{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/inner-urban-areas-designated-districts-england-and-wales-order-1978/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/inner-urban-areas-designated-districts-england-and-wales-order-1978/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1978/1314",
  "legislation_title": "The Inner Urban Areas (Designated Districts) (England and Wales) Order 1978",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/inner-urban-areas-designated-districts-england-and-wales-order-1978",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "LOCAL GOVERNMENT, ENGLAND AND WALES\nMade 5th September 1978\nLaid before Parliament 8th September 1978\nComing into Operation 29th September 1978\nThe Secretary of State for the Environment in relation to England, and the Secretary of State for Wales in relation to Wales, being satisfied as respects each district set out in the Schedule hereto that it includes the whole or part of an inner urban area in which special social need exists, and that the conditions giving rise to the existence of that need could be alleviated by the exercise of the powers conferred by the Inner Urban Areas Act 1978, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by sections 1(1) and 15 of the said Act, and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following order:—",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1978/1314/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T19:29:36.064807+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}