Section 138 — Power to designate Homes and Communities Agency as a charging authority

In section 14 of the Housing and Regeneration Act 2008 (contents of designation orders), after subsection (6) insert— (6A) The order may provide that where the HCA is the local planning authority for the whole or any part of the designated area it is to be a charging authority under section 204B(3)(b) of the Planning Act 2008 (Infrastructure Levy) for the whole or any part of that area— (a) for all or specified purposes, (b) in relation to all or specified kinds of development, and (c) in place of any person or body who would otherwise be the charging authority for that area, for those purposes, and in relation to those kinds of development.