London Government Act 1963

1963 CHAPTER 33

An Act to make provision with respect to local government and the functions of local authorities in the metropolitan area; to assimilate certain provisions of the Local Government Act 1933 to provisions for corresponding purposes contained in the London Government Act 1939; to make an adjustment of the metropolitan police district; and for connected purposes.

[31st July 1963]F1

Textual Amendments

F1 Words of enactment omitted under authority of Statute Law Revision Act 1948 (c. 62), s. 3

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 Act extended by Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70), s. 146(1)(b)

C2 Functions of Minister of Transport now exercisable by Secretary of State: S.I. 1970/1681

C3 Act amended by Elections (Northern Ireland) Act 1985 (c. 2, SIF 42), s. 4

C4 Act amended by S.I. 1986/1081, reg. 51(6) and S.I. 1986/1091, reg. 51(6)

Part I E+W+S Local Government in and around Greater London

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C5 Pt. I (ss. 1-4) applied (18.12.1996) by 1996 c. 61, s. 3, Sch. 3 para. 4(5)

1 London boroughs. E+W

(1) There shall be established new administrative areas, to be known as London boroughs, which shall comprise the areas respectively described (by reference to existing administrative areas) in column 2 of Part I of Schedule 1 to this Act; and in this . . . F2 Act—

(a) any reference to an inner London borough shall be construed as a reference to one of the London boroughs numbered from 1 to 12 in the said Part I;

(b) any reference to an outer London borough shall be construed as a reference to one of the London boroughs numbered from 13 to 32 in the said Part I.

(2) If in the case of any London borough, on representations in that behalf made to the Privy Council by the Minister, Her Majesty by the advice of Her Privy Council thinks fit to grant a charter of incorporation of the inhabitants of that borough, Her Majesty may by that charter—

(a) make provision with respect to the name of the borough; and

(b) subject to the provisions of this Act, make any provision such as may be made by virtue of section 131 of the M1 Local Government Act 1933 by a charter granted under Part VI of that Act;

and any charter which purports to be granted in pursuance of the Royal prerogative and this subsection shall be deemed to be valid and within the powers of this Act and Her Majesty’s prerogative and the validity thereof shall not be questioned in any legal proceeding whatever.

(3) In the case of any London borough whose inhabitants are not incorporated by such a charter as is referred to in the last foregoing subsection, provision for their incorporation shall be made by the Minister by order (hereafter in this Act referred to as an “incorporation order”) which may include any such provision as is mentioned in paragraph (a) or (b) of that subsection.

(4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F3

(5) Before the Minister makes as respects a London borough either representations under subsection (2) of this section for the grant of a charter or an incorporation order under subsection (3) thereof, the Minister or, as may be appropriate, the Secretary of State shall cause such notices to be given and such, if any, inquiries to be held with respect to the matters to be dealt with by the charter or order as may appear to the Minister or, as the case may be, the Secretary of State to be expedient.

(6) The M2 Municipal Corporations Act 1882 shall apply to every London borough . . . F2 , the expression “borough” when used in relation to local government in any enactment whether passed before or after this Act . . . F4 shall except where the context otherwise requires (and except in particular in the expressions “county borough” and “non-county borough”) include a London borough; . . . F4

(7) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F3

Textual Amendments

F2 Words repealed by Interpretation Act 1978 (c. 30, SIF 115:1), s. 25(1), Sch. 3

F3 Ss. 1(4)(7), 2(2)(3), 3, 6 repealed by Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70), Sch. 30

F4 Words repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1978 (c. 45), s. 1(1), Sch. 1 Pt. XII

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C6 Pt. I (ss. 1-4) applied (18.12.1996) by 1996 c. 61, s. 3, Sch. 3 para. 4(5)

Marginal Citations

M1 1933 c. 51.

M2 1882 c. 50.

2 Greater London and the Greater London Council. E+W

(1) The area comprising the areas of the London boroughs, the City and the Temples shall constitute an administrative area to be known as Greater London.

