# The Derelict Land Clearance Areas Order 1982

S.I. 1982/935 · made 8 July 1982

This Order specifies as derelict land clearance areas the employment office areas set out in the Schedule.

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## Introductory text

INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT
Made 8th July 1982
Laid before Parliament 9th July 1982
Coming into Operation 1st August 1982
The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 8(6) and (7) of the Local Employment Act 1972 and now vested in him, hereby makes the following Order:—

## 1 

This Order may be cited as the Derelict Land Clearance Areas Order 1982 and shall come into operation on 1st August 1982.

## 2 

The employment office areas described in the Schedule to this Order are hereby specified as derelict land clearance areas for the purposes of the Local Employment Act 1972.

## Signature

Patrick Jenkin
Secretary of State for Industry
8th July 1982

## NEW DERELICT LAND CLEARANCE AREAS

The employment office areas of—
Accrington
Alfreton
Altrincham
Ashton-Under-Lyne
Bamber Bridge
Barnoldswick
Barrow-in-Furness
Batley
Bedworth
Berwick-on-Tweed
Beswick
Blackburn
Bramley
Brighouse
Burnley
Bury
Buxton
Carlisle
Castleford
Chapeltown
Chester
Chesterfield
Chorley
Clay Cross
Clitheroe
Colne
Congleton
Crewe
Crossgates
Darwen
Denton
Dewsbury
Didsbury
Dinnington
Dronfield
Droylsden
Eccles
Eckington
Elland
Failsworth
Firth Park
Glossop
Great Harwood
Halifax
Haltwhistle
Heanor
Hemsworth
Hexham
Heywood
Horsforth
Huddersfield
Hunslet
Hyde
Irlam
Keighley
Knottingley
Leeds
Leyland
Longsight
Macclesfield
Manchester
Marple
Middleton
Morley
Mossley
Moss Side
Nantwich
Nelson
New Mills
Newton Heath
Newton-Le-Willows
Normanton
Nuneaton
Oldham and Chadderton
Ormskirk
Otley
Padiham
Pontefract
Preston
Prestwich
Radcliffe
Rothwell
Royton
Salford
Sandbach
Seacroft
Sheffield
Skelmersdale (excluding that part which lies within the designated area of Skelmersdale New Town)
South Elmsall
Sowerby Bridge
Spen Valley
Stalybridge
Staveley
Stockport
Stretford
Sutton-in-Ashfield
Swinton
Todmorden
Ulverston
Wakefield
Warrington
Wetherby
Wilmslow
Woodhouse
Worksop
Worsley
Wythenshawe
Yeadon

## Explanatory note

This Order specifies as derelict land clearance areas the employment office areas set out in the Schedule.
Employment office areas are areas specified by the Manpower Services Commission as areas for each of which a specified office of the Commission exercises functions (see s. 1(4) of the Local Employment Act 1972 as amended by paragraph 12 of Schedule 3 to the Employment and Training Act 1973 (c. 50) and paragraph 6 of Part II of Schedule 2 to the Employment and Training Act 1981 (c. 57)).

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