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The Assisted Areas Order 2007

S.I. 2007/107 · Made 22 January 2007

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Industrial development

Made 22nd January 2007

Laid before Parliament 23rd January 2007

Coming into force 13th February 2007

The Secretary of State makes the following order in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by section 1(1), (3), (4) and (7) of the Industrial Development Act 1982f1:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

1982 c.52: section 1(4) was inserted by section 4 of the Co-operative Development Agency and Industrial Development Act 1984 (c.57), words in section 1(4) were omitted by the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 2004 (c.14); words in section 1(7) were omitted by the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 2004 (c.14).

Contents

  1. 1Commencement
  2. 2Interpretation
  3. 3Specification
  4. 4Revocation
  5. Signature
  6. Schedule 1: DEVELOPMENT AREAS
  7. Part Tier 1 Areas
  8. ENGLAND
  9. WALES
  10. SCOTLAND
  11. Schedule 2: DEVELOPMENT AREAS
  12. Part Tier 2 Areas
  13. Chapter: ENGLAND
  14. North East
  15. North West
  16. Yorkshire and the Humber
  17. East Midlands
  18. West Midlands
  19. East of England
  20. London
  21. South East
  22. South West
  23. WALES
  24. SCOTLAND
  25. Explanatory note

1Commencement

The Order may be cited as the Assisted Areas Order 2007 and shall come into force on 13th February 2007.

2Interpretation

(1)

In this Order—

  • “the 1982 Act” means the Industrial Development Act 1982; and

  • “the 2000 Order” means the Assisted Areas Order 2000f1.

(2)

In Schedule 1—

(a)

any reference to a local authority area in England and Wales shall be a reference to that area as it existed on 21 June 2003;

(b)

any reference to a local government area in Scotland shall be a reference to that area as it existed on 21 June 2003; and

(c)

any reference to a parish or a former district council in Scotland shall be a reference to that area as it existed on 31 December 1993.

(3)

In Schedule 2—

(a)

any reference to a ward shall be a reference to the Census Area Statistic ward relating to the 2001 Census; and

(b)

any reference to a local authority area shall be a reference to that area as it existed on 21 June 2003.

3Specification

(1)

In this Order the specification of an area as a development area is for the purposes of the 1982 Act and section 1 of the Derelict Land Act 1982f1.

(2)

On and after 13th February 2007 the areas described in Schedules 1 and 2 shall be development areas.

(3)

The area in Scotland in Schedule 1 shall be a development area until 31st December 2010.

4Revocation

The 2000 Order is revoked.

