The Assisted Areas (Amendment) Order 2017

This Order amends the Assisted Areas Order 2014 (“the 2014 Order”). The 2014 Order specifies that from 1st July 2014 the areas described in Schedule 1 as Tier 1 areas and the areas described in Schedule 2 as either predefined or non-predefined Tier 2 areas shall be development areas for the purposes of the Industrial Development Act 1982 (c.52) and section 1 of the Derelict Land Act 1982 (c.42). The Tier 1 areas described in Schedule 1 have been granted Assisted Areas status under Article 107(3)(a) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (“TFEU”) (OJ No C 326, 26.10.2012, p91-92). The predefined and non-predefined Tier 2 areas described in Schedule 2 have been granted Assisted Areas status under Article 107(3)(c) of the TFEU (OJ No C 326, 26.10.2012, p91-92).