The Local Authorities (England) (Property etc.) Order 1973

Article 7

SCHEDULE 1 TRANSFER OF PARTICULAR PROPERTIES

Paragraph (3) of article 10, and paragraph (6) in so far as it applies thereto, shall apply to any question whether any property is historic or ceremonial property

(1)	(2)	(3)
Transferor authority	Property	Transferee authority
The corporation or council of any county borough comprised in a metropolitan county	Any road passenger transport undertaking of the corporation or council	The Passenger Transport Executive for the county
The corporation or council of the borough of Todmorden	Any interest in the Calderdale Joint Omnibus Committee's undertaking	The West Yorkshire Passenger Transport Authority
The corporation or council of the borough of Teesside	The Teesside passenger transport undertaking	The District Council of Middlesbrough
The corporation or council of any borough or the council of any urban or rural district	Any water undertaking of the transferor authority, other than any land, buildings or works in Wales	The water authority within whose area for water supply purposes the limits of supply of the transferor authority are comprised
The council of the urban district of Billinge-and-Winstanley, Lakes or Turton	Historic and ceremonial property, and in particular the insignia and plate, of the urban district	The Parish Council of Billinge Chapel End, Lakes or Turton North
The corporation of the borough of Teesside	Historic and ceremonial property other than land and buildings, and in particular the charters, insignia and plate, of any area comprised in the district of Langbaurgh or Stockton-on-Tees	The District Council of Langbaurgh or Stockton-on-Tees
The corporation of any borough for the whole of the area of which charter trustees are constituted	Historic and ceremonial property other than land and buildings, and in particular the charters, insignia and plate, of the borough	The charter trustees
The council of the borough of Teesside	The council's consolidated loans fund	The County Council of Cleveland
The corporations and councils of the boroughs of Dudley and Wolverhampton	Himley Hall	The District Councils of Dudley and Wolverhampton
The council of the rural district of Tavistock	Manorial rights in respect of Whitchurch Down	The Parish Council of Tavistock
The parish council of Newton Longville	Rights in respect of Newton Longville Common	The Parish Council of Newton Longville

Article 9

SCHEDULE 2 TRANSFER OF SPECIFIED CLASSES OF PROPERTY, ETC

1.  In the following table—

(a) “county matters” and “district matters”, in relation to any transferor authority, and “parish matters”, in relation to the council of the rural district of Alston with Garrigill, Disley or Tintwistle, mean—

(i) in the case of property, property (not being excepted property) held for the purposes of functions not exercisable on and after 1st April 1974 by an authority of the relevant class in relation to the transferor authority but so exercisable by the authority specified in respect of the matters transferred in column (4) of the table in this Schedule;

  

(ii) in the case of liabilities, liabilities incurred in relation to such functions;

  

(iii) in the case of contracts, deeds, bonds, agreements and other instruments, and notices, such instruments subsisting and notices given in relation to such functions;

  

(iv) in the case of actions and proceedings and causes of action or proceeding, such actions and proceedings pending or causes existing in relation to such functions;

but if specified as such matters in relation to any area include only such matters being local matters in respect of such area, and “parish matters” includes, in the case of property—

• (i) parish property within the meaning of the Local Government Act 1933, the proceeds of sale of such property and any securities in which such proceeds have been invested;

• (ii) public walks and pleasure grounds, recreation grounds, seats and shelters, public clocks, allotments (within the meaning of the Allotments Act 1925, baths and washhouses, and village halls;

• (iii) property held for burial purposes; and

• (iv) property held for street lighting purposes, except any such property falling within article 6;

(b) “parish matters”, in relation to the corporation or council of any non-county borough or the council of any urban district, means—

(i) in the case of property—

(a)

property held for the purposes of functions not exercisable on and after 1st April 1974 by county or district councils; and

(b)

parish property within the meaning of the Local Government Act 1933, the proceeds of sale of such property and any securities in which such proceeds have been invested;

  

(ii) in the case of liabilities, liabilities incurred in relation to such functions or parish property;

  

