The Derelict Land Clearance Areas Order 1978

Made: 9th May 1978

Laid before Parliament: 18th May 1978

Coming into Operation: 8th June 1978

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 8(6) and 18 of the Local Employment Act 1972 and now vested in him[^f00001], hereby makes the following Order:—

1

• (1) The Interpretation Act 1889 shall apply for the interpretation of this Order as it applies to the interpretation of an Act of Parliament.

• (2) This Order may be cited as the Derelict Land Clearance Areas Order 1978 and shall come into operation on 8th June 1978.

2

The areas described in the Schedule to this Order are hereby specified as derelict land clearance areas for the purposes of the Local Employment Act 1972.

SCHEDULE — NEW DERELICT LAND CLEARANCE AREAS

1

Such parts of the areas of the Greater London Council and the London Boroughs of Greenwich, Lewisham, Newham, Southwark and Tower Hamlets as fall within the area delineated on the map referred to in Article 3(1) of the Docklands Land Board Order 1977.

2

The employment office areas of—

• Aldridge

• Aston

• Bilston

• Birmingham

• Brownhills

• Cannock

• Cradley Heath

• Darlaston

• Dudley

• Halesowen

• Handsworth

• Kingswinford

• Oldbury

• Small Heath

• Smethwick

• Stourbridge

• Tipton

• Walsall

• Washwood Heath

• Wednesbury

• Wednesfield

• West Bromwich

• Willenhall

• Wolverhampton

3

The employment office area of Swadlincote.

Signed

Alan Williams — Minister of State — Department of Industry — Dated 9th May 1978

Explanatory note

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This Order specifies as derelict land clearance areas the areas set out in the Schedule.

A copy of the map referred to in paragraph 1 of the Schedule is available for public inspection at all reasonable times and without payment at the principal offices of the Docklands Land Board, the Greater London Council and the Borough Councils of Greenwich, Lewisham, Newham, Southwark and Tower Hamlets. The map is signed by an Under Secretary in the Department of the Environment and marked “Map referred to in the Docklands Land Board Order 1977”.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: See Articles 2(3) and 5(5) of The Secretary of State (New Departments) Order 1974 (S.I. 1974/692).