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 2008(1) make the following Order:
1. This Order may be cited as the Crossrail (Qualifying Authorities) Order 2008 and shall come into force on 24th July 2008.
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.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State
Rosie Winterton
Minister of State
Department for Transport
23rd July 2008
Article 2
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
(This note is not part of the Order)
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.