Article 22 Contractual rights and liabilities
This paragraph applies to any rights or liabilities of an old authority in relation to a contract for the provision of services for, or the delivery of goods to, that authority.
Any rights or liabilities to which paragraph (1) applies shall vest—
where the contract relates exclusively to land or other property vested, by virtue of this Order, in one new authority, in that authority;
where the contract relates exclusively to the area of one new authority, in that authority;
where the contract relates to land or other property which is vested, by virtue of this Order, in two or more new authorities, in those authorities jointly and severally;
where the contract relates to the area of two or more new authorities, in those authorities jointly and severally.
For the purposes of paragraph (2)(a) and (c) the expressions “new authority” and “new authorities” shall include bodies in which property is vested by virtue of article 16 and Schedule 3 or, as the case may be, article 17.
In this article “contract” includes any enforceable undertaking but does not include a contract of insurance or a contract for banking services.