Article 16 Green belt land

(1)

Subject to paragraph (2) and article 17,—

(a)

land held by the Greater London Council for the purposes of the Green Belt (London and Home Counties) Act 1938 (“the 1938 Act”) and

(b)

any rights and liabilities vested in the Greater London Council for those purposes in relation to land vested in any other person,

shall (in respect of land in Greater London) vest in the local council, and (in respect of any other land) vest in the council of the county in which it is situated.

(2)

Paragraph (1) does not apply to—

(a)

any rights and liabilities in relation to any land held for the purposes of the 1938 Act by another local authority (within the meaning of that Act), which shall vest in that authority;

(b)

any land described in column (1) of Schedule 4, or any rights and liabilities relating to any such land, which shall vest in the council mentioned in respect of such land in column (2) of that Schedule.