
1 
This Order may be cited as the Liverpool and Wirral Urban Development Area Order 1988 and shall come into force on the day after the day on which it is approved by resolution of each House of Parliament.
2 
In this Order, “the map” means the map entitled “Map referred to in the Liverpool and Wirral Urban Development Area Order 1988”, 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 Liverpool and the borough of Wirral.
3 
The area comprising the three areas shown on the map bounded externally by a black line edged internally with a stippled band is hereby designated as an urban development area.
4 
The functions of an urban development corporation for the area designated by article 3 shall be performed by the Merseyside Development Corporation.
Nicholas Ridley
Secretary of State for the Environment
12th July 1988