{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/educational-endowments-dumfries-and-galloway-region-transfer-scheme-order-1996/schedule/paragraph-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/educational-endowments-dumfries-and-galloway-region-transfer-scheme-order-1996/schedule/paragraph-4.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1996/474",
  "legislation_title": "The Educational Endowments (Dumfries and Galloway Region) Transfer Scheme Order 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/educational-endowments-dumfries-and-galloway-region-transfer-scheme-order-1996",
  "path": "schedule/paragraph/4",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Transfer of interests in educational endowments from district councils to Dumfries and Galloway Council",
  "text": "(1) Where immediately before 1st April 1996 there were vested in Annandale and Eskdale, Nithsdale, Stewartry or Wigtown District Council—\n(a) to any extent, any educational endowments;\n(b) any powers with respect to educational endowments;\n(c) any rights to be paid money out of educational endowments,\nsuch educational endowments shall to the same extent, and such powers and rights shall, on that date be transferred to and vest in Dumfries and Galloway Council.\n(2) Where immediately before 1st April 1996 there were vested by virtue of his office in a holder of an office connected with Annandale and Eskdale, Nithsdale, Stewartry or Wigtown District Council or in a person nominated by that Council—\n(a) to any extent, any educational endowments;\n(b) any powers with respect to educational endowments,\nsuch educational endowments shall to the same extent, and such powers shall, on that date be transferred to and vest in—\n(i) in the case where they were vested by virtue of his office in a councillor, or in the holder of a specified office held by a councillor, a councillor of Dumfries and Galloway Council nominated by that Council for the purpose;\n(ii) in the case where they were vested by virtue of his office in an officer of the relevant district council, the proper officer of Dumfries and Galloway Council;\n(iii) in the case where they were vested in a person nominated by the relevant district council, a person nominated by Dumfries and Galloway Council.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/474/schedule/paragraph/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:51:16.269516+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}