# The Warrington and Runcorn Development Corporation (Transfer of Property and Dissolution) Order 1989, Note: Explanatory note


(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order provides for the transfer of all the property of the Warrington and Runcorn Development Corporation to the Commission for the New Towns on 1st October 1989 (article 2(a)), the winding up of the affairs of the Corporation (articles 2(b), 3 and 4) and its subsequent dissolution on 31st December 1989 (article 6). The Order also provides for section 11 of the New Towns Act 1981 (which enables the Secretary of State and highways authorities to acquire land for highways) and related provisions of that Act to continue to have effect in relation to the New Town of Warrington and Runcorn for a period of 10 years (article 5).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1989/1231/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/warrington-and-runcorn-development-corporation-transfer-of-property-and-dissolution-order-1989/note
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