Signature

Margaret Hodge

Minister of State for Industry and the Regions

Department of Trade and Industry

22nd January 2007

ENGLAND

  • Caradon

  • Carrick

  • Isles of Scilly

  • Kerrier

  • North Cornwall

  • Penwith

  • Restormel

WALES

  • Blaenau Gwent

  • Bridgend

  • Caerphilly

  • Carmarthenshire

  • Ceredigion

  • Conwy

  • Denbighshire

  • Gwynedd

  • Isle of Anglesey

  • Merthyr Tydfil

  • Neath Port Talbot

  • Pembrokeshire

  • Rhondda Cynon Taff

  • Swansea

  • Torfaen

SCOTLAND

  • Highland

  • Western Isles

  • Orkney Islands

  • Shetland Islands

  • Part of Argyll and Bute, namely—

    • the former Argyll and Bute District Council

  • Part of Moray, namely the parishes of—

    • Aberlour

    • Cabrach

    • Dallas

    • Dyke

    • Edinkillie

    • Forres

    • Inveravon

    • Kinloss

    • Kirkmichael

    • Knockando

    • Mortlach

    • Rafford

    • Rothes

North East

  • Cowpen

  • Cramlington East

  • Cramlington Eastfield with East Hartford

  • Cramlington North

  • Cramlington Parkside

  • Cramlington South East

  • Cramlington Village

  • Cramlington West

  • Croft

  • Hartley

  • Holywell

  • Isabella

  • Kitty Brewster

  • Newsham and New Delaval

  • Plessey

  • Seaton Delaval

  • Seghill

  • South Beach

  • South Newsham

  • Wensleydale

North West

  • Ewanrigg

  • Flimby

  • Harrington

  • Moorclose

  • Moss Bay

  • Netherhall

  • Seaton

  • St. John’s

  • St. Michael’s

Yorkshire and the Humber

  • Ardsley

  • Athersley

  • Brierley

  • Central

  • Cudworth

  • Darfield

  • Darton

  • Dearne South

  • Dearne Thurnscoe

  • Dodworth

  • Hoyland East

  • Hoyland West

  • Monk Bretton

  • North West

  • Park

  • Penistone East

  • Royston

  • South West

  • Wombwell North

  • Wombwell South

  • Worsbrough

East Midlands

  • Somercotes

West Midlands

  • Acock’s Green

  • Aston

  • Edgbaston

  • Fox Hollies

  • Handsworth

  • Hodge Hill

  • Kingsbury

  • Ladywood

  • Longbridge

  • Nechells

  • Northfield

  • Perry Barr

  • Selly Oak

  • Shard End

  • Sheldon

  • Small Heath

  • Soho

  • Sparkbrook

  • Washwood Heath

  • Yardley

East of England

  • Biscot

  • Challney

  • Crawley

  • Dallow

  • High Town

  • Lewsey

  • Round Green

  • Saints

  • South

  • Stopsley

  • Wigmore

London

  • River

  • Thames

South East

  • Eastry

  • Sandwich

  • Whitfield

South West

  • Budshead

  • Devonport

  • Drake

  • Eggbuckland

  • Ham

  • Honicknowle

  • Moor View

  • Southway

  • St. Budeaux

  • St. Peter and the Waterfront

  • Stoke

  • Sutton and Mount Gould

WALES

  • Creigiau/St. Fagans

  • Pentyrch

  • Pontprennau/Old St. Mellons

  • Trowbridge

SCOTLAND

  • Alloa East

  • Alloa Mar

  • Alloa West

  • Clackmannan

  • Delph and Cambus

  • Devon and Clackmannan North

  • Gartmorn

  • Tillicoultry East

  • Tillicoultry West

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order provides that from 13th February 2007 the areas described in Schedule 1 as Tier 1 areas and the areas described in Schedule 2 as Tier 2 areas will be development areas for the purposes of the Industrial Development Act 1982 (the 1982 Act) and section 1 of the Derelict Land Act 1982. The Tier 1 areas described in Schedule 1 have been granted Assisted Areas status under Article 87(3)(a) of the Treaty establishing the European Community.

The Tier 2 areas described in Schedule 2 have been granted Assisted Areas status under Article 87(3)(c) of the Treaty establishing the European Community. This Order has not specified or designated any area an intermediate area under section 1 of the 1982 Act. Areas described in the Schedules are as they existed on the relevant dates given in article 2(2) and (3) of the Order.

The description of the areas in England and Wales in Schedule 1 is by reference to local authority areas, corresponding to the NUTS 2 area of Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly, and the NUTS 2 area of West Wales and the Valleys, as they existed on 21 June 2003. NUTS (Nomenclature of Units for Territorial Statistics) areas are used by Eurostat, the European Commission’s Statistical Office, for presenting regional and local statistics. Description of the areas in Scotland in Schedule 1 is by reference to local government areas, a former district council, islands and parishes, corresponding to the area of operation of Highlands and Islands Enterprise on 31st March 2001, as defined by section 21 of the Enterprise and New Towns (Scotland) Act 1990, as amended by the Local Government etc (Scotland) Act 1994. This area also corresponds to the NUTS 2 area of Highlands and Islands, as it existed on 21 June 2003. Information as to the boundaries used is available from the Office for National Statistics at Cardiff Road, Newport, NP10 8XG or the Ordnance Survey at Romsey Road, Southampton SO16 4GU, for England and Wales, and from the General Register Office for Scotland at Ladywell House, Ladywell Road, Edinburgh, EH12 7TF, for Scotland.

The Highlands and Islands will have Tier 1 status until 31 December 2010. Its status will be reviewed by the European Commission during 2010.

Description of the areas in Schedule 2 is by reference to wards. All wards are defined by reference to the Census Area Statistics wards that were used for analysis following the 2001Census. For ease of reference, all wards are listed by reference to the relevant local authority areas. Information as to the boundaries of Census Area Statistics wards and local authority areas in England and Wales area available from the Office for National Statistics at the address given above, and in Scotland, from the General Register Office for Scotland at the address given above.

This Order revokes the Assisted Areas Order 2000 (article 4).