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.

(1)

1982 c.i, section 3(6).