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High Speed Rail (Preparation) Act 2013

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High Speed Rail (Preparation) Act 2013
Long titleAn Act to make provision authorising expenditure in preparation for a high speed railway transport network.
Citation2013 c. 31
Introduced byPatrick McLoughlin
Secretary of State for Transport
Territorial extent England and Wales and Scotland
Dates
Royal assent21 November 2013
Other legislation
Relates toHigh Speed Rail (London - West Midlands) Act 2017
History of passage through Parliament
Text of statute as originally enacted
Revised text of statute as amended

The High Speed Rail (Preparation) Act 2013 (c. 31) 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.[1] 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

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  1. ^ "HS2 bill passed". UK Government. 21 November 2013. Retrieved 1 May 2014.