The Local Government Reorganisation (Property etc.) Order 1986

Article 3

SCHEDULE 1 GENERAL TRANSFER OF LAND TO LOCAL AUTHORITIES

1.  Land held by an abolished council for the purposes of their functions relating to—

(a) theatres, concert halls and other places of entertainment;

(b) parks (including country parks), open spaces and burial grounds;

(c) caravan sites, camping sites or picnic sites;

(d) off-street parking places for vehicles;

(e) sporting or recreational facilities;

(f) accommodation for the coroners' service.

2.  Land acquired by an abolished council for the purposes of any of their functions under section 89 (derelict land) of the National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act 1949 (“the 1949 Act”) and not appropriated for the purposes of any other function.

3.  Land held by the Greater London Council for the purposes of their functions—

(a) under the London Building Acts 1930–1982(1);

(b) under Part VI of the Justices of the Peace Act 1979.

4.  Land vested in the Greater London Council—

(a) and held by it as a local authority under Part V of the Housing Act 1957; or

(b) held in pursuance of functions conferred by Part II of the Housing Act 1969 or Part IV of the Housing Act 1974; or

(c) acquired under sections 21(4) or (5) or 23(1) of the London Government Act 1963 and not appropriated for the purposes of any other function.

5.  Land held by an abolished council under paragraph 17 of Schedule 3 to the Powers of the Criminal Courts Act 1973.

6.  Land held by a metropolitan county council as a local weights and measures authority, a food and drugs authority, or for the purposes of Part IV of the Agriculture Act 1970.

7.  Land held by a metropolitan county council for the purposes of—

(a) section 21 (establishment of nature reserves) or 76 (access to open country) of the 1949 Act;

(b) their functions under the Animal Health Act 1981;

(c) the provision of sites, working space, or facilities for gipsies.

8.  Land held by an abolished council which is an ancient monument (within the meaning of the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Areas Act 1979) (including land in the vicinity of such a monument acquired or appropriated for any of the purposes specified in section 15(1) of that Act) and which is not held for the purposes of any of the statutory functions of those councils.

9.  Land acquired after 1st April 1974 for the purpose of—

(a) the construction of a highway, or

(b) the improvement or development of frontages to a highway or of land adjoining or adjacent to a highway.

10.  Land used for the storage of materials required wholly or mainly for the maintenance and improvement of highways.

Article 7

SCHEDULE 2

PART I PROPERTY ETC. TRANSFERRED TO SPECIFIED BODIES

(1)	(2)
	The council of the London borough of—
Crystal Palace and Park	Bromley
Finsbury Park	Haringey
Hackney Marshes	Hackney
Victoria Park	Tower Hamlets
Wormwood Scrubs and Old Oak Common	Hammersmith and Fulham
Cleopatra's Needle	Westminster City Council
Land at Lordship Lane, Tottenham, occupied for the purposes of the Tottenham Courthouse and probation office Queen's House, 180 Tottenham Court Road	The London Residuary Body
Such part of Hainault Forest as is situated in Essex	Essex County Council
Rother Valley Country Park	Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council
Central Station, Manchester and all rights and liabilities of the Greater Manchester Council in respect of that site and of the Midland Hotel site, Manchester	The Greater Manchester Residuary Body

PART II CONSEQUENTIAL PROVISIONS

1.  The functions of the Greater London Council under the London County Council (Crystal Palace) Act 1951 are conferred on the council of the London borough of Bromley.

2.—(1) The management and control of Victoria Park exercised by the Greater London Council in pursuance of article 30 of the London Government Order 1965 shall on and after 1st April 1986 be exercised by the council of the London borough of Tower Hamlets.

(2) Victoria Park shall be kept open and managed, maintained and repaired by that council for the use of the public.

3.  All rights and liabilities of the Greater London Council in respect of Cleopatra's Needle shall vest in Westminster City Council, and section 3 of the Monuments (Metropolis) Act 1878 shall be amended by the substitution for references to the Greater London Council of references to Westminster City Council.

Article 10(2)

SCHEDULE 3 HOUSING MATTERS

Act	Provision
Housing (Financial Provisions) Act 1958	sections 9, 12 and 36 (contributions for housing improvement) section 45 (guarantees) section 46 (contributions for agricultural housing accommodation)
House Purchase and Housing Act 1959	section 13 (contributions in respect of standard amenities)
Housing Subsidies Act 1967	section 12 (subsidies for housing associations)
Housing Act 1969	sections 16 to 21 (contributions towards grants and improvements)
Housing Act 1974	Part VII (improvement and other grants)
Homes Insulation Act 1978	sections 1 and 2 (grants and finance for thermal insulation)
Housing Act 1980	section 111 (indemnities for mortgagees)
Housing and Building Control Act 1984	section 20 (indemnities for mortgagees)

Article 16

SCHEDULE 4 GREEN BELT LAND

(1)	(2)
Such part of Dyrham Park as is situated in the London borough of Barnet	Hertfordshire County Council
The area edged black on map 4 (Old Fold Manor Golf Course)	The council of the London borough of Barnet
Such part of Theobald's Park as is situated in Hertfordshire Those parts of New Cottage Farm and Plumridge Farm situated in Hertfordshire Such part of Wrotham Park as is situated east of the Barnet Road (A1000) in Hertfordshire	The council of the London borough of Enfield
The Warlies and Woodredon Park Estates (including Galley Hill Wood and land at Monkhams Hall)	The Common Council
Such part of the Denham Court estate as is situated west of the Grand Union Canal in the London borough of Hillingdon	Buckinghamshire County Council

Article 17

SCHEDULE 5 SMALLHOLDINGS

(1)	(2)
The London borough of Hillingdon	Buckinghamshire County Council
The London borough of Hounslow	Surrey County Council
The county of Greater Manchester and the district of Knowsley	Cheshire County Council
The district of Sefton	Lancashire County Council
The county of South Yorkshire	Humberside County Council
The county of Tyne and Wear	Durham County Council
The county of West Midlands	Staffordshire County Council
The county of West Yorkshire	North Yorkshire County Council

(1)

1982 c.i, section 3(6).