
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 1978T. 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
