
1 
This Order may be cited as the Urban Development Corporations in England (Dissolution) Order 1998 and shall come into force on 3rd April 1998.
2 
The following urban development corporations shall be dissolved on 1st July 1998—
(a) the Birmingham Heartlands Development Corporation;
(b) the Black Country Development Corporation;
(c) the London Docklands Development Corporation;
(d) the Merseyside Development Corporation;
(e) the Plymouth Development Corporation;
(f) the Teesside Development Corporation;
(g) the Trafford Park Development Corporation; and
(h) the Tyne and Wear Development Corporation.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions
Richard Caborn
Minister of State,
Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions
2nd April 1998