London Government Act 1963

87 Local Acts and instruments in and around Greater London. E+W

(1) Subject to the provisions of this Act and any Act passed after this Act and before 1st April 1965 and of any order under section 84 of this Act or this section, any local statutory provision to which this section applies and which is not continued in force by any other provision of this Act shall—

(a) notwithstanding the changes of administrative areas and abolition of local authorities effected by Part I of this Act and, in the case of an instrument made under any enactment, notwithstanding the repeal of that enactment, continue to apply on and after that date to, but only to, the area, things or persons to which or to whom it applies before that date;

(b) have effect subject to any necessary modifications, including in particular—

(i) in the case of a Greater London statutory provision, the substitution for any reference to an existing county borough, metropolitan borough or county district situated wholly or partly within Greater London or the council thereof of a reference to so much of the London borough or boroughs as comprise that existing borough or district or any part thereof or, as the case may be, the council of that London borough or the councils of those London boroughs;

(ii) in the case of an urban district statutory provision, the substitution for any reference to the county of Middlesex or the council thereof of a reference to the county in which the district in question is included by virtue of this Act or, as the case may be, the council of that county;

but the continuation by this subsection of an instrument made under any enactment shall not be construed as prejudicing any power to vary or revoke the instrument which is exercisable apart from this subsection.

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(8) This section applies to any local statutory provision in force immediately before 1st April 1965 and not expressly repealed or revoked by this Act, being a provision—

(a) applying to any part of the relevant area or to things or persons connected with a part of the relevant area; or

(b) conferring on an existing local authority abolished by this Act functions the exercise of which is not restricted to a part of Greater London or to things or persons connected therewith; or

(c) applying to the urban district of Potters Bar, Staines or Sunbury-on-Thames or to things or persons connected with one of those districts.

(9) In this section—

• “the relevant area” means Greater London except that—

(a) in relation to sewerage and sewage disposal, it includes so much of any county district as is in the sewerage area of the Greater London Council;

(b) in relation to land drainage, flood prevention and the like matters, it includes so much of any county district as is in the London excluded area within the meaning of Schedule 14 to this Act;

• “Greater London statutory provision” means any statutory provision to which this section applies, being a provision mentioned in subsection (8)(a) or (b) of this section;

• “local authority” means the council of a county, county borough, metropolitan borough or county district or the Common Council or any joint committee, joint board, joint authority or other combined body all the members of which are representatives of any such council;

• “urban district statutory provision” means any statutory provision to which this section applies, being a provision mentioned in subsection (8)(c) of this section.

Textual Amendments

F1 S. 87(2)–(7) repealed by Local Government Act 1985 (c. 51, SIF 81:1), ss. 1, 102, Sch. 17

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 S. 87(8)(a) amended by Greater London Council (General Powers) Act 1967 (c. xx), s. 13