(2),(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F5

(4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F6

Textual Amendments

F5 Ss. 1(4)(7), 2(2)(3), 3, 6 repealed by Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70), Sch. 30

F6 S. 2(4) repealed by Local Government Act 1985 (c. 51, SIF 81:1), ss. 1, 102, Sch. 17

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C7 Pt. I (ss. 1-4) applied (18.12.1996) by 1996 c. 61, s. 3, Sch. 3 para. 4(5)

3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F7 E+W

Textual Amendments

F7 Ss. 1(4)(7), 2(2)(3), 3, 6 repealed by Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70), Sch. 30

4 General provisions as to exercise in Greater London of existing local authority functions. E+W+S

(1) Subject to any provision to the contrary effect made by, or by any instrument made under, this Act or any other Act passed during the same session as this Act . . . F8 , and without prejudice to any express provision so made, the provisions of this section (being provisions designed to confer on the councils of London boroughs as respects their boroughs and on the Common Council as respects the City the functions exercisable by the councils of county boroughs as respects their boroughs or by the existing London county council as respects the metropolitan boroughs or, as the case may be, the City) shall have effect as from 1st April 1965 as respects any enactment (hereafter in this section referred to as an “existing enactment”) contained in any public general Act passed before this Act or in any other such Act passed during the same session as this Act.

(2) Subject to subsection (7) of this section, where any existing enactment refers to, or to the councils of, county boroughs, then—

(a) if it also refers in the same context to, or to the councils of, metropolitan boroughs, any reference in that enactment in that context to, or to the council of, a metropolitan borough shall be construed as a reference to, or to the council of, a London borough;

(b) if it also refers (or, but for section 3 (1) (b) of this Act, would have referred) in the same context to the London county council (whether expressly or by virtue of a reference to councils of counties) but not to councils of metropolitan boroughs, any reference in that enactment in that context to a county borough or the council thereof shall be construed as including a reference to a London borough or the council thereof and, where that enactment extends to the City but does not refer to the Common Council, as including also a reference to the City or the Common Council.

(3) Any reference in any existing enactment which, by virtue of any other existing enactment passed subsequently thereto, falls to be construed as a reference to authorities of a particular class shall be deemed for the purposes of subsection (2) of this section to be a reference to authorities of that class.

(4) Any existing enactment to the effect that any provision does not apply or refer, or applies or refers only, to the administrative county of London or to that county other than the City or other than the City and the Temples shall have effect as if it provided that the provision in question does not apply or refer, or, as the case may be, applies or refers only, to Greater London other than the outer London boroughs, or other than those boroughs and the City, or other than those boroughs, the City and the Temples, as the case may be.

(5) Where, under any existing enactment which by virtue of subsection (4) of this section applies to Greater London other than the outer London boroughs or other than those boroughs and the City with or without the Temples, any functions were exercisable immediately before 1st April 1965 as respects a metropolitan borough by the London county council or by the council of that borough or as respects the City by the London county council, those functions shall be exercisable as respects an inner London borough by the council of that borough or, as the case may be, as respects the City by the Common Council.

(6) In any existing enactment which by virtue of subsection (4) of this section applies to the outer London boroughs but not to the rest of Greater London, any reference to, or to the council of, a county borough shall be construed as including a reference to, or to the council of, an outer London borough.

(7) Without prejudice to any exclusion by virtue of subsection (1) of this section and to any amendment of the enactment in question by or under any subsequent provision of this Act, subsection (2) of this section shall not apply to any existing enactment contained in—

(a) the M3 Local Government Act of 1888, M4 1929, M5 1933 or M6 1958; or

(b) the enactments to which section 40 of this Act applies or would apply but for the proviso to subsection (4) of that section; or

(c) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F9

(d) any enactment relating to rating and valuation in England and Wales; or

(e) the M7 Town and Country Planning Act 1962; or

(f) any of the Acts amended by Schedule 5, 6, 8 or 13 to this Act;

and this section shall not apply to any enactment contained in an Act passed with respect only to the whole or part of the existing county of London.

Textual Amendments

F8 Words repealed by Local Government Act 1985 (c. 51, SIF 81:1), ss. 1, 102, Sch. 17

F9 S. 4(7)(c) repealed by Parliamentary Constituencies Act 1986 (c. 56, SIF 89), ss. 8, 9(2), Sch. 4

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C8 Pt. I (ss. 1-4) applied (18.12.1996) by 1996 c. 61, s. 3, Sch. 3 para. 4(5)

Marginal Citations

M3 1888 c. 41.

M4 1929 c. 17.

M5 1933 c. 51.

M6 1958 c. 55.

M7 1962 c. 38.

5 Delegation of functions in Greater London. E+W

F10 (1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(2) The Common Council and the council of any London borough which is adjacent to the City may agree together for the discharge by that borough council, as agent for the Common Council, of such of the functions of the Common Council as may be specified in the agreement.

