The London Docklands Development Corporation (Transfer of Property, Rights and Liabilities) (Lee Valley Regional Park Authority) Order 1998

• Citation: S.I. 1998/458
• Sections: 3

Section 1 Citation and commencement

(1) This Order may be cited as the London Docklands Development Corporation (Transfer of Property, Rights and Liabilities) (Lee Valley Regional Park Authority) Order 1998.

(2) This Order shall come into force on 24th March 1998.

Section 2 Transfer of property, rights and liabilities

(1) In this article—

“the Corporation” means the London Docklands Development Corporation;

“the Land” means the land which is shown bounded externally by a red line on the Maps; and

“the Maps” means the maps respectively labelled “Map 1” and “Map 2” entitled “Maps referred to in the London Docklands Development Corporation (Transfer of Property, Rights and Liabilities) (Lee Valley Regional Park Authority) Order 1998”, one set of which, signed by an Under Secretary in the Government Office for London, has been deposited and is available for inspection at the offices of each of the following—

the Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions;

the Lee Valley Regional Park Authority;

the council of the London borough of Newham; and

the council of the London borough of Tower Hamlets.

(2) The Land, together with any rights and liabilities which the Corporation has in relation to the Land, is hereby transferred from the Corporation to the Lee Valley Regional Park Authority on the date of the coming into force of this Order .

Section 3 Amendments to the Lee Valley Regional Park Act 1966

(1) At the end of section 15 of the Lee Valley Regional Park Act 1966 (powers to acquire land) there shall be inserted the following subsection—

(3) The Authority may acquire by means of an order made by the Secretary of State under section 165B of the Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980, any land, whether within or without the park, together with any rights or liabilities relating to that land.

(2) After section 23 of that Act (land outside park acquired for purposes of park) there shall be inserted the following section—

Land acquired from an urban development corporation.

(23A) Any land outside the park acquired by the Authority by means of an order made under section 165B of the Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980 shall for the purposes of this Act be deemed to be part of the park.