I was wondering if anyone could offer advice on liabilities relating to the
following scenario:
A rural council undertook a waste disposal function and ran a landfill operation
until 1965. In the 1974 Local Government changes the rural councils merged
to form a district council with whom no waste disposal functions were
transferred - these bypassed the district councils and went to the County.
Does the liability for the landfill operated by the now redundant rural council
transfer directly to the district council formed in 1974 or does the liabilities
transfer with the waste disposal function which now reside with the County
Council.
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