(3) Without prejudice to any other provision of this or any other Act, any of [F11 the following authorities], that is to say, F12 ... the London borough councils [F11 , the Common Council, F13 ... [F14 , an authority established by Part I, II, III, IV, or V of the Waste Regulation and Disposal (Authorities) Order 1985] and [F15 the London Fire Commissioner] may, for the better performance of their respective functions, agree with any one or more of the others of [F11 those authorities] and any other local authority within the meaning of the M8 Local Government Act 1933 whose area is contiguous with any part of Greater London for—

(a) the undertaking by one party for another of any administrative, clerical, professional, scientific or technical services;

(b) the use or maintenance by one party of any vehicle, plant, equipment or apparatus of another party and, if it appears convenient, the services of any staff employed in connection therewith;

(c) the carrying out of works of maintenance by one party in connection with land or buildings for the maintenance of which another party is responsible,

on such terms as may be agreed between them; and in this subsection the expression “maintenance” includes minor renewals, improvements and extensions.]

Textual Amendments

F10 S. 5(1) repealed by Local Government Act 1985 (c. 51, SIF 81:1), ss. 1, 102, Sch. 17

F11 Words substituted by Local Government Act 1985 (c. 51, SIF 81:1), s. 84, Sch. 14 Pt. II para. 40(a)

F12 Words repealed by Local Government Act 1985 (c. 51, SIF 81:1), ss. 1, 102, Sch. 17

F13 Words repealed by Education Reform Act 1988 (c. 40, SIF 41:1), ss. 231(7), 235(6), 237(2), Sch. 13 Pt. I

F14 Words in s. 5(3) inserted after the words “the Inner London Education Authority” by virtue of S.I. 1985/1884, art. 10, Sch. 3 para. 5

F15 Words in s. 5(3) substituted (31.1.2017 for specified purposes, 1.4.2018 in so far as not already in force) by Policing and Crime Act 2017 (c. 3), s. 183(1)(5)(e), Sch. 2 para. 24; S.I. 2018/227, reg. 4(c)

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C9 S. 5 saved by Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70), ss. 101(14), 112(6), 201(5)

C10 S. 5(3) restricted by Local Government Act 1985 (c. 51, SIF 81:1), s. 91, Sch. 15 para. 1

C11 S. 5(3) extended by Local Government Act 1985 (c. 51, SIF 81:1), s. 57(7), Sch. 13 para. 16

Marginal Citations

M8 1933 c.51.

6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F16 E+W

Textual Amendments

F16 Ss. 1(4)(7), 2(2)(3), 3, 6 repealed by Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70), Sch. 30

7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F17 E+W

Textual Amendments

F17 S. 7 repealed by Local Government Act 1985 (c. 51, SIF 81:1), ss. 1, 102, Sch. 17

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(1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F18

(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F19

Textual Amendments

F18 S. 8(1) repealed by Parliamentary Constituencies Act 1986 (c. 56, SIF 89), ss. 8, 9(2), Sch. 4

F19 S. 8(2) repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1978 (c. 45), s. 1(1), Sch. 1 Pt. XII

Part II E+W Road Traffic, Highways and Motor Vehicles

9 General duty of Greater London Council with respect to road traffic and abolition of London Traffic Area and Traffic Advisory Committee. E+W

(1),(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F20

(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F21

(4),(5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F20

F22 (6) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F20 S. 9(1)(2)(4)(5) repealed by Local Government Act 1985 (c. 51, SIF 81:1), ss. 1, 102, Sch. 17

F21 Ss. 9(3), 10–13, 14(5) repealed by Road Traffic Regulation Act 1967 (c. 76), s. 110(2), Sch. 7 Pt. I, Sch. 8

F22 S. 9(6) repealed (5.11.1993) by 1993 c. 50, s. 1(1), Sch. 1 Pt. XV Group1

10—13. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F23 E+W

Textual Amendments

F23 Ss. 9(3), 10–13, 14(5) repealed by Road Traffic Regulation Act 1967 (c. 76), s. 110(2), Sch. 7 Pt. I, Sch. 8

14 Other road traffic functions in Greater London. E+W

(1)—(4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F24

(5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F25

(6) In the M9 Road Traffic Act 1960 —

(a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F26

(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F27

(c) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F28

(d) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F29

(e) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F28

Textual Amendments

F24 S. 14(1)–(4) repealed by Highways Act 1980 (c. 66, SIF 59), s. 343(3), Sch. 25

