Statutory Instruments
1998 No. 769

URBAN DEVELOPMENT
The Urban Development Corporations in England (Area and Constitution) Order 1998

Approved by Parliament

Made
19th January 1998

Laid before Parliament
27th January 1998

Coming into force
3rd April 1998

The Secretary of State for the Environment, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 134, 135 and 141 of, and paragraph 1 of Schedule 26 to, the Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980(1), and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order—

Citation and commencement

1.  This Order may be cited as the Urban Development Corporations in England (Area and Constitution) Order 1998 and shall come into force on 3rd April 1998.

Urban development area

2.—(1) Articles 2 and 3 of each of the following Orders are hereby revoked—

(a)the Birmingham Heartlands Development Corporation (Area and Constitution) Order 1992(2);

(b)the Black Country Development Corporation (Area and Constitution) Order 1987(3);

(c)the London Docklands Development Corporation (Area and Constitution) Order 1980(4);

(d)the Merseyside Development Corporation (Area and Constitution) Order 1980(5);

(e)the Plymouth Development Corporation (Area and Constitution) Order 1993(6);

(f)the Teesside Development Corporation (Area and Constitution) Order 1987(7);

(g)the Trafford Park Development Corporation (Area and Constitution) Order 1986(8); and

(h)the Tyne and Wear Development Corporation (Area and Constitution) Order 1987(9).

(2) The following Orders are hereby revoked—

(a)the Liverpool and Wirral Urban Development Area Order 1988(10);

(b)the London Docklands Development Corporation (Area and Constitution) (Amendment) Order 1981(11); and

(c)the Wolverhampton Urban Development Area Order 1988(12).

(3) So much of the Orders listed in paragraph (1) above as has not previously been revoked shall be revoked with effect from 1st July 1998.

Vesting orders

3.  The Orders listed in the Schedule to this Order shall be revoked with effect from 1st July 1998.

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for the Environment

R. G. Caborn
Minister of State,
Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions
19th January 1998

Article 3

SCHEDULERevocation of Vesting Orders

The Black Country Development Corporation

1.  The Black Country Development Corporation (Vesting of Land) (Borough of Sandwell) Order 1988(13).

2.  The Black Country Development Corporation (Vesting of Land) (Borough of Walsall) Order 1988(14).

3.  The Black Country Development Corporation (Vesting of Land) (British Railways Board) Order 1988(15).

4.  The Black Country Development Corporation (Vesting of Land) (Central Electricity Generating Board) Order 1988(16).

5.  The Black Country Development Corporation (Vesting of Land) (General) Order 1988(17).

6.  The Black Country Development Corporation (Vesting of Land) (British Steel Corporation) Order 1988(18).

7.  The Black Country Development Corporation (Vesting of Land) (Borough of Walsall) Order 1989(19).

8.  The Black Country Development Corporation (Vesting of Land) (General) Order 1989(20).

9.  The Black Country Development Corporation (Vesting of Land) (British Railways Board) Order 1989(21).

10.  The Black Country Development Corporation (Vesting of Land) (Central Electricity Generating Board) Order 1989(22).

The Bristol Development Corporation

11.  The Bristol Development Corporation (Vesting of Land) (British Railways Board) Order 1989(23).

The Leeds Development Corporation

12.  The Leeds Development Corporation (Vesting of Land) (British Railways Board) Order 1989(24).

13.  The Leeds Development Corporation (Vesting of Land) (General) Order 1989(25).

The London Docklands Development Corporation

14.  The London Docklands Development Corporation (Vesting of Land) (Port of London Authority) Order 1981(26).

15.  The London Docklands Development Corporation (Vesting of Land) (Greater London Council) Order 1981(27).

16.  The London Docklands Development Corporation (Vesting of Land) (Newham London Borough Council) Order 1981(28).

17.  The London Docklands Development Corporation (Vesting of Land) (Southwark London Borough Council) Order 1981(29).

18.  The London Docklands Development Corporation (Vesting of Land) (Greater London Council No. 2) Order 1981(30).

19.  The London Docklands Development Corporation (Vesting of Land) (Tower Hamlets London Borough Council) Order 1981(31).

20.  The London Docklands Development Corporation (Vesting of Land) (Greater London Council and Southwark London Borough Council) Order 1982(32).

21.  The London Docklands Development Corporation (Vesting of Land) (Port of London Authority and London Borough of Newham) Order 1989(33).