(iii) in the case of contracts, deeds, bonds, agreements and other instruments, and notices, such instruments subsisting and notices given in relation to such functions or parish property;

  

(iv) in the case of actions and proceedings and causes of action or proceeding, such actions and proceedings pending or causes existing in relation to such functions or parish property,

but if specified as such matters in relation to any area includes only such matters being local matters in respect of such area;

(c) “burial matters”, “national park matters”, “police matters” and “sewerage and sewage disposal matters” mean—

(i) in the case of property, property held for the purposes of the relevant functions;

  

(ii) in the case of liabilities, liabilities incurred in relation to such functions;

  

(iii) in the case of contracts, deeds, bonds, agreements and other instruments, and notices, such instruments subsisting and notices given in relation to such functions; and

  

(iv) in the case of actions and proceedings and causes of action or proceeding, such actions and proceedings pending or causes existing in relation to such functions,

but if specified as such matters in relation to any area include only such matters being local matters in respect of such area, and for the purposes of the foregoing definitions “the relevant functions” means—

(i) in the case of burial matters, functions under the Burial Acts 1852 to 1906;

  

(ii) in the case of national park matters, functions which under Schedule 17 to the Act are to be exercised by a National Park Committee;

  

(iii) in the case of police matters, functions exercisable for police purposes, including the purposes of section 81 of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1967;

  

(iv) in the case of sewerage and sewage disposal matters, functions exercisable for the purposes of sewerage and sewage disposal;

(d) “local matters”, in relation to any area, means—

(i) in the case of property—

(a)

subject to the provision of paragraph 3, sited property situated in; and

(b)

other property held exclusively in respect of,

the area;

(ii) in the case of liabilities, liabilities incurred exclusively in respect of the area;

  

(iii) in the case of contracts, deeds, bonds, agreements and other instruments, and notices, such instruments subsisting and notices given exclusively in respect of the area;

  

(iv) in the case of actions and proceedings and causes of action or proceeding, such actions and proceedings pending or causes existing exclusively in respect of the area;

(e) any reference to an area of a county included in a new county or a new district includes any county borough—

(i) lying within the extent of such area; or

(ii) the boundaries of which, other than boundaries with any other county (including the county of Flintshire) or county borough or the sea, are wholly boundaries with such area.

2.  In paragraph 1, “ excepted property” means any property within article 20(1) which is not covered by the provision of article 20(2) and “exercisable” means exercisable otherwise than by virtue of section 101 or 110 of the Act

3.—(a) In this Schedule, “ sited property” means—

(i) land;

  

(ii) buildings;

  

(iii) fittings, furniture, equipment and stores supplied in respect of a voluntary school or a controlled community home;

  

(iv) subject to the provision of article 6, lamps, lamp posts and other apparatus for public lighting.

(b) The transferor authority may determine that any sited property shall, by reason of the fact that it is used wholly or mainly for an area other than the one in which it is situated, constitute local matters in respect of such other area.

(c) If notice is given by any authority concerned that they are dissatisfied with any determination under sub-paragraph (b) or that a determination should have been made thereunder, the question of the area which is to be the relevant area in relation to any sited property in the application of this Schedule shall be determined by agreement between the authorities concerned or failing such agreement by the decision of a person agreed on by such authorities or in default of agreement appointed by the Secretary of State.

4.  Article 12 has effect, within the meaning of items 5, 10, 11, 12, 14 and 15 in the table in this Schedule, in relation to any property, where before 1st April 1974, in respect of such property—

• an agreement has been entered into under paragraph (3), (4) or (5) of that article;

• a determination has been given under paragraph (7) of that article;

• notice has been given under paragraph (3) of article 39.

and in relation to any liabilities incurred, contracts, deeds, bonds, agreements and other instruments subsisting, notices given, actions and proceedings pending and causes of action or proceeding existing in relation to such property.

