{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-reorganisation-property-greater-manchester-order-1987/article-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-reorganisation-property-greater-manchester-order-1987/article-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1987/1446",
  "legislation_title": "The Local Government Reorganisation (Property) (Greater Manchester) Order 1987",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-reorganisation-property-greater-manchester-order-1987",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation and general provision",
  "text": "(1) In this Order—\n“the abolished council” means the Greater Manchester County Council;\n“highway” means any highway for which the abolished council was the highway authority;\n“local council” in relation to any land (including any length of highway) means the council of the metropolitan district within which such land is situated; and\n“the residuary body” means the Greater Manchester Residuary Body.\n(2) There shall vest in any body in which land is vested by this Order all rights and liabilities of the residuary body acquired or incurred exclusively in connection with that land.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1987/1446/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T16:21:22.227949+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}