General transitional duties of North Yorkshire Council and district councils
12.—(1) It is the duty of the North Yorkshire Council and the district councils—
(a)to take, whether alone or in any combination, such steps as may be necessary to prepare for the transfer of the functions, property, rights and liabilities of the district councils;
(b)to consult and co-operate with each other in order to secure the economic, effective, efficient and timely transfer of those functions, property, rights and liabilities; and
(c)generally, to exercise their functions so as to further the purposes of this Order.
(2) A relevant authority must provide such information relating to its functions as any other relevant authority may reasonably request for the purpose of giving effect to this Order.
(3) A relevant authority must, on request by a person authorised by another relevant authority in that behalf, at all reasonable times allow that person—
(a)to inspect any record belonging to or under the control of the authority providing the information and relating to the authority or its functions; and
(b)to take, or be supplied with, a copy of any such record or part of it.
(4) A relevant authority to whom a request is made under paragraph (3) may, before complying with the request, require the person making the request to produce evidence of the authorisation given by the other relevant authority.
(5) The rights conferred by paragraph (3) include the right to require any record which is not in legible form to be made available in legible form so that the authorised person may inspect or copy it or be supplied with copies.
(6) In this article “relevant authority” means—
(a)the North Yorkshire Council; and
(b)any of the district councils.