Explanatory note

This Order specifies as derelict land clearance areas the areas described in the Schedule and deletes from the Derelict Land Clearance Areas Order 1978 otiose references to certain employment office areas which were specified as derelict land clearance areas by that Order but are now, as part of the City of Birmingham Special Area, so specified by this Order. The Special Area covers part only of the employment office area of Handsworth and so the remaining part is separately specified as a derelict land clearance area.