The Local Government Area Changes Regulations 1976

2.  “County matters”, “district matters”, “parish matters”, “community matters”, “Greater London matters” and “borough matters”, in relation to any area, mean the following classes of local matters—

 (a)in the case of property, property held for the purposes of functions not exercisable in the area on and after the appointed day by the transferor authority or the authority of the relevant class in relation to the transferor authority but so exercisable by the authority specified in respect of the matters transferred in column (3) of the table;

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 (b)in the case of liabilities, liabilities incurred in relation to such functions;

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 (c)in the case of contracts, deeds, bonds, agreements and other instruments, and notices, such instruments subsisting and notices given in relation to such functions;

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 (d)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.

In this paragraph, the relevant class of authorities, in relation to any transferor authority described in column (1) below, means the class specified in respect thereof in column (2).

(1)(2)
A county council or the Greater London CouncilCounty councils and the Greater London Council
A district council or a London borough councilDistrict councils and London borough councils
A parish authority or a community councilParish authorities and community councils