TABLE

(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)
Item No.	Transferor authority	Matters transferred	Transferee authority
1	The county council of any county	Property acquired by the county council in the exercise of their functions under the Rural Water Supplies and Sewerage Act 1944 or in making contributions to a county district council in respect of works of water supply or sewerage or sewage disposal in any area	The water authority in whose area for sewerage and sewage disposal purposes the area described in column (3) is situated
2	The County Council of Devon	National park matters in respect of the Exmoor National Park	The County Council of Somerset
3	The County Council of Yorkshire, West Riding	National park matters in relation to the area of the Yorkshire Dales National Park in Cumbria	The County Council of North Yorkshire
4	The County Council of Yorkshire, North Riding	National park matters in relation to the area of the North York Moors National Park in Cleveland	The County Council of North Yorkshire
5	The county council of Berkshire, Buckingham, Chester, Durham, East Suffolk, East Sussex, Gloucestershire, Hampshire, Lancaster, Lincoln, Parts of Lindsey, Northumberland, Nottinghamshire, Somerset, Staffordshire, Surrey, Warwickshire, Worcestershire, Yorkshire, East Riding, Yorkshire, North Riding or Yorkshire, West Riding	District matters in relation to any area of the county included in a new district Other local matters (not being police matters, matters as to which article 12 has effect or matters provided for in items 1, 3 and 4) in relation to any area of the county included in a new county	The council of the district in which the area is comprised The council of the county in which the area is comprised
6.	The county council of Rutland	District matters	The District Council of Rutland
7.	The county council of any county not included in items 5 and 6	District matters in relation to any area of the county included in a new district	The council of the district in which the area is comprised
8.	The county council of any county other than Rutland	Land situated outside the county falling within the definition of district matters	The council of the district specified in respect of the county council in column (3) of Part I of Schedule 4
9.	The corporation or council of any county borough	County matters	The council of the county in which the area of the county borough is comprised
10.	The corporation or council of the county borough of Teesside	Local matters other than county matters, police matters, sewerage and sewage disposal matters or matters as to which article 12 has effect in relation to any area of the county borough included in a new district	The council of the district in which the area is comprised
11.	The corporation or council of the borough of Whitley Bay or the council of the urban district of Ashton-in-Makerfield, Billinge-and-Winstanley, Golborne, Ramsbottom, Seaton Valley or Turton	County matters in relation to any area of the borough or district included in a new county Parish matters in relation to any area of the borough or district constituting a parish Other local matters (not being sewerage and sewage disposal matters or matters as to which article 12 has effect) in relation to any area of the borough or district included in a new district	The council of the county in which the area is comprised The parish council of the parish The council of the district in which the area is comprised Land situated outside the borough or district falling within the definition of county matters The council of the county in which the district specified in respect of the corporation or council in Part II of Schedule 4 is comprised
12.	The council of the urban district of Lakes, Queensbury and Shelf or Thurrock	County matters Parish matters in relation to any area of the urban district constituting a parish Other local matters (not being sewerage and sewage disposal matters or matters as to which article 12 has effect) in relation to any area of the urban district included in a new district	The council of the county in which the area of the urban district is comprised The parish council of the parish The council of the district in which the area is comprised
13.	The corporation or council of any non-county borough or the council of any urban district not included in items 11 and 12	County matters Where a parish is constituted under Part V of Schedule 1 to the Act, parish matters, and the historic and ceremonial property and in particular the charters, insignia and plate, of the borough or district	The council of the county in which the area of the borough or district is comprised The parish council of the parish
