The Local Government Area Changes Regulations 1976

4.  “ Magistrates' court matters”, “police matters” and “probation and after-care matters” mean the following classes of local matters—

(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 instrument 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,

and for the purposes of the foregoing definitions “the relevant functions” means —

 (a) in the case of magistrates' court matters, functions exercisable for the purposes of the Magistrates' Courts Acts 1952 and 1957;

   

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

   

 (c) in the case of probation and after-care matters, functions exercisable in relation to the probation and after-care service.