# The Local Government (Children) Order 1974, Article 6


(1) Subject to the provisions of article 8 of this order, any right or liability vested in or attaching to a dissolved authority under section 1(4) of the Children Act 1948 immediately before the specified date in respect of a person who is or was in the care of another local authority, shall on the specified date be transferred to and vested in or attached to the successor authority in whose area the place of ordinary residence of the person, as determined for the purposes of the said subsection, is on the specified date situate.
(2) Any power which would have been exercisable by the council of a dissolved authority, had the Local Government Act 1972 not been enacted, to recover expenses under section 1(4)(b) of the Children Act 1948 from another local authority, in respect of a person who had been in their care but who is not a person to whom items 1 to 4 of the table in article 3 of this order applies, shall after the specified date be exercisable by a successor authority incurring expenses to which the said section 1(4)(b) applies.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1974/39/article/6 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-children-order-1974/article-6
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