# The Local Government Area Changes Regulations 1976, Paragraph 1


“Local matters”, in relation to any area, means —
(a) in the case of property—
(i) sited property situated in the area;
(ii) specified property in relation to buildings or other land constituting local matters in relation to the area, except in so far as such property is excluded by the agreement of the transferee authority; and
(iii) other property held exclusively in respect of the area;
(b) in the case of liabilities, liabilities incurred exclusively in respect of the area;
(c) in the case of contracts, deeds, bonds, agreements and other instruments, and notices, such instruments subsisting and notices given exclusively in respect of the area;
(d) in the case of actions and proceedings and causes of action or proceeding, such actions and proceedings pending or causes existing exclusively in respect of the area.
In this paragraph—
“sited property” means— land, including any interest in land and any easement in, to or over land; buildings not within the meaning of the term “land”; fittings, furniture, equipment and stores supplied in respect of a voluntary school or a controlled community home; lamps, lamp posts and other apparatus forming part of a system not constituting highway matters under paragraph 3;
“specified property”, in relation to any building, means— the fittings, furniture, equipment and records of the building; any stores in the building which have been provided for the discharge of functions therein; any vehicle or other mobile equipment used wholly or mainly in the performance of the functions carried out in the building;
and in the case of any other land means any vehicle or other mobile equipment used wholly or mainly in the performance of the functions carried out on the land.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1976/246/schedule/6/paragraph/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-area-changes-regulations-1976/schedule-6/paragraph-1
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