London Government Act 1963

PART I The Housing Act 1957

1 In section 1 (1), for the words "administrative county" there shall be substituted the word " City ",

2 In section 6 (1)—

(a) in paragraph (c), after the words " fifty-seven " there shall be inserted the words " and before 1st April 1965 ";

(b) at the end there shall be added—

“(d) to a contract made on or after 1st April 1965 for letting for human habitation a house at a rent not exceeding—

(i) in the case of a house situated outside Greater London or in an outer London borough, fifty-two pounds;

(ii) in the case of a house situated in any other part of Greater London, eighty pounds.”

3 In section 93 (3)—

(a) for the words "London County Council and of a metropolitan " there shall be substituted the words " Greater London Council and of a London ";

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

4 For section 131 (2) there shall be substituted—

“(2) In the application of this section to the Common Council of the City of London, for the reference to the Public Health Act 1936 there shall be substituted a reference to the City of London (Sewers) Acts 1848 to 1897.”

5 In the proviso to section 145(1)—

(a) for the words " the administrative county of London " there shall be substituted the words " Greater London other than the outer London boroughs ";

(b) for the words " the county " there shall be substituted the words " that area "; and

(c) for the words " London County Council" there shall be substituted the words " Greater London Council ",

6 In section 145(3)—

(a) for the words " the administrative county of London " there shall be substituted the words " Greater London other than the outer London boroughs ";

(b) for the words " London County Council" there shall be substituted the words " Greater London Council "; and

(c) for the words " metropolitan borough " there shall be substituted the words " London borough ",

7 In section 146, for the words " within the administrative county of London, the London County Council" there shall be substituted the words " in Greater London other than the outer London boroughs, the Greater London Council ",

8 In section 147 (5), for the words " the administrative county of London " there shall be substituted the words " Greater London other than the outer London boroughs ",

9 In section 148, at the end there shall be added—

“(4) In this section, the expression " borough" does not include an inner London borough.”

10 In section 166 (2), for the words " London County Council" in both places where those words occur there shall be substituted the words " Greater London Council ",

11 In section 189 (2), at the end there shall be added the words " and the Greater London Council ",

12 In Schedule 9, in paragraph 1, for the words " administrative county " and for the word " county " in the second place where it occurs there shall be substituted the word " City ",

13 In Schedule 9, in paragraph 11 (c)—

(a) the words from " as respects England" to " London" where first occurring and the words from " as respects the City " to " metropolitan borough " shall be omitted ;

(b) at the end there shall be added the words " and, where any such house is situated in the City of London, the Common Council ",