1987 No. 924
The Tyne and Wear Development Corporation (Area and Constitution) Order 1987
Approved by both Houses of Parliament
Made
Laid before Parliament
Coming into force
The Secretary of State for the Environment, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 134 and 135 of, and paragraph 1 of Schedule 26 to, the Local Government, Planning and Land Act 19801, and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order:
Citation and commencement1
This Order may be cited as the Tyne and Wear 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.
Interpretation2
In this Order, “the maps” means the set of maps numbered 1 to 11 entitled “Maps referred to in the Tyne and Wear 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 city of Newcastle upon Tyne and the boroughs of North Tyneside, South Tyneside and Sunderland.
Designation of urban development area3
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.
Establishment of the Tyne and Wear Development Corporation4
For the purposes of regenerating the designated area there is hereby established an urban development corporation named “The Tyne and Wear Development Corporation” with eleven members in addition to the chairman and deputy chairman.
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order designates two areas totalling about 2375 hectares in the city of Newcastle upon Tyne and the boroughs of North Tyneside, South Tyneside and Sunderland as an urban development area and establishes an urban development corporation to regenerate the area. The two areas are shown hatched black on the map forming part of this note.
The development corporation is to be called the Tyne and Wear Development Corporation, and have 11 members beside the chairman and deputy chairman.
