# The Local Government Reorganisation (Property etc.) Order 1986, Article 8: General transfer of property other than land


(1) This article has effect in respect of any property other than land for which provision is not otherwise made by this or any relevant order.
(2) Where by virtue of the principal Act or this or any relevant order any hereditament comprising land vests in any body, any property in or on the land, being property held by an abolished council for the purposes of any function which on or after 1st April 1986 is exercisable by that body shall, subject to paragraph (3), vest in that body; and where parts of such a hereditament are so vested in more than one such body, all property normally kept on any land shall vest in the body in which that land is vested.
(3) Paragraph (2) applies—
(a) to vehicles and other mobile equipment which are normally kept on any land, and
(b) to property used or intended to be used exclusively for the discharge of functions on any land, and which is kept elsewhere when not in use,
as it applies to property in or on that land.
(4) Any vehicle licence, operator's licence, road service licence, plating certificate or other document issued in respect of any vehicle transferred by this or any relevant order shall have effect as if it had been issued to the authority to whom such vehicle is transferred (“the transferee”) and any reference to an abolished council in any registration book or other document issued in respect of such a vehicle shall have effect as a reference to the transferee.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1986/148/article/8 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-reorganisation-property-etc-order-1986/article-8
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