The Local Government Reorganisation (Property, etc.) (Merseyside) Order 1987

• Citation: S.I. 1987/1463
• Sections: 7

Section 1

This Order may be cited as the Local Government Reorganisation (Property, etc.) (Merseyside) Order 1987 and shall come into force on 9th September 1987.

Section 2 Specified Property

There shall vest in the Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council the property listed below, which consists of the land registered with Her Majesty’s Land Registry under the title number indicated—

Section 3 Specified Property

There shall vest in Liverpool City Council the property known as the Driver Training Centre, Sefton Street, Liverpool.

Section 4 Liverpool City Walkways

(1) Any interest of the Merseyside Residuary Body in any city walkway provided in pursuance of section 7 of the Liverpool Corporation Act 1969 (“the 1969 Act”) shall vest in Liverpool City Council, and the functions formerly exercisable by the Merseyside County Council under Part II of that Act shall be exercisable by that City Council.

(2) The following provisions are repealed—

(a) in section 4 of the 1969 Act, the words “"the Corporation' means the Merseyside County Council” , and

(b) in Part II of Schedule 3 to the County of Merseyside Act 1980 , the words from “In Part II” to the end of the Schedule.

Section 5 Highways Land

Where on 1st April 1986 by virtue of section 263 of the Highways Act 1980 , any highway in Merseyside vested in a metropolitan district council, any interest of the Merseyside Residuary Body in any land below such highway shall vest in that council.

Section 6 Highways Land

Any interest in land, and any rights and liabilities, vested in the Merseyside Residuary Body in pursuance of any agreement for the construction or improvement of a highway entered into by the Merseyside County Council, or any highway authority to which that Council was successor, shall vest in the metropolitan district council which is the highway authority in respect of that highway.

Section 7 Rights and liabilities

All rights and liabilities acquired or incurred by the Merseyside Residuary Body exclusively in connection with any property transferred by this Order shall vest in the local authority to which that property is transferred.