Article 8 Oakham cemetery

(1)

In relation to the Oakham Cemetery the functions conferred by section 214 of, and Schedule 26 to, the Act shall be exercised by the District Council of Rutland.

(2)

All property and liabilities vested in the Town Council of Oakham and the Parish Meetings of Barleythorpe and Gunthorpe for the purposes of such functions shall by virtue of this order be transferred to and vest in or attach to the said District Council, and—

(a)

all contracts, deeds, bonds, agreements and other instruments subsisting in favour of, or against, and all notices in force which were given (or have effect as if they had been given) by, or to, the said Town Council and Parish Meetings in respect of such property or liabilities shall be of full force and effect in favour of, or against, the said District Council; and

(b)

any action or proceeding or any cause of action or proceedings, pending or existing immediately before the coming into operation of this order, by, or against, the said Town Council and Parish Meetings in respect of such property or liabilities shall not be prejudicially affected by reason of this article, and may be continued, prosecuted and enforced by, or against, the said District Council.