Part 1: Planning Development of new towns by local authorities Section 16: Development of new towns by local authorities
This section enables the Secretary of State to transfer oversight of New Town Development Corporations established under the New Towns Act 1981, to one or more local authorities covering the designated area for the new town.  It provides a power to make regulations prescribing the transfer of functions under the Act from central government to the local authorities and other changes to the Act to enable this to work in practice.
	This section will extend to England and Wales and apply to England only.