Local Government Act 1985

Section 102.

SCHEDULE 16 Consequential Amendments

The London Government Act 1963 (c.33)

1 In section 73(1) of the London Government Act 1963 for the words before paragraph (a) there shall be substituted the words " Any of the London borough councils and the Common Council may, for the purpose of giving publicity to the amenities and advantages of their respective areas—" , and in paragraph (d) for the words " Greater London " there shall be substituted the words " their respective areas" .

The Local Government Act 1972 (c.70)

2 In sections 2(1) and 6(2)(a) of the Local Government Act 1972 before the word " county " there shall be inserted the word " non-metropolitan" .

3 In section 7(2) of that Act for the words " a year of election of county councillors " there shall be substituted the words " 1977 and every fourth year thereafter" .

4 For section 47(4) of that Act there shall be substituted—

“(4) For the purposes of subsection 1(b) and (c) above metropolitan and non-metropolitan districts are areas of a like description.”

5 In section 48(1) of that Act, in paragraph (a) before the word " counties " there shall be inserted the word " non-metropolitan " and in paragraph (b) after the word " it" , in the second place where it occurs, there shall be inserted the words " and between each of the metropolitan counties and the non-metropolitan counties adjoining it" .

6 At the end of section 62 of that Act there shall be inserted—

“(9) In the case of the boundary between a metropolitan county and a county in Wales the references in subsection (1) above to the councils of both counties and in subsection (7) above to the county councils concerned shall be treated as references to the council of the metropolitan district and the council of the county in Wales between which the boundary lies.”

7 In section 141(1) of that Act for the words " The council of a county" there shall be substituted the words " The council of a non-metropolitan county" .

8 In section 270(1) of that Act—

(a) at the end of the definition of " county " there shall be inserted the words " , but in the expressions ' county council',' council of a county', ' county councillor' and ' councillor of a county' means, in relation to England, a non-metropolitan county only ;" ;

(b) in the definition of " principal area " for the words " county, Greater London " there shall be substituted the words " non-metropolitan county" .

The Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980 (c.65)

9 In section 56(3) of the Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980 for the words " the appropriate authorities " there shall be substituted the words " the councils of districts in the county" .

The Representation of the People Act 1983 (c.2)

10 In section 22(3) of the Representation of the People Act 1983—

(a) in paragraph (a) for the words " electoral division of Greater London" there shall be substituted the words " constituency in Greater London or in a metropolitan county" ;

(b) in paragraph (b) for the word " county" there shall be substituted the words " non-metropolitan county" .

11 In section 35(1) of that Act for the words "every county council" there shall be substituted the words " every non-metropolitan county council" .