The West Yorkshire Residuary Body (Transfer of Property etc.) Order 1990

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order gives effect to proposals of the West Yorkshire Residuary Body for the transfer of certain property, functions, rights and liabilities to local authorities.

Article 2 provides for property which the Residuary Body has agreed to sell, or which is the subject of an option to purchase, to transfer to the the council of the metropolitan district of Wakefield; and for other property to vest in the council of the district in which it is situated. Article 2 also provides for the transfer of associated rights and liabilitiesand for the distribution of money attributable to the disposal of property transferred to Wakefield.

Article 3 provides for the transfer of remaining functions (in relation to contracts of employment and pensions) to Bradford City Council except in relation to those employees who remain in employment with the Residuary Body on and after the transfer date.

Article 4 provides for payment or recovery of the former West Yorkshire County Council’s entitlement to block grant to be made to or from the district councils in the county.

Article 5 provides for the transfer of proceedings and article 6 provides for the transfer of copyright in certain photographs. Article 7 transfers with certain specific exceptions the remaining rights and liabilities of the Residuary Body to Bradford or Wakefield. Article 8 makes consequential financial provision and article 9 provides consequential administrative arrangements.

Article 10 makes general provision for apportioning among the councils in the county the sums received and paid by Wakefield or Bradford. Article 11 makes provision in relation to certain loan debt. Article 12 provides for continuity in the exercise of functions,and article 13 for the treatment of the employment of the Residuary Body’s staff who take up other local government service as continuous for superannuation purposes. Article 14 provides for the handling of complaints of maladministration on the part of the Residuary Body and article 15 for the determination of disputes.