| Short Title: | High Speed Rail (Preparation) Act 2013 |
| Parliament: | United Kingdom |
| Long Title: | An Act to make provision authorising expenditure in preparation for a highspeed railway transport network. |
| Year: | 2013 |
| Citation: | 2013 c. 31 |
| Statute Book Chapter: | 31 |
| Introduced By: | Patrick McLoughlin Secretary of State for Transport |
| Territorial Extent: | England and Wales and Scotland |
| Royal Assent: | 21 November 2013 |
| Related Legislation: | High Speed Rail (London - West Midlands) Act 2017 |
| Original Text: | http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2013/31/pdfs/ukpga_20130031_en.pdf |
| Legislation History: | http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2013/31/contents/data.htm |
| Use New Uk-Leg: | no |
| Revised Text: | http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2013/31/contents/data.htm |
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.