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Explanatory note

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(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order provides for the transfer of all the property of the Washington Development Corporation to the Commission for the New Towns on 1st April 1988 (article 2(a)), the winding up of the affairs of the Corporation (articles 2(b), 3 and 4) and its subsequent dissolution on 30th June 1988 (article 6).

The Order also provides for section 11 of the New Towns Act 1981 (which enables the Secretary of State and highway authorities to acquire land for highways) and related provisions of that Act to continue to have effect in relation to the new town of Washington for a period of 10 years (article 5).