{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-children-order-1974/article-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-children-order-1974/article-5.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1974/39",
  "legislation_title": "The Local Government (Children) Order 1974",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-children-order-1974",
  "path": "article/5",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "Subject to the provisions of article 8 of this order, functions, powers, rights or liabilities vested in or attaching to a dissolved authority immediately before the specified date—\n(a) by virtue of making or participating in arrangements for the adoption of an infant under the Adoption Agencies Regulations 1959 as amended , or\n(b) by virtue of undertaking any obligation by way of guarantee under a deed of partnership or apprenticeship under section 47 of the Children and Young Persons Act 1963,\nshall on the specified date, be transferred to and vested in or attached to the successor authority which has succeeded to the said dissolved authority.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "(1959 I, p. 594)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "The amending Regulations are not relevant to the subject matter of this Order."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1974/39/article/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T21:54:50.527725+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."
}