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Article 5 General transfer of property other than land

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(1)

This article has effect in respect of any property other than land for which provision is not otherwise made by this or any relevant order.

(2)

Subject to paragraph (4) where by virtue of this or any relevant order any hereditament comprising land vests in any body, any property in or on the land, being property held by ILEA for the purposes of its LEA functions shall, subject to paragraph (3), vest in that body.

(3)

Paragraph (2) applies—

(a)

to property used or intended to be used exclusively for the discharge of functions on any land, and which is kept elsewhere when not in use, and

(b)

to vehicles and other mobile equipment which are normally kept on any land,

as it applies to property in or on that land.

(4)

Where any body is entitled, pursuant to article 7, to use any hereditament comprising land which is, by virtue of this or any relevant order, vested in another body, any property in or on the land shall vest as may be agreed between those bodies or as may, in default of agreement, be determined under article 11.

(5)

Any vehicle licence, operator’s licence, road service licence, plating certificate or other document issued in respect of any vehicle transferred by this or any relevant order shall have effect as if it had been issued to the body to whom such vehicle is transferred (“the transferee”) and any reference to ILEA in any registration book or other document issued in respect of such a vehicle shall have effect as a reference to the transferee.