the Minister; or

a local authority that the Commission thinks would have acquired the property concerned if the transaction had not proceeded,—

the transferor (if it is still in existence); and

any person who was a member of the transferor at any time during the period commencing on 14 November 1988 and ending with 31 October 1989; and

any local authority that the Commission thinks is or may be affected by the transaction or any proposed rectification of the transaction; and

the recipients; and

any other holders of any of the liable property,—

take an opportunity under subsection (1); or

comply with any request of the Commission,—

the purpose for which it purported to have been arrived at or entered into; and

its effect, in relation to the policies of the Government and the Commission underlying local government reform; and

the manner in which it was effected; and

the effect of the transfer on the allocation of the property concerned, pursuant to a final reorganisation scheme, to any local authority specified in the scheme; and

the desirability of ensuring that a local authority inheriting liabilities and duties from another should also inherit property from the other; and

the need to deal justly and equitably with persons who have acquired liable property for value; and

the need to deal justly and equitably with persons who have acquired in good faith liable property in the form of money, and spent it without acquiring property in exchange; and

any other matters the Commission thinks relevant.

giving the Minister—

if a local authority requested the Commission to investigate the transaction, giving a copy of the determinations and reasons to it; and

if the transferor is still in existence, giving a copy of the determinations and reasons to it.

leaving any property as it is:

vesting any property in a local authority:

vesting any property in any other person:

continuing in effect (whether unchanged or with modifications) any arrangement,—

give the Minister written reasons for the decision; and

if a local authority requested the Commission to investigate the transaction, give a copy of the reasons to it; and

if the transferor is still in existence, give a copy of the reasons to it.

it requires the holder of any property to transfer it to any other person; or

it requires the holder of any property to hold it subject to any trusts specified in the order; or

it frees any property of any trust to which it was or purported to be subject; or

it requires any person to take any action that is in breach of any contract; or

it continues in effect (whether unchanged or with modifications) any arrangement that was unlawfully arrived at or entered into; or

it requires any public official to take or refrain from taking any action.

was taken in good faith; and

was not—

for a negligent action taken in respect of any property; or

arising out of a failure to comply with an Order in Council under section 8.

the investigations the Commission has already undertaken before the commencement of this Act shall be deemed to have been undertaken under section 4(1); and

the Commission’s decision to undertake those investigations is hereby declared to have been lawful, justified, and proper; and

the manner in which the Commission undertook those investigations is hereby declared to have been lawful, justified, proper, and sufficient; and

the consultations undertaken by the Commission in relation to those investigations are hereby declared to have been a sufficient compliance with section 5, and to have been lawful, justified, proper, and sufficient; and

this Act shall have effect as if, in undertaking those investigations, the Commission had full and proper regard to the matters specified in paragraphs (a) to (h) of section 6, and did not have regard to any improper or irrelevant matter.