# The London Authorities (Children) Order 1965, Article 12


(1) Subject to the provisions of Article 15 of this Order, functions, powers, rights or liabilities vested in or attaching to the council of a dissolved county by virtue of being named as local authority in an approved school order, shall after 31st March 1965 be transferred to and vested in or attached to the successor authority in whose area the place where the person was resident or, as the case may be, the offence was committed or the circumstances arose, as determined for the purposes of section 70(2) of the Children and Young Persons Act 1933, is on 1st April 1965 situate.
(2) Functions, powers, rights or liabilities vested in or attaching to the council of a dissolved county borough by virtue of being named as local authority in an approved school order, shall after 31st March 1965 be transferred to and vested in or attached to the successor authority.
(3) Where functions, powers, rights or liabilities are vested in or attaching to the council of an altered county by virtue of being named as local authority in an approved school order and the place of residence of the person with respect to whom it is made, as determined for the purposes of the said section 70(2), or in relation to whom the place where the offence was committed or the circumstances arose as so determined, as the case may be, is on 1st April 1965 situate in the area of a successor authority, the council shall, unless they decide otherwise, notify before 1st June 1965 that successor authority of the functions, powers, rights or liabilities vested in or attaching to them under the order.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1965/554/article/12 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/london-authorities-children-order-1965/article-12
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