15.—(1) For the purposes of the Local Government Changes for England (Finance) Regulations 1994(1) and regulation 6(8) and Part III of the Local Government Changes for England (Property Transfer and Transitional Payments) Regulations 1995(2)—
(a)the council of the new county of Worcestershire is specified as the designated authority in respect of the council of the existing county of Hereford and Worcester;
(b)the council of the new district of Malvern Hills is specified as the designated authority in respect of the council of the existing district of Malvern Hills; and
(c)the council of the new district of Herefordshire is specified as the designated authority in respect of the council of the existing district of Leominster.
(2) For the purposes of Part V of the Local Government Changes for England (Miscellaneous Provision) Regulations 1996 (miscellaneous employment matters)(3), the designated authority in respect of an eligible person (within the meaning of that Part) formerly employed by a local authority which is wound up and dissolved by this Order shall be—
(a)in the case of the council of the existing county of Hereford and Worcester, the council of the new county of Worcestershire;
(b)in the case of the council of the existing district of Malvern Hills, the council of the new district of Malvern Hills; and
(c)in the case of the council of the existing district of Leominster, the council of the new district of Herefordshire.