# Police and Fire Reform (Scotland) Act 2012, Paragraph 18


(1) The Scottish Ministers may make a local authority property transfer scheme.
(2) A local authority property transfer scheme is a scheme making provision for or in connection with the transfer to a specified local authority of property, rights, liabilities and obligations of a joint police board.
(3) A joint police board must provide the Scottish Ministers with such information or assistance as they may reasonably require for the purposes of or in connection with the making of a local authority property transfer scheme.
(4) On the transfer date—
(a) any property or rights to which a local authority property transfer scheme applies transfers to and vests in the specified local authority,
(b) any liabilities or obligations to which such a scheme applies become liabilities or obligations of the specified local authority.
(5) A local authority property transfer scheme may make provision for the payment by a local authority of compensation in respect of property and rights transferred by virtue of the scheme.
(6) In this paragraph, “specified” means specified in the local authority property transfer scheme.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2012/8/schedule/5/paragraph/18 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/police-and-fire-reform-scotland-act-2012/schedule-5/paragraph-18
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