Explanatory note

This Order vests in the Merseyside Development Corporation certain land which is at present vested in the councils of the city of Liverpool and the borough of Wirral, the Merseyside 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.

In some instances where the present ownership of the land to be vested is a matter of dispute between two or more of the bodies mentioned in the Schedule to this Order or where the bodies own different interests in the land, the description of the land is, to that extent, duplicated in the Schedule.

The land and rights are in the areas designated by the Merseyside Development Corporation (Area and Constitution) Order 1980 (which establishes the Merseyside Development Corporation) and the Liverpool and Wirral Urban Development Area Order 1988. The Merseyside Development Corporation exercises the functions of an urban development corporation for the Liverpool and Wirral urban development area.