London Government Act 1963 (c. 33)

SCHEDULES

Section 83.

SCHEDULE 17 Miscellaneous Modifications of Enactments as from 1st April 1965

1 In the Highways and Locomotives (Amendment) Act 1878, in section 26, for the words from the beginning to " and " where first occurring there shall be substituted the words " The council of a county or county borough may, with respect to all or any of the highways in their county or borough, and the Greater London Council, the council of a London borough or the Common Council of the City of London may, with respect to all or any of the highways for which they are the highway authority, make and ",

2 The Local Government Act 1888 shall have effect subject to the following modifications, that is to say—

(a) section 20 (3) shall apply—

(i) to the Greater London Council and Greater London ; and

(ii) to the council of a London borough and their borough; and

(iii) to the Common Council and the City,

as it applies to a county council and their county ; and any sums received by the Greater London Council by virtue of an Order under section 20 (3) by way of the proceeds of local taxation licence duties shall be applicable to general London purposes;

(b) any powers, duties or liabilities within the City which immediately before 1st April 1965 were by virtue of section 41 (1) (b) powers, duties or liabilities of the London county council shall become powers, duties or liabilities of the Common Council.

3 In the Telegraph Act 1892, in section 5 (2)—

(a) for the words " London of the county council" there shall be substituted the words " Greater London of the Greater London Council ";

(b) for the word " London" in the second place where it occurs there shall be substituted the words " Greater London "; and

(c) after the words " which the" there shall be inserted the words " Greater London Council ",

4 In the Canals Protection (London) Act 1898, in section 7, for the words " the administrative county of London " there shall be substituted the words " Greater London ",

5 In the Alkali, &c. Works Regulation Act 1906, in section 27 (1), at the end of the definition of " sanitary authority " there shall be added the words " other than the Greater London Council ",

6 In the Local Government Act 1929, in section 115 (7)—

(a) for the words "the county of London" there shall be substituted the words " Greater London ";

(b) for the words "metropolitan borough" in both places where they occur there shall be substituted the words " London borough ",

7 In the London Passenger Transport Act 1933, in section 107 (1), in the definition of "Special Area" for the words from "so" onwards there shall be substituted the words " the London special area as defined by section 252 (1) of the Road Traffic Act 1960 ",

8 For the purposes of section 1 (1) (a) of the Acquisition of Land (Authorisation Procedure) Act 1946 this Act shall be deemed to be an enactment in force immediately before the commencement of that Act.

9 In the Civic Restaurants Act 1947—

(a) for section 1 (1) (a) there shall be substituted—

“(a) in Greater London, the council of a London borough or the Common Council of the City of London ; " (b) in section 4 (3), for the words " metropolitan borough" there shall be substituted the words " London borough ",”

10 In section 1 (1) of the Prevention of Damage by Pests Act 1949—

(a) for the words " metropolitan boroughs " there shall be substituted the words " London boroughs ";

(b) in paragraph (b) of the proviso, after the word "county" there shall be inserted the words " or in the Greater London Council ",

11 In the Rag Flock and Other Filling Materials Act 1951, in section 35, for the definition of " local authority" there shall be substituted the following—

• “' local authority ' means the council of a borough or of an urban or rural district or the Common Council of the City of London”.

12 In any part of Greater London which is an excluded area within the meaning of the Rivers (Prevention of Pollution) Acts 1951 to 1961 and which does not fall within the Thames catchment area or the Lee catchment area, the functions of the Greater London Council shall include the enforcement of those Acts.

13 In the Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1953—

(a) in section 2 (2) (a), after the word " borough " there shall be inserted the words " or London borough, or the Common Council of the City of London ";

(b) in section 2 (2) (c), for the words from " metropolitan " to " London " there shall be substituted the words " county district ",

14 In the Licensing Act 1953—

(a) any reference to the administrative county of London shall be construed as a reference to the area which immediately before 1st April 1965 was comprised in that county ;

(b) in paragraph 11 (c) of Schedule 7, for the words " appointed by the London County Council" there shall be substituted the words " appointed one each by the councils of the inner London boroughs ";