14.	The council of the rural district of Axbridge, Bridlington, Bucklow, Castle Ward, Chester-le-Street, Clutton, Dorking and Horley, Easington, East Retford, Eton, Hemsworth, Lothingland, Meriden, Osgoldcross, Ringwood and Fordingbridge, Skipton, Sodbury, Stokesley, Stratford-on-Avon, Tadcaster, Thornbury, Wantage, West Lancashire, Wetherby, Wharfedale, Whiston, Wigan or Worksop	County matters in relation to any area of the district included in a new county Other local matters (not being sewerage and sewage disposal matters or matters in respect of which article 12 has effect) in relation to any area of the district included in a new district Land situated outside the rural district falling within the definition of county matters	The council of the county in which the area is comprised The council of the district in which the area is comprised The council of the county in which the district of the council specified in respect or the council of the rural district in column (2) of Part II of Schedule 4 is comprised
15.	The council of the rural district of Basford, Blackburn, Blofield and Flegg, Brixworth, Burnley, Chelmsford, Chesterfield, Chichester, Croft, Cuckfield, Darlington, Dartford, Droitwich, Eastry, Epping and Ongar, Gloucester, Hertford, Kettering, Lichfield, Market Bosworth, Norman Cross, Northampton, Pershore, Preston, Runcorn, St. Albans, St. Thomas, Shifnal, South East Derbyshire, Stockton, Strood, Thirsk, Tonbridge, Watford, Wellingborough, Winchester, Winslow, Worthing or Wortley	County matters Other local matters (not being sewerage and sewage disposal matters or matters in respect of which article 12 has effect) in relation to any area of the district included in a new district	The council of the county in which the area of the rural district is comprised The council of the district in which the area is comprised
16.	The council of the rural district of Alston with Garrigill, Disley or Tintwistle	County matters Parish matters	The council of the county in which the area of the district is comprised The parish council of the parish co-extensive with the district
17.	The council of any rural district not included in items 14–16	County matters	The council of the county in which the area of the district is comprised
18.	The parish authority of any divided parish
	In the case of the divided parish of Abbots Langley, Birtley, Blagdon, Brafield-on-the Green, Burrington, Great Houghton, Harworth, Milton Malsor, Rothersthorpe, Shifnal or Sopley	(a) Burial matters	The parish councils of the parishes, or where there is no parish the council of the district, in which parts of the area of the parish are comprised
	In all cases	(b) Subject to (a), local matters in relation to any area of the parish included in any parish	The parish authority of the parish in which the area is comprised
		(c) Subject to (a), local matters in relation to any other area of the parish	The council of the district in which the area is comprised
19.	The corporation or council of any borough or the council of any urban district or rural district	(a) Rights acquired or liabilities incurred in relation to the cost of construction in any area of any public sewer or sewage disposal works constructed under powers other than the Public Health Act 1936 or enactments replaced by that Act 1936 prior to its declaration as a public sewer or sewage disposal works (b) Subject to (a), where the area of the borough, urban district or rural district is comprised in the area for sewerage and sewage disposal purposes of one water authority, sewerage and sewage disposal matters (c) Subject to (a), where the area of the borough, urban district or rural district is comprised in the area for sewerage and sewage disposal purposes of two or more water authorities, sewerage and sewage disposal matters being local matters in relation to any area of the borough, urban district or rural district comprised in the area of a water authority	The authority exercising such powers in that area on and after 1st April 1974 The water authority The water authority
20.	The Avon and Dorset River Authority	Local matters in relation to any part of the area of the Authority included in the Wessex or South West Water Authority's area	The Wessex or South West Water Authority
21.	The Essex River Authority	Local matters in relation to any part of the area of the Authority included in the Anglian or Thames Water Authority's area	The Anglian or Thames Water Authority
22.	The Kent River Authority	Local matters in respect of functions other than land drainage in relation to any part of the area of the Authority included in the Southern or Thames Water Authority's area	The Southern or Thames Water Authority
23.	The Severn River Authority	Local matters in respect of functions other than land drainage and fisheries in relation to any part of the area of the Authority included in the Severn-Trent or Wessex Water Authority's area	The Severn-Trent or Wessex Water Authority

