16.—(1) All goods and materials belonging to the Council which on the relevant date are situate and normally kept on or in any transferred property shall on that date be transferred to and vest in the appropriate transferee authority.
(2) As soon as may be after the relevant date the Council shall make a scheme or schemes for the sharing or distribution among the Council and the transferee authorities of goods and materials transferred under paragraph (1) or for the value of such goods and materials to be adjusted between the Council and the said authorities and on the coming into force of any such scheme the Council and the said authorities shall give effect to it according to its terms.
(3) Before making a scheme under paragraph (2) the Council shall—
(a)have regard to the needs of transferee authorities in relation to the repair, maintenance and management of the transferred property and to such needs of the Council in relation to their remaining property; and
(b)consult any body appearing to the Council to represent transferee authorities.
(4) Articles 4 and 9 shall apply in respect of any goods and materials transferred under paragraph (1) as they apply in respect of transferred property.
(5) In this article “goods and materials” means