# The Local Authorities etc. (Miscellaneous Provision) (No. 2) Order 1974, Article 11: Franchise and prescriptive rights


(1) Any powers to maintain markets exercisable immediately before 1st April 1974 by the corporation or council of the borough of Ablingdon, Henley-on-Thames, Okehampton, Wallingford or Wokingham or the council of the urban district of Stowmarket, Wantage or Wymondham under any franchise or by virtue of prescription shall be exercisable by the parish council constituted under Part V of Schedule 1 to the Act for the area of the borough or urban district.
(2) Any powers to hold fairs exercisable immediately before 1st April 1974 by the corporation or council of the borough of Abingdon or Southwold or the council of the urban district of Wantage under any franchise or by virtue of prescription shall be exercisable by the parish council so constituted for the area of the borough or urban district.
(3) Any manorial rights not included in paragraph (1) or (2) above exercisable immediately before 1st April 1974 by the corporation or council of the borough of Henley-on-Thames or Thetford or the council of the urban district of Sidmouth or Wantage shall be exercisable by the parish council of the parish constituted as aforesaid for the area of the borough or urban district.
(4) Any parish council to whom any matter is transferred by paragraph (1), (2) or (3) above shall have the same powers in relation thereto as were exercisable immediately before 1st April 1974 by the corporation or council from whom the matter is transferred.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1974/595/article/11 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/local-authorities-etc-miscellaneous-provision-no-2-order-1974/article-11
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