Article 12

SCHEDULE 3 AGREEMENTS AS TO THE TRANSFER OF PROPERTY OTHER THAN LAND NOT TRANSFERRED BY ARTICLES 6–11

PART I

(1)	(2)
The county council of any county other than Rutland	The councils of the districts in which any areas of the county are comprised
The corporation or council of the borough of Whitley Bay or the council of the urban district of Ashton-in-Makerfield, Billinge-and-Winstanley, Golborne, Ramsbottom, Seaton Valley or Turton or the rural district of Axbridge, Bridlington, Bucklow, Castle Ward, Chester-le-Street, Clutton, Dorking and Horley, Easington, East Retford, Eton, Hemsworth, Lothingland, Meriden, Osgoldcross, Ringwood and Fordingbridge, Skipton, Sodbury, Stokesley, Stratford-on-Avon, Tadcaster, Thornbury, Wantage, West Lancashire, Wetherby, Wharfedale, Whiston, Wigan or Worksop	The councils of the counties in which any areas of the borough or district are comprised
The corporation or council of any borough, or the council of any urban district or rural district, which is comprised in the areas for sewerage and sewage disposal purposes of two or more water authorities	The water authorities

PART II

(1)	(2)
The county council of Berkshire, Buckingham, Chester, Durham, East Suffolk, East Sussex, Gloucestershire, Hampshire, Lancaster, Lincoln, Parts of Lindsey, Northumberland, Nottinghamshire, Somerset, Staffordshire, Surrey, Warwickshire, Worcestershire, Yorkshire, East Riding, Yorkshire, North Riding or Yorkshire, West Riding	The councils of the counties and metropolitan districts in which any areas of the county are comprised
The corporation or council of the borough of Teesside or Whitley Bay, or the council of any urban district or rural district named in the second entry in Part I of this Schedule or of the urban district of Lakes, Queensbury and Shelf or Thurrock or the rural district of Basford, Blackburn, Blofield and Flegg, Brixworth, Burnley, Chelmsford, Chesterfield, Chichester, Croft, Cuckfield, Darlington, Dartford, Droitwich, Eastry, Epping and Ongar, Gloucester, Hertford, Kettering, Lichfield, Market Bosworth, Norman Cross, Northampton, Pershore, Preston, Runcorn, St. Albans, St. Thomas, Shifnal, South East Derbyshire, Stockton, Strood, Thirsk, Tonbridge, Watford, Wellingborough, Winchester, Winslow, Worthing or Wortley	The councils of the districts and non-metropolitan counties in which any areas of the borough or district are comprised
The Avon and Dorset, Essex, Kent or Severn River Authority	The water authorities in whose areas any parts of the area of the Authority are comprised

Article 16

SCHEDULE 4 RESIDUAL TRANSFER OF PROPERTY, ETC

PART I

(1)	(2)	(3)
Transferor authority	Transferee county council	Most populous district
The county council of Bedford	The County Council of Bedfordshire	Luton
The county council of Berkshire	The County Council of Berkshire	Reading
The county council of Buckingham	The County Council of Buckinghamshire	Wycombe
The county council of Cambridgeshire and Isle of Ely or Huntingdon and Peterborough	The County Council of Cambridgeshire	Peterborough
The county council of Chester	The County Council of Cheshire	Warrington
The county council of Cornwall	The County Council of Cornwall	Kerrier
The county council of Cumberland or Westmorland	The County Council of Cumbria	Carlisle
The county council of Derbyshire	The County Council of Derbyshire	Derby
The county council of Devon	The County Council of Devon	Plymouth
The county council of Dorset	The County Council of Dorset	Bournemouth
The county council of Durham	The County Council of Durham	Easington
The county council of East Suffolk or West Suffolk	The County Council of Suffolk	Ipswich
The county council of East Sussex	The County Council of East Sussex	Brighton
The county council of Essex	The County Council of Essex	Southend-on-Sea
The county council of Gloucestershire	The County Council of Gloucestershire	Gloucester
The county council of Hampshire	The County Council of Hampshire	Southampton
The county council of Herefordshire or Worcestershire	The County Council of Hereford and Worcester	Wyre Forest
The county council of Hertfordshire	The County Council of Hertfordshire	St. Albans
The county council of the Isle of Wight	The County Council of Isle of Wight	Medina
The county council of Kent	The County Council of Kent	Medway
The county council of Lancaster	The County Council of Lancashire	Blackpool
The county council of Leicestershire	The County Council of Leicestershire	Leicester
The county council of Lincoln, Parts of Holland, Lincoln Parts of Kesteven or Lincoln, Parts of Lindsey	The County Council of Lincolnshire	East Lindsey
The county council of Norfolk	The County Council of Norfolk	Norwich
The county council of Northamptonshire	The County Council of Northamptonshire	Northampton
The county council of Northumberland	The County Council of Northumberland	Wansbeck
The county council of Nottinghamshire	The County Council of Nottinghamshire	Nottingham
The county council of Oxford	The County Council of Oxfordshire	South Oxfordshire
The county council of Salop	The County Council of Salop	Wrekin
The county council of Somerset	The County Council of Somerset	Yeovil
The county council of Staffordshire	The County Council of Staffordshire	Stoke-on-Trent
The county council of Surrey	The County Council of Surrey	Guildford
The county council of Warwickshire	The County Council of Warwickshire	Warwich
The county council of West Sussex	The County Council of West Sussex	Arun
The county council of Wiltshire	The County Council of Wiltshire	Thamesdown
The county council of Yorkshire, East Riding	The County Council of Humberside	Kingston upon Hull
The county council of Yorkshire, North Riding	The County Council of North Yorkshire	Harrogate
The county council of Yorkshire, West Riding	The County Council of West Yorkshire	Leeds

