Commentary on provisions of the Act Schedule 28: Local Acts London Building Acts (Amendment) Act 1939
Paragraph 3 disapplies Parts 3, 4 and 5 of the London Building Acts (Amendment) Act 1939 with respect to anything held and used in connection with Phase One of High Speed 2 by the Secretary of State or the nominated undertaker. The 1939 Act contains an exemption for certain buildings or structures belonging to a railway company and situated on a railway or within a railway or station premises. As land acquisition powers under the Act are to be vested in the Secretary of State, a disapplication is required so that a similar exemption will apply to Phase One of High Speed 2. As in the case of Part 1 of the Building Act 1984 the exemption has been extended to cover offices or showrooms which form part of a railway facility (defined to include a maintenance depot, electrical supply facility or stabling facility) as well as those which form part of a railway station.