Act 2006. (6) Schedule 1 (which contains consequential and supplemental amendments) has effect. Commencement Pt 1 s. 1(1)-(6): February 12, 2015 in so far as it confers power to make regulations; March 5, 2015 otherwise (2015 c. 7 Pt 8 s. 57(1); SI 2015/481 reg. 2(a)) Extent Pt 1 s. 1(1)-(6): England, Wales (an amendment or repeal, other than the amendment made by s.17(7), has the same extent as the provision to which it relates) Law In Force 2 Areas and highways in an appointment (1) The appointment of a strategic highways company must specifyÐ (a) an area, consisting of the whole or any part of England, in respect of which the company is appointed, and (b) highways in that area for which the company is to be the highway authority. (2) Highways may be speci®ed under subsection (1)(b) by name or description. (3) Highways speci®ed under subsection (1)(b) must be highways for which the Secretary of State or another strategic highways company is the highway authority immediately before the appointment has effect. (4) In the case of a strategic highways company appointed for an area adjacent to Wales, the highways speci®ed under subsection (1)(b) may (subject to subsection (3)) include highways in Wales. (5) WhereÐ (a) the appointment of a strategic highways company is varied, and Infrastructure Act 2015 Page 3 (b) by virtue of that variation the company ceases to be the highway authority for one or more highways, the Secretary of State becomes the highway authority for those highways (to the extent that he or she would not otherwise be so). (6) Where the appointment of a strategic highways company terminates, the Secretary of State becomes the highway authority for any highway for which the strategic highways company is highway authority (whether by virtue of the appointment or otherwise) immediately before the termination. (7) Subsections (5) and (6) are subject to the appointment of another strategic highways company. Commencement Pt 1 s. 2(1)-(7): February 12, 2015 in so far as it confers power to make regulations; March 5, 2015 otherwise (2015 c. 7 Pt 8 s. 57(1); SI 2015/481 reg. 2(a)) Extent Pt 1 s. 2(1)-(7): England, Wales (an amendment or repeal, other than the amendment made by s.17(7), has the same extent as the provision to which it relates) Functions Law In Force 3 Road Investment Strategy (1) The Secretary of State may at any timeÐ (a) set a Road Investment Strategy for a strategic highways company, or (b) vary a Strategy which has already been set. (2) A Road Investment Strategy is to relate to such period as the Secretary of State considers appropriate. (3) A Road Investment Strategy must specifyÐ (a) the objectives to be achieved by the company during the period to which it relates, and (b) the ®nancial resources to be provided by the Secretary of State for the purpose of achieving those objectives. (4) The objectives to be achieved may includeÐ (a) activities to be performed; (b) results to be achieved; (c) standards to be met. (5) In setting or varying a Road Investment Strategy, the Secretary of State must have regard, in particular, to the effect of the Strategy onÐ (a) the environment, and (b) the safety of users of highways. (6) The Secretary of State and the company must comply with the Road Investment Strategy. Infrastructure Act 2015 Page 4 (7) If a strategic highways company does not have a Road Investment Strategy currently in place, the Secretary of State mustÐ (a) lay before Parliament a report explaining why a Strategy has not been set, and (b) set a Road Investment Strategy as soon as may be reasonably practicable. (8) Schedule 2 (which contains provision about the procedure for setting or varying a Road Investment Strategy) has effect. Commencement Pt 1 s. 3(1)-(8): February 12, 2015 in so far as it confers power to make regulations; March 5, 2015 otherwise (2015 c. 7 Pt 8 s. 57(1); SI 2015/481 reg. 2(a)) Extent Pt 1 s. 3(1)-(8): England, Wales (an amendment or repeal, other than the amendment made by s.17(7), has the same extent as the provision to which it relates) Law In Force 4 Route strategies (1) The Secretary of State must from time to time direct a strategic highways company to prepare proposals for the management and development of particular highways in respect of which the company is appointed (ªa route strategyº). (2) A route strategy must relate to such period as the Secretary of State may direct. (3) The strategic highways company mustÐ (a) comply with a direction given to it under subsection (1), and (b) publish the route strategy in such manner as the company considers appropriate. (4) A direction under subsection (1) must be published by the Secretary of State in such manner as he or she considers appropriate. Commencement Pt 1 s. 4(1)-(4): February 12, 2015 in so far as it confers power to make regulations; March 5, 2015 otherwise (2015 c. 7 Pt 8 s. 57(1); SI 2015/481 reg. 2(a)) Extent Pt 1 s. 4(1)-(4): England, Wales (an amendment or repeal, other than the amendment made by s.17(7), has the same extent as the provision to which it relates) Exercise of functions Infrastructure Act 2015 Page 5 Law In Force 5 General duties (1) A strategic highways company must, in exercising its functions, co-operate in so far as reasonably practicable with other persons exercising functions which relate toÐ (a) highways, or (b) planning. (2) A strategic highways company must also, in exercising its functions, have regard to the effect of the exercise of those functions onÐ (a) the environment, and (b) the safety of users of highways. Commencement Pt 1 s. 5(1)-(2)(b): February 12, 2015 in so far as it confers power to make regulations; March 5, 2015 otherwise (2015 c. 7 Pt 8 s. 57(1); SI 2015/481 reg. 2(a)) Extent Pt 1 s. 5(1)-(2)(b): England, Wales (an amendment or repeal, other than the amendment made by s.17(7), has the same extent as the provision to which it relates) Law In Force 6 Directions and guidance (1) The Secretary of State may from time to time give a strategic highways company directions or guidance as to the manner in which it is to exercise its functions. (2) Directions under subsection (1) may provide, in particular, that a function is only to be exercisedÐ (a) after consultation with the Secretary of State, or (b) with the consent of the Secretary of State. (3) In exercising its functions, a strategic highways company mustÐ (a) comply with a direction, and (b) have regard to guidance, given to it under subsection (1). (4) Directions and guidance under subsection (1) must be published by the Secretary of State in such manner as he or she considers appropriate.
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