{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-reorganisation-property-west-midlands-order-1987/note",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-reorganisation-property-west-midlands-order-1987/note.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1987/1077",
  "legislation_title": "The Local Government Reorganisation (Property) (West Midlands) Order 1987",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-reorganisation-property-west-midlands-order-1987",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nThis Order transfers certain property, rights and liabilities formerly vested in the West Midlands County Council to the councils of the districts in that County.\nArticle 2 transfers land as follows–\nSchedule\nTransferee Council\n1\nBirmingham City Council\n2\nDudley Metropolitan Borough Council\n3\nSandwell Metropolitan Borough Council\n4\nWalsall Metropolitan Borough Council\n5\nWolverhampton Metropolitan Borough Council\nArticle 3 transfers two parcels of land to Coventry City Council and article 4 makes provision for the transfer of rights and liabilities in relation to land transferred by article 2 or 3.\nArticle 5 transfers dwellings held by the abolished County Council for highways and other connected purposes and let or licensed by the district council.\nArticle 6 makes miscellaneous transfers of property, rights and liabilities. Copies of any document referred to in that article can be inspected at the offices of the transferee council, and at the offices of the West Midlands Residuary Body, 1 Lancaster Circus, Queensway, Birmingham B4 7DJ.\nArticle 7 transfers any interest of the West Midlands Residuary Body in the sub-soil of highways to the relevant highway authority.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1987/1077/note",
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  "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."
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