7th April 2011, 09:35 AM
You need to define what you mean by assets...
Based on personal experience from the sell-off of another county unit a number of years ago:
As a local authority unit all their office equipment (workstations, software, furniture) will be owned/licenced to the authority not the unit.
Similarily, copyright/intellectual property right will, in the first instance, reside with the authority as the principal employer.
Archive - not sure
Backlog, not sure - but would image it remains the responsibility of the authority
Based on personal experience from the sell-off of another county unit a number of years ago:
As a local authority unit all their office equipment (workstations, software, furniture) will be owned/licenced to the authority not the unit.
Similarily, copyright/intellectual property right will, in the first instance, reside with the authority as the principal employer.
Archive - not sure
Backlog, not sure - but would image it remains the responsibility of the authority