# The Local Government Reorganisation (Property etc.) Order 1986, Article 17: Smallholdings


(1) Land held by an abolished council as a smallholding or cottage holding for the purposes of Part III of the Agriculture Act 1970, other than that to which paragraph (2) applies, which is situated in any local government area mentioned in column 1 of Schedule 5 shall vest in the council of the county mentioned in respect of that area in column 2 of that Schedule, and any other land so held for those purposes shall vest in the council of the county in which it is situated.
(2) This paragraph applies to the Simonswood estate, which shall vest in Lancashire County Council.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1986/148/article/17 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-reorganisation-property-etc-order-1986/article-17
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