Moved by
Baroness Scott of Bybrook
78: Schedule 12, page 417, line 20, leave out “and 204Q” and insert “, 204Q and 204YA”
Member's explanatory statement
This amendment is consequential on the amendment in the Minister’s name to Schedule 12 at line 9 of page 431.
79: Schedule 12, page 423, line 9, at end insert—
“(4A) So long as affordable housing falls within the meaning of “infrastructure” given by section 204N(3), regulations under subsection (4) must permit charging authorities, in the circumstances and to the extent specified in the regulations, to require IL to be paid by providing affordable housing on the development site.
(4B) In subsection (4A) “development site” means the site on which the development in respect of which the IL is charged takes place.”
Member's explanatory statement
This amendment requires IL regulations to permit charging authorities to require payment of infrastructure levy through the provision of on-site affordable housing (provided that affordable housing is “infrastructure” for the purposes of the levy).