# The Local Government Reorganisation (Property etc.) Order 1986, Article 12: Records


(1) All records of an abolished council relating exclusively to the discharge of any of that council's functions in any area in which, on and after 1st April 1986, that function is exercisable by another body shall vest in that body.
(2) All records of an abolished council other than those to which paragraph (1) applies shall vest in the appropriate residuary body.
(3) Where—
(a) any records relating to any function of an abolished council (“the relevant records”) vest by virtue of the principal Act or this or any relevant order in any body, or are subsequently transferred to another body, and
(b) that function is exercisable on and after 1st April 1986 within the area of that council or any part of it by any other body (whether or not it is also exercisable by the body in which the relevant records are vested or to which they have been transferred),
that other body shall be entitled during ordinary office hours, through any person authorised in that behalf, to inspect and take extracts and to be supplied with copies of those records.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1986/148/article/12 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-reorganisation-property-etc-order-1986/article-12
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