{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-structural-changes-transfer-of-functions-property-rights-and-liabilities-regulations-2008/regulation-4",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2008/2176",
  "legislation_title": "The Local Government (Structural Changes) (Transfer of Functions, Property, Rights and Liabilities) Regulations 2008",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-structural-changes-transfer-of-functions-property-rights-and-liabilities-regulations-2008",
  "path": "regulation/4",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Transfer of functions to sole single tier council",
  "text": "If a section 7 order provides for—\n(a) the winding up and dissolution of two or more predecessor councils; and\n(b) the establishment of a single tier of local government for an area which consists of the entirety of the areas of both or all of the predecessor councils,\nthe functions of the predecessor councils shall on the reorganisation date become functions of the single tier council.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 4 in force at 8.9.2008, see reg. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2008/2176/regulation/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-12T03:35:10.941338+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."
}