PART II

(1)	(2)
Transferor authority	Transferee authority
The county council of Rutland	The County Council of Leicestershire
The Lincolnshire County Committee	The County Council of Lincolnshire
The Yorkshire County Committee	The County Council of North Yorkshire
The corporation or council of the county borough of Teesside	The District Council of Middlesbrough
The corporation or council of any other county borough	The council of the district in which the area of the county borough is comprised
The corporation or council of the borough of Whitley Bay	The District Council of North Tyneside
The council of the urban district of Ashton-in-Materfield	The District Council of Wigan
The council of the urban district of Billinge-and-Winstanley	The District Council of St. Helens
The council of the urban district of Golborne	The District Council of Wigan
The council of the urban district of Lakes	The District Council of South Lakeland
The council of the urban district of Queensbury and Shelf	The District Council of Bradford
The council of the urban district of Ramsbottom	The District Council of Bury
The council of the urban district of Seaton Valley	The District Council of Blyth Valley
The council of the urban district of Thurrock	The District Council of Thurrock
The council of the urban district of Turton	The District Council of Bolton
The council of the rural district of Axbridge	The District Council of Sedgemoor
The council of the rural district of Basford	The District Council of Broxtowe
The council of the rural district of Blackburn	The District Council of Ribble Valley
The council of the rural district of Blofield and Flegg	The District Council of Broadland
The council of the rural district of Bridlington	The District Council of North Wolds
The council of the rural district of Brixworth	The District Council of Daventry
The council of the rural district of Bucklow	The District Council of Macclesfield
The council of the rural district of Burnley	The District Council of Burnley
The council of the rural district of Castle Ward	The District Council of Castle Morpeth
The council of the rural district of Chelmsford	The District Council of Chelmsford
The council of the rural district of Chesterfield	The District Council of North East Derbyshire
The council of the rural district of Chester-le-Street	The District Council of Chester-le-Street
The council of the rural district of Chichester	The District Council of Chichester
The council of the rural district of Clutton	The District Council of Wansdyke
The council of the rural district of Croft	The District Council of Richmondshire
The council of the rural district of Cuckfield	The District Council of Mid Sussex
The council of the rural district of Darlington	The District Council of Sedgefield
The council of the rural district of Dartford	The District Council of Sevenoaks
The council of the rural district of Dorking and Horley	The District Council of Mole Valley
The council of the rural district of Droitwich	The District Council of Wychavon
The council of the rural district of Easington	The District Council of Easington
The council of the rural district of East Retford	The District Council of Bassetlaw
The council of the rural district of Eastry	The District Council of Dover
The council of the rural district of Epping and Ongar	The District Council of Epping Forest
The council of the rural district of Eton	The District Council of Beaconsfield
The council of the rural district of Gloucester	The District Council of Tewkesbury
The council of the rural district of Hems-worth	The District Council of Wakefield
The council of the rural district of Hertford	The District Council of East Hertford-shire
The council of the rural district of Kettering	The District Council of Kettering
The council of the rural district of Lichfield	The District Council of Lichfield
The council of the rural district of Lothing-land	The District Council of Waveney
The council of the rural district of Market Bosworth	The District Council of Bosworth
The council of the rural district of Meriden	The District Council of Solihull
The council of the rural district of Norman Cross	The District Council of Huntingdon
The council of the rural district of Northampton	The District Council of South Northamptonshire
The council of the rural district of Osgoldcross	The District Council of Selby
The council of the rural district of Pershore	The District Council of Wychavon
