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The Wolverhampton Urban Development Area Order 1988

S.I. 1988/1147 · Made 24 March 1988

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URBAN DEVELOPMENT

Made 24th March 1988

Laid before Parliament 30th March 1988

Coming into force 30th June 1988

The Secretary of State for the Environment, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 134 and 139(1) of the Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980f1 and all other powers enabling him in that behalf, being satisfied, for the purposes of section 139(1), that there are exceptional circumstances which render it expedient that the functions of an urban development corporation for the area designated by this order should be performed by an urban development corporation established for the purposes of another area, after consultation with that corporation pursuant to section 134(4) of the Act, hereby makes the following Order:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

1980 c. 65; section 134 was amended by the Housing and Planning Act 1986 (c. 63), sections 47, 49(2) and Part III of Schedule 12.

Contents

  1. 1Citation and commencement
  2. 2Interpretation
  3. 3Designation of urban development area
  4. 4Exercise of functions
  5. Signature
  6. Explanatory note

1Citation and commencement

This Order may be cited as the Wolverhampton Urban Development Area Order 1988 and shall come into force on the day after the day on which it is approved by resolution of each House of Parliament.

2Interpretation

In this Order, “the map” means the map entitled “Map referred to in the Wolverhampton Urban Development Area Order 1988”, of which a print signed by an Under Secretary in the Department of the Environment, is deposited and available for inspection at the offices of the Secretary of State for the Environment and the offices of the council of the borough of Wolverhampton.

3Designation of urban development area

The area comprising the three areas shown on the map bounded externally by a black line edged internally with a stippled band is hereby designated as an urban development area.

4Exercise of functions

The functions of an urban development corporation for the area designated by article 3 shall be performed by the Black Country Development Corporationf1.

Signature

Nicholas Ridley

Secretary of State for the Environment

24th March 1988

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order designates three areas totalling about 253 hectares in the borough of Wolverhampton as an urban development area and provides for the functions of an urban development corporation to be performed in the designated area by the Black Country Development Corporation. The three areas are shown hatched black on the map forming part of this note.