General transitional duties of the County Council, the East Cheshire councils and the West Cheshire councils
22.—(1) It shall be the duty of the County Council, each of the East Cheshire councils and each of the West Cheshire councils—
(a)to consult and co-operate with one another and with the shadow authorities in order to secure the economic, effective, efficient and timely transfer of the County Council’s and those councils’ functions, property, rights and liabilities; and
(b)generally, to exercise their functions so as to further the purposes of this Order.
(2) Without prejudice to the generality of paragraph (1), the County Council, each of the East Cheshire councils and each of the West Cheshire councils shall provide such information relating to its functions as any other of those councils or a shadow authority may reasonably request for the purpose of giving effect to this Order.
(3) Any person authorised in that behalf by the body making the request shall be entitled, at all reasonable times, on producing evidence of his authority (if so required by the council or shadow authority from which the information is sought)—
(a)to inspect any record belonging to or under the control of the council or shadow authority providing the information and relating to that council or authority or its functions; and
(b)to take, or be supplied with, a copy of any such record or part of it.
(4) The rights conferred by paragraph (3) include the right to require any record which is not in legible form to be made available in legible form so that the authorised person may inspect or copy it or be supplied with copies.