The council of the rural district of Preston	The District Council of South Ribble
The council of the rural district of Ringwood and Fordingbridge	The District Council of New Forest
The council of the rural district of Runcorn	The District Council of Vale Royal
The council of the rural district of St. Albans	The District Council of St. Albans
The council of the rural district of St. Thomas	The District Council of East Devon
The council of the rural district of Shifnal	The District Council of Bridgnorth
The council of the rural district of Skipton	The District Council of Craven
The council of the rural district of Sodbury	The District Council of Northavon
The council of the rural district of South East Derbyshire	The District Council of Erewash
The council of the rural district of Stockton	The District Council of Stockton-on-Tees
The council of the rural district of Stokesley	The District Council of Hambleton
The council of the rural district of Stratford-on-Avon	The District Council of Stratford-on-Avon
The council of the rural district of Strood	The District Council of Medway
The council of the rural district of Tadcaster	The District Council of Selby
The council of the rural district of Thirsk	The District Council of Hambleton
The council of the rural district of Thornbury	The District Council of Northavon
The council of the rural district of Tonbridge	The District Council of Tunbridge Wells
The council of the rural district of Wantage	The District Council of Vale of White Horse
The council of the rural district of Watford	The District Council of Three Rivers
The council of the rural district of Welling-borough	The District Council of Wellingborough
The council of the rural district of West Lancashire	The District Council of West Lancashire
The council of the rural district of Wetherby	The District Council of Leeds
The council of the rural district of Wharfedale	The District Council of Leeds
The council of the rural district of Whiston	The District Council of Knowsley
The council of the rural district of Wigan	The District Council of Wigan
The council of the rural district of Winchester	The District Council of Winchester
The council of the rural district of Winslow	The District Council of Aylesbury Vale
The council of the rural district of Worksop	The District Council of Bassetlaw
The council of the rural district of Worthing	The District Council of Arun
The council of the rural district of Wortley	The District Council of Sheffield
The Corporation or council of any other non-county borough or the council of any other urban or rural district	The council of the district in which the area of the borough or district is comprised
The corporation or council of any borough included in a rural district	The parish council of the parish replacing the borough
The parish council of Abbots Langley	The Parish Council of Abbots Langley
The parish council of Altcar	The Parish Council of Altcar
The parish council of Aston	The Parish Council of Aston
The parish council of Birtley	The Parish Council of Birtley
The parish council of Blagdon	The Parish Council of Blagdon
The parish council of Bold	The Parish Council of Bold
The parish council of Brafield-on-the-Green	The Parish Council of Brafield on the Green
The parish council of Burnham	The Parish Council of Burnham
The parish council of Burrington	The Parish Council of Burrington
The parish council of Charlwood	The Parish Council of Charlwood
The parish council of Christchurch East	The Parish Council of Bransgore
The parish council of Collingtree	The Parish Council of Collingtree
The parish council of Compton Martin	The Parish Council of Compton Martin
The parish council of Corton	The Parish Council of Corton
The parish council of Datchworth	The Parish Council of Datchworth
The parish council of East Harptree	The Parish Council of East Harptree
The parish council of Ecton	The Parish Council of Ecton
The parish council of Great Houghton	The Parish Council of Great Houghton
The parish council of Harraton	The Parish Council of North Lodge
The parish council of Harworth	The Parish Council of Harworth Bircotes
The parish council of Heighington	The Parish Council of Heighington
The parish council of Horley	The Parish Council of Horley
The parish council of Kislingbury	The Parish Council of Kislingbury
The parish council of Little Houghton	The Parish Council of Little Houghton
