# The Local Government (Children) Order 1974, Article 9


(1) Any functions, powers, rights or liabilities vested in or attaching to a dissolved authority with respect to a person transferred to the care of a successor authority by or under this order and subsisting immediately before the transfer shall thereafter vest in or attach to the successor authority; and any order of a court committing such a person to such an authority shall after the transfer have effect with the substitution of the name of the successor authority, for that of the dissolved authority.
(2) Where functions, powers, rights or liabilities vested in or attaching to a dissolved authority with respect to a person to whom a supervision order relates, are transferred by or under this order to a successor authority, the supervision order shall thereafter have effect with the substitution of the name of the successor authority, for that of the dissolved authority.
(3) Without prejudice to the provisions of paragraph (1) of this article, where functions, powers, rights or liabilities under a resolution passed under section 2 of the Children Act 1948 are transferred by or under this order to a successor authority, the resolution shall thereafter be deemed to have been passed by the successor authority.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1974/39/article/9 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-children-order-1974/article-9
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