Part 8: Development Corporations Membership Section 178: Removal of restrictions on membership of urban development corporations and new town development corporations Effect
Subsection (1) amends paragraph 1 of Schedule 26 to the Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980. This has the effect of removing the upper limit on the number of other board members and the need to set out the number of members in an order establishing an Urban Development Corporation in England. The limit was previously set at up to 11 other members. New paragraph 1A maintains the existing position for Urban Development Corporation in Scotland and Wales. The number of other board members will need to be prescribed by order when setting up a Locally-led Urban Development Corporation and must not be less than 5 other members for both Urban Development Corporations and locally-led Urban Development Corporations.
	Subsection (2) amends section 3(2)(c) of the New Towns Act 1981. This has the effect of removing the upper limit on the number of other board members and the need to set out the number of other members in an order establishing a New Town Development Corporation in England. This was previously set at up to 11 other members. New subsection (2ZA) maintains the existing position for New Town Development Corporations in Wales. New subsection (2ZB) establishes that the number of board members will need to be prescribed by order when setting up a Locally-led New Town Development Corporation.
	Subsection (3) has the effect of maintaining the current position of board membership for existing development corporation orders which were made before the section comes into force.