Citation 31 | Royal assent 21 November 2013 | |
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Long title An Act to make provision authorising expenditure in preparation for a highspeed railway transport network. Introduced by Patrick McLoughlinSecretary of State for Transport Territorial extent England and Wales and Scotland Relates to High Speed Rail (London - West Midlands) Act 2017 | ||
The High Speed Rail (Preparation) Act 2013 is an Act of Parliament in the United Kingdom which allows expenditure on essential preparatory work, including construction design, on Phase One and Phase Two of HS2 and all future phases of a high speed rail network. The Act was the first stage in constructing High Speed 2.
The Hybrid Bill enabling Phase One of the project received Royal Assent on 3 February 2017.
References
High Speed Rail (Preparation) Act 2013 Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA