Explanatory note
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order vests in the Black Country Development Corporation certain land which is at present vested in the councils of the boroughs of Sandwell and Wolverhampton, the British Waterways Board, the Severn-Trent Water Authority, the West Midlands Residuary Body (or in another body mentioned in Section 141(1) of the Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980), and related easements and similar rights.
The land is shown coloured black on the map forming part of this note. The land and rights are in the areas designated by the Black Country Development Corporation (Area and Constitution) Order 1987, which establishes the Black Country Development Corporation, and the Wolverhampton Urban Development Area Order 1988.
The Black Country Development Corporation exercises the functions of an urban development corporation for the Wolverhampton urban development area.
