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This Order transfers properties, and rights and liabilities ancillary to those properties, formerly owned by the Greater Manchester County Council, and, since the abolition of that council by the Local Government Act 1985, by the Greater Manchester Residuary Body, principally to the councils of the districts in which they are situated.

Article 3 transfers land (other than land specified in Schedule 1) held by the abolished council for highways purposes, and article 4 transfers the subsoil of highways.

Article 5 transfers land (other than land specified in Schedule 2) formerly held by the county council for environmental purposes.

Article 6 transfers the trading and industrial estates specified in Schedule 3 to Bolton Metropolitan District Council, and article 7 transfers the London Road Fire Station, Manchester, to the Greater Manchester Fire and Civil Defence Authority.