Explanatory Note
This Order makes provision consequential on the abolition of the Greater London Council and metropolitan county councils by section 1 of the Local Government Act 1985.
Article 2 confers on the councils of metropolitan districts the function (at present conferred outside Greater London on county councils) of enforcement of certain provisions made by or under the Medicines Act 1968 relating to medicated animal feeding stuffs.
Article 3 amends the Fire Precautions Act 1971 to require that in inner London, as elsewhere in the United Kingdom, the fire authority consult the local authority before requiring alterations to buildings.
Articles 4 and 5 confer on the London Fire and Civil Defence Authority functions in respect of the registration of petroleum oil depots, and the scrutiny of building plans and notification of intention to use certain pipelines.
Article 6 transfers functions formerly exercised by the Greater London Council in relation to Rush Common, Brixton, to the council of the London borough of Lambeth.
Article 7 requires the consent of the Merseyside Passenger Transport Authority to the blowing up of wrecks near the Kingsway or Queensway tunnels instead of the consent of the former metropolitan county council.
Article 8 makes provision for continuity in respect of transferred functions.