Article 1 Citation, commencement and interpretation

This Order may be cited as the Urban Development Corporations (Planning Functions) Order 2012 and shall come into force on 31st March 2012.

In this Order—

• “the 1980 Act” means the Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980;

• “the 1990 Act” means the Town and Country Planning Act 1990^f1;

• “the Listed Buildings Act” means the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990^f2;

• “the authority” means, in relation to each Corporation the authority which but for an order made under section 149 of the 1980 Act would be the local planning authority for the development area (or part of it), within the meaning of section 336(1) of the 1990 Act;

• “Corporation” means either of the following—

  1. (a)

     the Thurrock Development Corporation; and

  2. (b)

     the West Northamptonshire Development Corporation; and

• “development area” in relation to a Corporation means the area for which the Corporation was established and which was designated as an urban development area by an order made under section 134 of the 1980 Act^f3.