(1)For the purposes of this Act, England shall be divided into the regions specified in Schedule 1 and for each such region there shall be a development agency.
(2)A development agency established by this section shall be a body corporate to be known by the name of the region for which it is established with the addition of the words “ Development Agency ”.
(3)Any reference in Schedule 1 to a local government or administrative area is to that area as it is for the time being.
Commencement Information
I1S. 1 wholly in force at 3.7.2000; S. 1 not in force at Royal Assent see. s. 43; S. 1 in force at 25.11.1998 (except insofar as it relates to the establishment of a regional development agency for London) by S.I. 1998/2952, art. 2(1); s. 1 in force at 3.7.2000 (so far as it relates to the establishment of a regional development agency for London) by S.I. 2000/1173, 2(1)