The Urban Development Corporations in England (Planning Functions) Order 1998

Citation, commencement and interpretation

1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Urban Development Corporations in England (Planning Functions) Order 1998 and shall come into force on 25th March 1998.

(2) In this Order—

“the 1980 Act” means the Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980;

“the 1990 Act” means the Town and Country Planning Act 1990;

“the authority” means in relation to each Corporation the authority which, but for an order made under section 149 of the 1980 Act, would be the local planning authority, within the meaning of section 336(1) of the 1990 Act;

“Corporation” means any of the following, namely—

(a)

the Birmingham Heartlands Development Corporation;

(b)

the Black Country Development Corporation;

(c)

the Merseyside Development Corporation;

(d)

the Plymouth Development Corporation;

(e)

the Teesside Development Corporation;

(f)

the Trafford Park Development Corporation; and

(g)

the Tyne and Wear Development Corporation; and

“development area” in relation to a Corporation means an area for which the Corporation was established, or in relation to which the Corporation was directed by order to perform the functions of an urban development corporation, and which was designated as an urban development area by an order made under section 134 of the 1980 Act(1).

(1)

The relevant orders are S.I. 1981/481, S.I. 1987/179, S.I. 1987/922, S.I. 1987/923, S.I. 1987/924, S.I. 1988/1147, S.I. 1988/1967, S.I. 1992/584 and S.I. 1993/911.