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URBAN DEVELOPMENT

TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING, ENGLAND AND WALES

Made 6th January 1997

Laid before Parliament 14th January 1997

Coming into force 20th March 1997

The Secretary of State for the Environment, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 148(2) and 149(1), (3) and (11) of the Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980^f1 and sections 59 and 333(7) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990^f2, and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order–

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f1: 1980 c. 65; subsections (1) and (3) of section 149 were amended, respectively, by Part I of Schedule 1 and paragraph 44(6) of Schedule 2 to the Planning (Consequential Provisions) Act 1990 (c. 11). Section 149(1) enables the Secretary of State to provide that an urban development corporation shall be the local planning authority for the whole or any portion of its area for such purposes of Part III of the 1990 Act, and in relation to such kinds of development, as may be prescribed; see section 149(13) for the definition of “prescribed”.
f2: 1990 c. 8.