The Local Government Reorganisation (Property, etc.) (West Midlands) Order 1989

Made: 3rd August 1989

Laid before Parliament: 14th August 1989

Coming into force: 4th September 1989

Now, therefore, the Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 67(3) of that Act, and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order:

Citation, commencement and interpretation

1

• (1) This Order may be cited as the Local Government Reorganisation (Property, etc.) (West Midlands) Order 1989, and shall come into force on 4th September 1989.

• (2) In this Order “the Residuary Body” means the West Midlands Residuary Body.

Highways Property

2

• (1) All interests of the Residuary Body in land situated in the area of the district councils of Birmingham, Sandwell, Walsall and Wolverhampton, other than land mentioned in the Schedule to this Order, which immediately before 1st April 1986 was held by the West Midlands County Council for the purposes of its functions relating to highways shall vest in the council of the district in which it is situated.

• (2) The interest of the Residuary Body in land situated at 2 Norton Road and 2 South Road, Stourbridge shall vest in Dudley Metropolitan District Council.

Rights and liabilities

3

There shall vest in the council to whom interests in land are transferred by article 2 all rights and liabilities of the Residuary Body acquired or incurred exclusively in connection with that land.

SCHEDULE — HIGHWAYS PROPERTY EXCLUDED FROM TRANSFER

A. — BIRMINGHAM

Houses

• 579 Bordesley Green

• 14 and 16 Wellington Road, Handsworth

• 18 and 22 Redditch Road, King’s Norton

• 76 Wharf Road, King’s Norton

• 100 Willmore Road, Perry Barr

• 60 Mansfield Road, South Yardley

• 306 Station Road, Stechford

• 39 and 41 Anchorage Road, Sutton Coldfield

• 16 and 167 Handsworth New Road, Winson Green

• 222 Aston Lane, Witton

• 165, 167 and 171 Brookvale Road, Witton

• 242 Witton Road, Witton

• 376 Shaftmoor Lane, Hall Green

Other Property

B. — SANDWELL

Houses

• 34A and 36B Hill Top, West Bromwich

Other Property

C. — WALSALL

• 296 Walsall Road, Darlaston (house)

• The parcels of land consisting of the approximate area mentioned below and situated as so mentioned— Approximate areaSituation 1150 sq. yardsOn the north side of Little Aston Road, Mill Green, Aldridge, opposite 219 Little Aston Road.1171 sq. yardsOn the south side of Wolverhampton Road West, Bentley.326 sq. yardsOn the east side of Cannock Road, New Invention, being the site of 90 Cannock Road.

D. — WOLVERHAMPTON

Houses

• (All in Wolverhampton)

• 24 and 27 South Street

Other Property

Signed

C. F. Patten — Secretary of State for the Environment — 3rd August 1989

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order transfers property, rights and liabilities formerly vested in the West Midlands County Council to the councils of districts in that county. The transfers effected are in addition to those affected by S.I. 1987/1077 and S. I. 1988/783.

Article 2 transfers to the appropriate district councils highway property situated in Birmingham, Sandwell, Walsall and Wolverhampton other than the property listed in the Schedule. It also transfers a specific property to Dudley Metropolitan District Council.

Article 3 makes provision for the transfer of the rights and liabilities associated with the property transferred by article 2.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 1985 c. 51.