The parish council of Lydiate	The Parish Council of Lydiate
The parish council of Milton Malsor	The Parish Council of Milton Malsor
The parish council of Newton Longville	The Parish Council of Newton Longville
The parish council of Orton Longueville	The Parish Council of Orton Longueville
The parish council of Orton Waterville	The Parish Council of Orton Waterville
The parish council of Overstone	The Parish Council of Overstone
The parish council of Redbourn	The Parish Council of Redbourn
The parish council of Reedham	The Parish Council of Reedham
The parish council of Rothersthorpe	The Parish Council of Rothersthorpe
The parish council of St. Michael Rural	The Parish Council of St. Michael
The parish council of Shenley Brook End	The Parish Council of Shenley Brook End
The parish council of Shifnal	The Parish Council of Shifnal
The parish council of Slaugham	The Parish Council of Slaugham
The parish council of Sopley	The Parish Council of Sopley
The parish council of Thorpe St. Andrew	The Parish Council of Thorpe St. Andrew
The parish council of Upton	The Parish Council of Upton
The parish council of West Harptree	The Parish Council of West Harptree
The parish council of Wexham	The Parish Council of Wexham
The parish council of Whaddon	The Parish Council of Whaddon
The parish council of Wootton	The Parish Council of Wootton
The parish council of Worth	The Parish Council of Worth
The parish meeting of the representative body of the parish of Alwalton	The Parish Council of Alwalton
The parish meeting or the representative body of the parish of Courteenhall	The Parish Meeting or the Parish Trustees, as the case may be, of Courteenhall
The parish meeting or the representative body of the parish of Herringfleet	The Parish Council of Herringfleet
The parish meeting or the representative body of the parish of Loxton	The Parish Council of Loxton
The parish meeting or the representative body of the parish of South Biddick	The Parish Council of South Biddick
The parish meeting or the representative body of the parish of Tattenhoe	The Parish Council of Shenley Brook End
The parish meeting or the representative body of the parish of Ubley	The Parish Council of Ubley
The representative body of any parish not included in the preceding items	The parish trustees of the parish
Any burial board, joint burial board or joint committee which ceases to exist by virtue of section 214(1)(b) of the Act	The authority or authorities exercising the functions specified in paragraph 1 of Schedule 26 of the Act in relation to the cemeteries and crematoria of the board or committee, or where such authority is a parish meeting the parish trustees of the parish
Any joint board which ceases to exist by virtue of section 263(2)(b) of the Act	The authority in whom the functions of the board are vested by section 263(2)(a) of the Act
Any joint board which ceases to exist by virtue of section 263(3) of the Act	The local authority which becomes the port health authority for the district of the board under the said section 263(3)
The Lake District Planning Board	The Lake District Special Planning Board
The Peak Park Planning Board	The Peak Park Joint Planning Board
Any joint board who are statutory water undertakers other than, a joint water board within the meaning of the Water Act 1973	The water authority within whose area for water supply purposes the limits of supply of the transferor authority are comprised
Any joint sewerage board or joint committee of sewerage authorities	The water authority within whose area for sewerage and sewage disposal purposes the area of the transferor authority is comprised
The Avon and Dorset River Authority	The Wessex Water Authority
The Essex River Authority	The Anglian Water Authority
The Kent River Authority	The Southern Water Authority
The Severn River Authority	The Severn-Trent Water Authority
Any other river authority, the Conservaors of the River Thames, the Lee Conservancy Catchment Board or the Isle of Wight River and Water Authority	The water authority in whose area the area of the authority named in column (1) is comprised
Any local fisheries committee for a sea fisheries district	The committee as reconstituted

If the Charlwood and Horley Bill is enacted before 1st April 1974 the references to the Parish Councils of Charlwood and Horley shall be construed as references to the parish councils established by it.