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Statutory Instruments
1978 No. 1314
LOCAL GOVERNMENT, ENGLAND AND WALES
The Inner Urban Areas (Designated Districts) (England and Wales) Order 1978
Made
5th September 1978
Laid before Parliament
8th September 1978
Coming into Operation
29th September 1978
The Secretary of State for the Environment in relation to England, and the Secretary of State for Wales in relation to Wales, being satisfied as respects each district set out in the Schedule hereto that it includes the whole or part of an inner urban area in which special social need exists, and that the conditions giving rise to the existence of that need could be alleviated by the exercise of the powers conferred by the Inner Urban Areas Act 1978, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by sections 1(1) and 15 of the said Act, and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following order:-
1. This order shall come into operation on 29th September 1978 and may be cited as the Inner Urban Areas (Designated Districts) (England and Wales) Order 1978.
2. The Interpretation Act 1889 shall apply for the interpretation of this order as it applies for the interpretation of an Act of Parliament.
3. The districts set out in the Schedule to this order are hereby specified as designated districts for the purposes of the Inner Urban Areas Act 1978.
Peter Shore
Secretary of State for the Environment
5th September 1978
T. Alec Jones
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Wales
29th August 1978
SCHEDULE
ENGLAND
Barnsley
Birmingham
Blackburn
Bolton
Bradford
Brent
Doncaster
Ealing
Gateshead
Greenwich
Hackney
Hammersmith
Haringey
Hartlepool
Islington
Kingston upon Hull
Lambeth
Leeds
Leicester
Lewisham
Liverpool
Manchester
Middlesbrough
Newcastle upon Tyne
Newham
North Tyneside
Nottingham
Oldham
Rochdale
Rotherham
Saint Helens
Salford
Sandwell
Sefton
Sheffield
South Tyneside
Southwark
Sunderland
Tower Hamlets
Wandsworth
Wigan
Wirral
WALES
Blaenau Gwent
Cardiff
Newport
Rhondda
Swansea
EXPLANATORY NOTE
The Inner Urban Areas Act 1978 gives additional powers to designated district authorities. This Order specifies in the Schedule designated districts for the purposes of the Act. The district council and the council of the county which includes the designated district are both designated district authorities in relation to a designated district. In relation to a designated district in London, the council of the London Borough and the Greater London Council are the designated district authorities.