The London Government Order 1966

Parks and open spaces

5.—(1) The provisions specified in section 58(1) of the Act (being provisions relating to the powers of local authorities with respect to parks and open spaces) shall have effect in relation to any land transferred to the Greater London Council by article 8 of the London Authorities (Property etc.) Order 1964 (being land which immediately before 1st April 1965 was vested in the London County Council or the county council of Middlesex for the purposes of parks and open spaces but was not used for such purposes) as if such land were a park or open space for the time being vested in the Greater London Council.

(2) The land to which this paragraph applies shall be included in the scheme required by section 58(2) of the Act to be submitted by the Greater London Council.

This paragraph applies to the following land acquired or appropriated by the Council between 1st April 1965 and the submission of the scheme—

(a) land acquired or appropriated for the extension of parks and open spaces which fall to be included in such scheme;

(b) land acquired or appropriated for the provision, with land transferred to the Council by article 8 aforesaid, of parks or open spaces; and

(c) land appropriated for the provision of further parks or open spaces under section 58(1)(b)(i) of the Act, being land which the Minister specifies, in consenting to such appropriation, or in respect of appropriations already consented to within three months of the coming into operation of this order, that the land is to be included in the scheme.