The London Legacy Development Corporation (Establishment) Order 2012

Statutory Instruments

2012 No. 310

Urban Development, England

The London Legacy Development Corporation (Establishment) Order 2012

Made

7th February 2012

Laid before Parliament

14th February 2012

Coming into force

9th March 2012

The Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 198 of the Localism Act 2011(1), having been notified of the designation of a Mayoral development area and of the name to be given to the Mayoral development corporation for the area, by the Mayor of London under section 197(6)(b) and (c) of the 2011 Act, makes the following Order—

Citation, commencement and interpretation

1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the London Legacy Development Corporation (Establishment) Order 2012 and comes into force on 9th March 2012.

(2) In this Order—

“the 2011 Act” means the Localism Act 2011;

“Mayoral development area” means the area described in article 2 of this Order.

Mayoral development area

2.—(1) The Mayoral development area is the area of land, in Greater London, shown bounded externally by the inside edge of a black line on the map.

(2) In paragraph (1), “the map” means the map marked “Map referred to in the London Legacy Development Corporation (Establishment) Order 2012” of which prints signed by a Director in the Department for Communities and Local Government have been deposited, and are available for inspection, at the offices of the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government and at the offices of the Greater London Authority.

Establishment and naming of the London Legacy Development Corporation

3.  There is established a corporation for the Mayoral development area named the “London Legacy Development Corporation”.

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government.

Bob Neill

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State

Department for Communities and Local Government

7th February 2012

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order establishes a Mayoral development corporation in relation to an area, designated as a Mayoral development area, which encompasses the site of the Olympic Park and surrounding areas. The area is shown bounded externally by the inner edge of a black line on the map referred to in Article 2 of this Order. The Mayoral development corporation is to be called the London Legacy Development Corporation (article 3).

A full impact assessment has not been prepared for this Order as no impact on the private or voluntary sectors is foreseen.