The Local Authorities etc. (Miscellaneous Provision) (No. 4) Order 1974

Osgoldcross Joint Cremation Board

7.—(1) The Osgoldcross Joint Cremation Board Order 1954 is hereby revoked.

(2) The Osgoldcross Joint Cremation Board (hereinafter referred to as “the Board”) shall cease to exist.

(3) All property and liabilities vested in or attaching to the Board shall by virtue of this order be transferred to and vest in or attach to the City Council of Wakefield (hereinafter referred to as “the City Council”).

All contracts, deeds, bonds, agreements and other instruments subsisting in favour of, or against, and all notices in force which were given (or have effect as if they had been given) by, or to, the Board shall be of full force and effect in favour of, or against, the City Council.

Any action or proceeding or any cause of action or proceeding, pending or existing immediately before the coming into operation of this order, by, or against, the Board shall not be prejudicially affected by reason of this order, and may be continued, prosecuted and enforced by, or against, the City Council.

(4) The accounts of the Board and of the committees and officers thereof shall be made up to the date of the coming into operation of this order and shall be audited in like manner and subject to the same incidents and consequences as if the Board had not been dissolved;

Provided that any sum certified by a district auditor as due from any person shall be paid to the City Council.

(5) Any officer of the Board shall be transferred to the employment of the City Council, and paragraphs (1), (6), (8) and (13) of article 13 of the Local Authorities etc. (Staff Transfer and Protection) Order 1974(1) shall apply to such officer as they apply to officers transferred by an article, scheme or determination mentioned in the said paragraph (1).

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(1974 I. p. 1709).