(c) in paragraph 11 (d) of Schedule 7, for the words from " appointed " (in the second place where that word occurs) onwards there shall be substituted the words " appointed by the Common Council of the City of London ";

(d) in paragraph 12 of Schedule 7—

(i) for the words " the London County Council" there shall be substituted the words " the councils of the inner London boroughs ";

(ii) after the word " specify " there shall be inserted the words " and, in the case of the members referred to in the said sub-paragraph (c), any such order may make provision for that lower number of those members to be appointed by the councils aforesaid in such manner as the order may specify ",

15 In the Auxiliary Forces Act 1953, in paragraph 1 (f) of Schedule 1—

(a) sub-paragraph (i) from " including " onwards and sub-paragraph (ii) from " or, if " onwards shall be omitted ;

(b) after sub-paragraph (v) there shall be inserted—

“(vi) if that area consists of or comprises the whole or any part of Greater London, a London borough or the City of London, of representatives of the Greater London Council and of the council of that borough or the Common Council, as the case may be, and, if that area consists of or comprises the whole or any part of the Inner London Education Area, of a representative of the Inner London Education Authority in addition to representatives of the Greater London Council.”

16 In the Housing Repairs and Rents Act 1954, in section 33 (1) (a) for the words " metropolitan borough " there shall be substituted the words " London borough, the Greater London Council ",

17 In the Nurses Agencies Act 1957, in section 2(1), for the words from " the remainder" to " or any" there shall be substituted " any county or to any London or ",

18 In the Local Government Act 1958—

(a) in section 55 (1), for the words " The council of any county or county borough" there shall be substituted the words " Any of the following councils, that is to say, the council of any county, county borough or London borough, the Common Council of the City of London and the Greater London Council ":

(b) in section 58 (3), for the words " metropolitan borough " there shall be substituted the words " London borough and the Greater London Council ";

(c) in paragraph 2 (5) of Schedule 8, for the words " or county borough council" there shall be substituted the words " county borough or London borough council or the Common Council of the City of London ",

19 In section 20 (4) (b) of the Rent Act 1957, the reference to the local authority shall, in the case of houses the construction of which was promoted either by the London county council or by the Greater London Council or in respect of which improvement grants were made by either of those councils under the Housing Act 1949 or the Housing (Financial Provisions) Act 1958, be construed as a reference to the Greater London Council.

20 In the Town and Country Planning Act 1959—

(a) the Greater London Council and the London borough councils shall be included among the authorities to whom Part II of that Act applies ;

(b) in section 57 (11), for the words " the administrative county of London " there shall be substituted the words " Greater London ",

21 (1) In the Caravan Sites and Control of Development Act 1960—

(a) Part I shall extend to the whole of Greater London ;

(b) in section 29 (1), in the definition of " local authority", after the word " district" there shall be inserted the words " the Common Council of the City of London ",

(2) Subject to sub-paragraphs (3) and (4) of this paragraph, where in the case of any land in the area of the existing county of London a licence granted with or without conditions under section 22 of the London County Council (General Powers) Act 1959 was in force in relation to that land immediately before 1st April 1965, then—

(a) until the expiration of the period of two months beginning with the date when that licence would have expired if this Act had not been passed, and

(b) if by the expiration of that period the occupier of that land has duly made an application for a site licence in respect of that land under the said Part I, but that site licence has not yet been issued, until the date when such a site licence is first issued in respect of that land,

the licence under the said section 22 shall be deemed to be a site licence under the said Part I granted for an unlimited period, but subject to the same conditions (if any) as the licence under the said section 22, by the council of the London borough in which that land is situated.

(3) Where in the case of any such land as aforesaid no occupier thereof at any time since the grant of the licence under the said section 22 has been entitled to the benefit of a permission for the use of the land as a caravan site granted under Part III of the Town and Country Planning Act of 1947 or of 1962 otherwise than by a development order, paragraph (b) of the last foregoing sub-paragraph shall not apply to that land but—

(a) if before the expiration of the period referred to in paragraph (a) of that sub-paragraph the occupier of the land duly makes an application for a site licence in respect of that land under the said Part I, then, so long as the conditions, if any, attached to the licence under the said section 22 are complied with, no offence shall be committed under section 1 of the said Act of 1960 in respect of the land at any time after the expiration of that period and before such a licence is first issued in respect of the land ; and

(b) section 17 of the said Act of 1960 shall apply to that land as if the land were an existing site within the meaning of that Act and as if any reference in that section to the commencement of that Act were a reference to the date referred to in the said paragraph (a).

