This Order may be cited as the Bristol Development Corporation (Area and Constitution) 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.

In this Order, “the map” means the map entitled “Map referred to in the Bristol Development Corporation (Area and Constitution) Order 1988”, of which prints signed by an Under Secretary in the Department of the Environment, are deposited and available for inspection at the offices of the Secretary of State for the Environment and the offices of the councils of the county of Avon and the city of Bristol.

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

For the purposes of regenerating the designated area there is hereby established an urban development corporation named “The Bristol Development Corporation” with eight members in addition to the chairman and deputy chairman.