The Assisted Areas Order 1993

Citation and Commencement

1.  This Order may be cited as the Assisted Areas Order 1993 and shall come into force on 1st August 1993.

Interpretation

2.—(1) In this Order:—

“the 1982 Act” means the Industrial Development Act 1982;

“the 1984 Order” means the Assisted Areas Order 1984(1); and

“the 1988 Order” means the Assisted Areas (Amendment) Order 1988(2).

(2) In Schedules 1 and 2 hereto:—

(a) any reference to a travel to work area shall be a reference to that area as it existed on 27th September 1984 save that the reference to the travel to work area of Workington shall be a reference to that area as it existed on 8th October 1987; and

(b) any reference to a ward in a travel to work area in England or Wales shall be a reference to that ward as it existed on 2nd April 1988.

Revocation

3.  The 1984 Order and the 1988 Order are hereby revoked.

Designations

4.  In this Order the designation of an area as a development area or an intermediate area is for the purposes of section 1 of the 1982 Act and section 1 of the Derelict Land Act 1982(3).

5.  On and after 1st August 1993:—

(a) the areas described in Schedule 1 hereto shall be development areas; and

(b) the areas described in Schedule 2 hereto shall be intermediate areas.

Tim Sainsbury

Minister of State,

Department of Trade and Industry

23rd July 1993