(4) Where in the case of any such land as aforesaid such permission as aforesaid for the use of that land as a caravan site has been granted in terms such that it will expire at the end of a specified period, nothing in sub-paragraph (2) of this paragraph shall cause any licence in respect of that land under the said section 22 to continue in force after the end of that period.

(5) In this paragraph, the expressions " caravan site" and " occupier " have the meanings respectively assigned by section 1 of the said Act of 1960.

22 In the Factories Act 1961—

(a) in section 42(4), for the words " outside London" there shall be substituted the words " outside Greater London or in any outer London borough ";

(b) in section 46(7), for the words " the Administrative County of London " there shall be substituted the words " Greater London other than the outer London boroughs " and for the words " London County Council " there shall be substituted the words " Greater London Council ",

23 In the Consumer Protection Act 1961, in section 6 (3) (b) and in paragraph 7 of the Schedule, after the word " Wales " there shall be inserted the words " outside Greater London ",

24 In the Licensing Act 1961, for section 8 (1) (a) there shall be substituted—

“(a) Schedule 12 to the London Government Act 1963”.

25 In the Trustee Investments Act 1961—

(a) in section 11 (4) (a), after the word " London " there shall be inserted the words " the Greater London Council "; and

(b) in paragraph 4 of Part IV of Schedule 1, in the definition of " local authority ", after the word " London " there shall be inserted the words " the Greater London Council ",

26 In the Transport Act 1962—

(a) in section 46 (8) (a), for the words " London County Council, the council of any metropolitan borough," there shall be substituted the words " Greater London Council, the council of any London borough ";

(b) in section 87, any reference to the administrative county of London shall be construed as a reference to Greater London other than the outer London boroughs, and in subsection (1) thereof, except in relation to proposals submitted thereunder to the Minister before 1st April 1965, the reference to the London county council shall be construed as a reference to the Greater London Council;

(c) in section 92 (1), in the definition of " the London Special Area ", for the words from " means " onwards there shall be substituted the words " has the meaning assigned by section 252 (1) of the Road Traffic Act 1960 ",

27 In the Local Government (Records) Act 1962—

(a) in section 2 (6), for the words " or county borough " there shall be substituted the words " county borough or London borough, to the Greater London Council ";

(b) in section 8 (1), in the definition of " local authority ", for the words " metropolitan borough " there shall be substituted the words " London borough " and after the words " county district" there shall be inserted the words " or the Greater London Council ",

28 In the Betting, Gaming and Lotteries Act 1963—

(a) in paragraph 1 (1) (a) of Schedule 2, for the words " or county borough" there shall be substituted the words " county borough or London borough ";

(b) in paragraph 1 of Schedule 3, after the words " of this Schedule", there shall be inserted the words " elsewhere than in Greater London ";

(c) in paragraph 2 of Schedule 1, paragraphs 5 and 6 of Schedule 3, paragraph 9 (a) of Schedule 6, and paragraph 1 (2) (a) of Schedule 7, for the words " metropolitan borough " wherever those words occur there shall be substituted the words " London borough ",

29 The following enactments shall cease to have effect—

(a) section 29 of the London Hackney Carriages Act 1843 ;

(b) in the Metropolitan Streets Act 1867, sections 10 to 16 and 18;

(c) the Racecourses Licensing Act 1879 ;

(d) the Metropolitan Streets Act 1903 ;

(e) section 4 of the London Cab and Stage Carriage Act 1907 ;

(f) any provision of the Public Health (London) Act 1936 not already superseded by the provision of Parts V and VI of this Act;

(g) section 14 (3) of the Statistics of Trade Act 1947;

(h) in the Home Safety Act 1961, section 1 (4) from "or metropolitan " onwards.