Article 6

Subject to the provisions of Article 15 of this Order, a person in the care of the London County Council immediately before 1st April 1965 in pursuance of an enactment specified in Article 1 or 2 of this Order or under the supervision of the council at that time by virtue of a supervision order shall, on 1st April 1965, be transferred to the care or supervision, as the case may be, of the appropriate successor authority.

Subject to the provisions of Article 15 of this Order, functions, powers, rights and liabilities vested in or attaching to the London County Council immediately before 1st April 1965—

shall, on 1st April 1965, be transferred to and vested in or attached to the appropriate successor authority.

Subject to the provisions of Article 15 of this Order, where the children's officer of the London County Council is immediately before 1st April 1965 acting as the guardian ad litem for the purpose of an application for an adoption order under the Adoption Act 1958, the children's officer of the appropriate successor authority shall, on and after 1st April 1965, be deemed to have been duly appointed guardian ad litem for that purpose.

For the purposes of this Article the expression “appropriate successor authority” means the successor authority determined in accordance with a scheme made by the London County Council before 1st April 1965 after consultation with the successor authorities and with the approval of the Secretary of State or, if no such scheme has been made, in accordance with a scheme made before 1st April 1965 by the Secretary of State.