Article 18 Transfer of rights, liabilities and obligations to joint boards

This article is subject to article 19(2) below.

Any right, liability or obligation to which a disaggregating authority are entitled or subject immediately before the transfer date wholly by virtue of their functions as a police authority shall on that date transfer to the joint board constituted under section 21B of the Police (Scotland) Act 1967^f1 in respect of the area of that disaggregating authority.

Any right, liability or obligation to which a disaggregating authority are entitled or subject immediately before the transfer date wholly by virtue of their functions as a fire authority shall on that date transfer to the joint board constituted under section 147 of the 1973 Act^f2 in respect of the area of that disaggregating authority.

Any right, liability or obligation to which a disaggregating authority (other than Strathclyde Regional Council) are entitled or subject immediately before the transfer date wholly by virtue of their functions as a valuation authority shall on that date transfer to the joint board constituted under the Valuation Joint Boards (Scotland) Order 1995^f3 in respect of the area of that disaggregating authority.