This Order may be cited as the Teesside Development Corporation (Area and Constitution) Order 1987 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 maps” means the set of maps numbered 1 to 8 entitled “Maps referred to in the Teesside Development Corporation (Area and Constitution) Order 1987”, 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 Cleveland and the boroughs of Hartlepool, Langbaurgh, Middlesbrough and Stockton-on-Tees.

The area comprising the two areas shown on the maps 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 Teesside Development Corporation” with eleven members in addition to the chairman and deputy chairman.