22.  The London Docklands Development Corporation (Vesting of Land) (Thames Water Authority) Order 1989(34).

23.  The London Docklands Development Corporation (Vesting of Land) (London Borough of Southwark) Order 1989(35).

The Merseyside Development Corporation

24.  The Merseyside Development Corporation (Vesting of Land) (British Railways Board) Order 1981(36).

25.  The Merseyside Development Corporation (Vesting of Land) (Local Authorities) Order 1981(37).

26.  The Merseyside Development Corporation (Vesting of Land) (Mersey Docks and Harbour Company) Order 1981(38).

27.  The Merseyside Development Corporation (Vesting of Land) (Mersey Docks and Harbour Company No. 2) Order 1981(39).

28.  The Merseyside Development Corporation (Vesting of Land) (Mersey Docks and Harbour Company No. 3) Order 1981(40).

29.  The Merseyside Development Corporation (Vesting of Land) (General) Order 1989(41).

30.  The Merseyside Development Corporation (Vesting of Land) (Transport Land) Order 1989(42).

The Sheffield Development Corporation

31.  The Sheffield Development Corporation (Vesting of Land) (British Railways Board) Order 1989(43).

The Tyne and Wear Development Corporation

32.  The Tyne and Wear Development Corporation (Vesting of Land) (Port of Tyne Authority) Order 1988(44).

33.  The Tyne and Wear Development Corporation (Vesting of Land) (British Coal Corporation) Order 1988(45).

34.  The Tyne and Wear Development Corporation (Vesting of Land) (British Shipbuilders and British Steel Corporation) Order 1988(46).

35.  The Tyne and Wear Development Corporation (Vesting of Land) (City of Newcastle upon Tyne) Order 1988(47).

36.  The Tyne and Wear Development Corporation (Vesting of Land) (Various Local Authorities) Order 1988(48).

37.  The Tyne and Wear Development Corporation (Vesting of Land) (Borough of Sunderland) Order 1988(49).

38.  The Tyne and Wear Development Corporation (Vesting of Land) (Tyne and Wear Passenger Transport Executive) Order 1988(50).

39.  The Tyne and Wear Development Corporation (Vesting of Land) (Port of Tyne Authority and British Railways Board) Order 1989(51).

40.  The Tyne and Wear Development Corporation (Vesting of Land) (Various Local Authorities) Order 1989(52).

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order revokes the Orders which designated the urban development areas in Birmingham Heartlands, the Black Country, London Docklands, Merseyside, Plymouth, Teesside, Trafford Park, and Tyne and Wear and which established urban development corporations for those areas. Articles 2 and 3 of each of those Orders, which designated the areas, are revoked from 3rd April 1998 and the remainder is revoked from 1st July 1998 (article 2(1) and (3)).
This Order also revokes, from 3rd April 1998, the Liverpool and Wirral Urban Development Area Order 1988, the London Docklands Development Corporation (Area and Constitution) (Amendment) Order 1981 and the Wolverhampton Urban Development Area Order 1988, which altered the extent of the Merseyside, London Docklands and Black Country urban development areas respectively (article 2(2)).
This Order also revokes, from 1st July 1998, Orders which vested land in the urban development corporations in England (article 3 and the Schedule).


(1)
1980 c. 65; section 134 was amended by section 47 of, and Part III of Schedule 12 to, the Housing and Planning Act 1986 (c. 63). Sections 134 and 135 were amended by section 179 of the Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993 (c. 28).

(2)
S.I. 1992/584.

(3)
S.I. 1987/922.

(4)
S.I. 1981/936, amended by S.I. 1981/937.

(5)
S.I. 1981/481.

(6)
S.I. 1993/911.

(7)
S.I. 1987/923.

(8)
S.I. 1987/179.

(9)
S.I. 1987/924.

(10)
S.I. 1988/1967.

(11)
S.I. 1981/937.

(12)
S.I. 1988/1147.

(13)
S.I. 1988/1308.

(14)
S.I. 1988/1309.

(15)
S.I. 1988/1310.

(16)
S.I. 1988/1311.

(17)
S.I. 1988/1312.

(18)
S.I. 1988/1317.

(19)
S.I. 1989/1389.

(20)
S.I. 1989/1390.

(21)
S.I. 1989/1395.

(22)
S.I. 1989/1396.

(23)
S.I. 1989/2011.

(24)
S.I. 1989/1403.

(25)
S.I. 1989/1404.

(26)
S.I. 1981/941.

(27)
S.I. 1981/942.

(28)
S.I. 1981/1145.

(29)
S.I. 1981/1146.

(30)
S.I. 1981/1719.

(31)
S.I. 1981/1720.

(32)
S.I. 1983/514.

(33)
S.I. 1989/1391.

(34)
S.I. 1989/1392.

(35)
S.I. 1990/1241.

(36)
S.I. 1981/999.

(37)
S.I. 1981/1000.

(38)
S.I. 1981/1001.

(39)
S.I. 1981/1002.

(40)
S.I. 1981/1003.

(41)
S.I. 1989/1305.

(42)
S.I. 1989/1393.

(43)
S.I. 1989/1394.

(44)
S.I. 1988/1313.

(45)
S.I. 1988/1315.

(46)
S.I. 1988/1316.

(47)
S.I. 1988/1318.

(48)
S.I. 1988/1319.

(49)
S.I. 1988/1320.

(50)
S.I. 1988/1321.

(51)
S.I. 1989/1405.

(52)
S.I. 1989/1406.