The Local Government Reorganisation (Property) (West Midlands) Order 1988

Citation, commencement and interpretation

1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Local Government Reorganisation (Property) (West Midlands) Order 1988, and shall come into force on 26th May 1988.

(2) In this Order—

“the relevant councils” means the councils of all the districts in the county of West Midlands, and

“the Residuary Body” means the West Midlands Residuary Body.

Specified property

2.  There shall vest in each body mentioned in Schedule 1 the property so mentioned in relation to that body.

Highways property

3.  All property of the Residuary Body situated in the districts of Coventry, Dudley or Solihull, other than property mentioned in Schedule 2, which immediately before 1st April 1986 was held by the West Midlands County Council for the purposes of its functions relating to highways shall vest in the council of the district in which it is situated.

Rights and liabilities

4.  There shall vest in each body to which property is transferred by article 2 or 3 above all rights and liabilities of the Residuary Body acquired or incurred exclusively in connection with that property.

5.  All rights and liabilities of the Residuary Body in relation to undertakings by the West Midlands County Council, given on the dates and to the bodies mentioned in Schedule 3, to pay moneys by way of grant, shall vest jointly and severally in the relevant councils.

West Midlands Arts Trust

6.  The right of the West Midlands County Council under the articles of association of the West Midlands Arts Trust to nominate two members of the Council of the Trust shall vest jointly in the relevant councils.

Nicholas Ridley

Secretary of State for the Environment

27th April 1988