F25 Ss. 9(3), 10–13, 14(5) repealed by Road Traffic Regulation Act 1967 (c. 76), s. 110(2), Sch. 7 Pt. I, Sch. 8

F26 S. 14(6)(a) repealed by Road Traffic Act 1972 (c. 20), Sch. 9 Pt. I

F27 S. 14(6)(b) repealed by Road Traffic Regulation Act 1967 (c. 76), s. 110(2), Sch. 7 Pt. I, Sch. 8

F28 S. 14(6)(c)(e) repealed by Road Traffic Act 1972 (c. 20), Sch. 9 Pt. I

F29 S. 14(6)(d) repealed by Transport Act 1980 (c. 34, SIF 107:1), s. 69, Sch. 9 Pt. I

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C12 Functions of London Transport Board now transferred to London Transport Executive or the company designated under Transport (London) Act 1969 (c. 35), s. 16(2) or to both the Executive and the designated company subject to the provisions of that Act: Transport (London) Act 1969 (c. 35), s. 17, Sch. 3.

Marginal Citations

M9 1960 c. 16.

15 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F30 E+W

Textual Amendments

F30 S. 15 repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1989 (c. 43), s. 1(1), Sch. 1 Pt. X

16—18. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F31 E+W

Textual Amendments

F31 Ss. 16–18 repealed by Highways Act 1980 (c. 66, SIF 59), s. 343(3), Sch. 25

F32 19 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E+W

Textual Amendments

F32 S. 19 repealed (1.1.1993) by New Roads and Street Works Act 1991 (c. 22, SIF 59), s. 168(2), Sch.9; S.I. 1992/2984, art. 2(2), Sch.2

20 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F33 E+W

Textual Amendments

F33 S. 20 repealed by Vehicle and Driving Licences Act 1969 (c. 27), Sch. 3

Part III E+W Housing and Planning

Housing E+W

21 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F34 E+W

Textual Amendments

F34 S. 21 repealed by Housing (Consequential Provisions) Act 1985 (c. 71, SIF 61), ss. 3, 6, Sch. 1

22 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F35 E+W

Textual Amendments

F35 S. 22 repealed by Local Government Act 1985 (c. 51, SIF 81:1), ss. 1, 102, Sch. 17

23 Transfer of land held for housing purposes. E+W

(1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F36

(2) On 1st April 1965 there shall vest in the council of each London borough all land which immediately before that date was held for the purposes of functions as such a local authority as aforesaid—

(a) by any council to whom section 3 (1) (b) of this Act applies whose area falls wholly within that London borough;

(b) in the case of land within the London borough, by the Chigwell urban district council.

(3) The Minister shall if so requested by both the parties concerned, or if so requested by one of those parties may after consultation with the other of those parties, or if he thinks fit after consultation with both parties may without any such request, by order provide for the transfer—

(a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F36

(b) from . . . F37 the council of a London borough to the local authority . . . F37 for the purposes of the M10 Housing Act 1957 or to a housing association of any housing accommodation for the time being vested in that council, being, . . . F37 housing accommodation outside that borough;

and any such order shall include such terms as may have been agreed between the two parties concerned or, in default of such agreement, determined by the Minister and provision for arbitration as to the value of the property transferred; and in the case of an order may by virtue of paragraph (b) of this subsection—

(i) the said terms may include the retention by the transferor of a right to nominate tenants to the transferred accommodation and, where such a right is retained, provision for the payment of contributions by the transferor to the transferee; and

(ii) the order shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.

[F38 (4) The Minister may at any time after 1st April 1965 require any London borough to submit to him a programme for any transfers of housing accommodation vested in that borough such as are mentioned in subsection (3)(b) of this section which they propose to make and have not yet made.]

(5) References in this section to land or housing accommodation shall be construed as including references to any other property held in connection therewith and any rights or liabilities attaching thereto.

(6) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F39

Textual Amendments

F36 S. 23(1)(3)(a) repealed by Local Government Act 1985 (c. 51, SIF 81:1), ss. 1, 102, Sch. 17

F37 Words repealed by Local Government Act 1985 (c. 51, SIF 81:1), ss. 1, 102, Sch. 17

F38 S. 23(4) substituted by Local Government Act 1985 (c. 51, SIF 81:1), ss. 1, 2, 16, Sch. 8 para. 12(2)

F39 S. 23(6) repealed by Housing Finance Act 1972 (c. 47), s. 108(4), Sch. 11 Pt. I

Marginal Citations

M10 1957 c. 56.

