London Government Act 1963

28 Buildings of special architectural or historic interest

(1) The Minister shall cause a copy, certified by or on his behalf to be a true copy, of so much of, and of any amendment to, any list of buildings of special architectural or historic interest compiled or approved by him under section 32 of the Planning Act as relates to any London borough or the City to be deposited—

(a) with the cleric of the borough council or, as the case may be, the town clerk of the City ; and

(b) with the clerk to the Greater London Council,

and any such copy shall be so deposited, in the case of a list compiled or approved or amendment made before 1st April 1965, as soon as may be after that date or, in any other case, as soon as may be after the list has been compiled or approved or the amendment has been made; and any such copy deposited with the clerk of a London borough council or the town clerk of the City shall be registered in the register of local land charges in such manner as may be prescribed by rules made for the purposes of the said section 32 under section 15(6) of the Land Charges Act 1925 by the proper officer so prescribed :

Provided that nothing in this subsection shall require the deposit with the town clerk of the City of a further copy of any document so deposited before 1st April 1965.

(2) As respects buildings in Greater London—

(a) any reference to a local planning authority in section 30 of the Planning Act (which relates to building preservation orders) or in section 62 or 125 of that Act so far as it relates to such orders shall be construed as including a reference to the Greater London Council;

(b) except in any case or class of cases with respect to which the Greater London Council otherwise direct, each London borough council and the Common Council shall supply the Greater London Council with copies of any notices received by the borough council or Common Council under section 33 of that Act;

(c) any reference in sections 52 to 55 of that Act to the local planning authority shall be construed as including a reference to the Greater London Council;

(d) section 69 of that Act shall have effect as if Greater London were a county and the Greater London Council were the council of that county and as if the London boroughs and the City were county boroughs and, in the case of the City, the Common Council were the council of that county borough.

(3) In section 33 (3) of the Planning Act, for the words from “to the Minister” onwards there shall be substituted the words—

“(a) to the Minister; and

(b) if the building to which the notice relates is situated in a county district, to the council of that district; and

(c) to such other persons or bodies of persons as may be specified by directions of the Minister either generally or with respect to the building in question”.