179 Adjustment of areas.E+W+S
(1)After subsection (3) of section 134 (urban development areas) of the 1980 Act there shall be inserted the following subsections—
“(3A)The Secretary of State may by order alter the boundaries of any urban development area so as to exclude any area of land.
(3B)Before making an order under subsection (3A) above, the Secretary of State shall consult any local authority the whole or any part of whose area is included in the area of land to be excluded by the order.”
(2)In subsection (4) of that section, for the words “this section” there shall be substituted the words “ subsection (1) above ”.
(3)After that subsection there shall be inserted the following subsection—
“(5)The power to make an order under subsection (3A) above—
(a)shall be exercisable by statutory instrument subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament; and
(b)shall include power to make such incidental, consequential, transitional or supplementary provision as the Secretary of State thinks fit.”
(4)In section 135(2) of that Act (establishment of urban development corporations), for the words “section 134” there shall be substituted the words “ section 134(1) ”.
(5)In section 171 of that Act (interpretation of Part XVI: general), for the definition of “urban development area” there shall be substituted the following definition—
““urban development area” means so much of an area designated by an order under subsection (1) of section 134 above as is not excluded from it by an order under subsection (3A) of that section;”.