24—29. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F40 E+W

Textual Amendments

F40 Ss. 24–29 repealed by Town and Country Planning Act 1971 (c. 78), Sch. 25

Part IV E+W Education and Youth Employment Service

F41 30 Local education authorities. E+W

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Textual Amendments

F41 S. 30 repealed (5.5.2010) by The Local Education Authorities and Children's Services Authorities (Integration of Functions) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/1158), art. 1, Sch. 2 para. 20, Sch. 3 Pt. 2

F42 31 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E+W

Textual Amendments

F42 S. 31 repealed (1.9.1999) by 1998 c. 31, s. 140(3), Sch. 31 (with ss. 138(9), 144(6)); S.I. 1999/2323, art. 2(1), Sch. 1

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(1)—(6) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F43

(7) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F44

Textual Amendments

F43 S. 32(1)–(6) repealed by National Health Service Reorganisation Act 1973 (c. 32), s. 57, Sch. 4 para. 103, Sch. 5

F44 S. 32(7) repealed by Education Reform Act 1988 (c. 40, SIF 41:1), ss. 231(7), 235(6), 237(2), Sch. 13 Pt. I

33 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F45 E+W

Textual Amendments

F45 S. 33 repealed by Education Act 1980 (c. 20, SIF 41:1), s. 38(6), Sch. 7

34 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F46 E+W

Textual Amendments

F46 S. 34 repealed by Employment and Training Act 1973 (c. 50), Sch. 4

Part V E+W Sewerage and Trade Effluents

35, 36. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F47 E+W

Textual Amendments

F47 Ss. 35, 36, 37(1)(3)(4), 38, 39 repealed by Water Act 1973 (c. 37), Sch. 9

37 Application of enactments relating to sewerage and sewage disposal. X1 E+W

(1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F48

(2) The provisions of Part III of the said Schedule 9 shall, except so far as the contrary intention appears, have effect in all parts of the sewerage area of the Greater London Council (being provisions reproducing, with modifications designed amongst other things to enable them to operate in that area or to bring them into conformity with this Act or the enactments mentioned in the foregoing subsection, provisions of Part II of the M11 Public Health (London) Act 1936 and other enactments relating to sewerage, sewage disposal and drainage in the administrative county of London which do not correspond to any enactments mentioned in that subsection but which it is expedient to apply to that area).

(3),(4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F48

Editorial Information

X1 S. 37: "the said Schedule 9" means Sch. 9 to this Act

Textual Amendments

F48 Ss. 35, 36, 37(1)(3)(4), 38, 39 repealed by Water Act 1973 (c. 37), Sch. 9

Marginal Citations

M11 1936 c. 50.

38, 39. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F49 E+W

Textual Amendments

F49 Ss. 35, 36, 37(1)(3)(4), 38, 39 repealed by Water Act 1973 (c. 37), Sch. 9

Part VI E+W Application of Public Health Acts and Related Acts

40 General application of Public Health Acts. E+W

(1) The enactments to which this section applies shall apply or, as the case may be, continue to apply throughout Greater London as they apply elsewhere in England and Wales, but those enactments shall have effect subject to the provisions of subsection (2) of this section and to the modifications specified in Part I of Schedule 11 to this Act.

(2) Subject to any provision to the contrary in the said Part I, . . . F50 , the local authority and the urban sanitary authority for the purposes of the said enactments shall—

(a) for a London borough, be the council of the borough;

(b) for the City, be the Common Council; and

(c) for the Inner Temple and the Middle Temple, be the Sub-Treasurer and the Under-Treasurer thereof respectively.

(3) The provisions of Part II of Schedule 11 to this Act shall have effect in Greater London (being provisions reproducing, with modifications designed to bring them into conformity with this Act or the enactments to which this section applies, certain provisions of the M12 Public Health (London) Act 1936 and certain other enactments having effect only in the administrative county of London).

(4) This section applies to the following enactments:—

(a) the Public Health Acts 1875 to 1925;

(b) the M13 Public Health Act 1936;

(c),(d) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F51

F52 (e) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(f) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F53

(g) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F54

(h) the M14 Public Health Act 1961:

[F55 (i) the Registered Homes Act 1984;]

Provided that this section shall not apply to any enactment applied by or mentioned in section 37, 38, 44 or 58 of, or Schedule 9 or 10 to, this Act, except that it applies to sections 1 (2) and 90 and Part XII of the Public Health Act 1936 so far as relating to other enactments to which this section applies.

Textual Amendments

F50 Words repealed by Local Government Act 1985 (c. 51, SIF 81:1), ss. 1, 102, Sch. 17

F51 S. 40(4)(c)(d) repealed by Water Act 1989 (c. 15, SIF 130), ss. 58(7), 101(1), 141(6), 160(1)(2)(4), 163, 189(4)–(10), 190, 193(1), Sch. 26 paras. 3(1)(2), 17, 40(4), 41(1), 57(6), 58, Sch. 27 Pt. I

F52 S. 40(4)(e) repealed (27.8.1993) by 1993 c. 11, ss. 67(3), 68(3), Sch. 6.

F53 S. 40(4)(f) repealed by Nursing Homes Act 1975 (c. 37, SIF 113:3), s. 22, Sch. 3

F54 S. 40(4)(g) repealed by Control of Pollution Act 1974 (c. 40), s. 109(2), Sch. 4

F55 S. 40(4)(i) repealed (1.4.2002 for E. and otherwiseprosp.) by 2000 c. 14, s. 117(2), Sch. 6; S.I. 2001/4150, art. 3(3)(c)(ii) (subject to transitional provisions in art. 4 and S.I. 2002/1493, art. 4)

Marginal Citations

M12 1936 c. 50.

M13 1936 c. 49.

M14 1961 c. 64.

41 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F56 E+W

Textual Amendments

F56 S. 41 repealed by Public Health (Control of Disease) Act 1984 (c. 22, SIF 100:1), s. 78, Sch. 3

42 Medical officers of health and public health inspectors for the City, etc. E+W

(1) The provisions of sections 106, 108, 110, 115 and 116 of the M15 Local Government Act 1933 relating to medical officers of health and public health inspectors shall apply to the City, the Inner Temple and the Middle Temple, and accordingly in those sections, so far as they apply to such officers and inspectors, references to a borough and to a borough council or a local authority shall be construed as including references to the City, the Inner Temple and the Middle Temple and to the Common Council, the Sub-Treasurer of the Inner Temple and the Under-Treasurer of the Middle Temple respectively.

(2) The provisions of the said sections 106, 115 and 116 relating to medical officers of health and public health inspectors shall also apply to the port health district of the Port of London, and accordingly in those sections, so far as they apply to such officers and inspectors, references to a borough and to a borough council or a local authority shall also be construed as including references to that district and to the port health authority therefor respectively.

Marginal Citations

M15 1933 c. 51.

43 Modifications of London Building Acts. E+W

(1) Without prejudice to the application to any part of Greater London by section 40 of this Act of any enactments relating to building control and to buildings and structures, but subject to any order under section 84 of this Act, the relevant provisions of the London Building Acts shall continue to have effect in Greater London other than the outer London boroughs, and Part II [F57 and Part VII] of the Act of 1939 and any regulations thereunder and any other relevant provisions of the London Building Acts which relate to the said Part II [F57 and Part VII] shall, notwithstanding anything in section 4 of the Act of 1930, extend to the outer London boroughs; and—

(a) the Greater London Council shall have the functions of the London county council under all the aforementioned provisions; and

(b) the councils of the inner London boroughs and, in the case of provisions which extend to the outer London boroughs, the councils of the outer London boroughs shall have the functions of metropolitan boroughs under the said provisions.

(2) In accordance with the foregoing subsection, in the relevant provisions of the London Building Acts and any byelaws and regulations made thereunder—

(a) for references to London or the administrative county of London there shall be substituted references to Greater London other than the outer London boroughs;

(b) for references to the London county council there shall be substituted references to the Greater London Council, except that for references to instruments of any description made by, or resolutions of, the London county council there shall be substituted references to instruments of that description made by, or resolutions of, that county council or the Greater London Council;

(c) for references to the council of a metropolitan borough there shall be substituted references to the council of an inner London borough or, in the case of a provision which extends to the outer London boroughs, references to the council of any London borough, and references to a local authority shall be construed accordingly;

(d) for references to the London Building Acts or the provisions of those Acts there shall be substituted references to the relevant provisions of those Acts, and for references to the Act of 1930, 1935 or 1939 (other than references to a specified provision thereof) there shall be substituted references to so much of the said relevant provisions as are contained in that Act.

(3),(4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F58

(5) In this section “the relevant provisions of the London Building Acts” means—

(a) the London Building Acts 1930 to 1939, except the provisions repealed by the next following subsection;

(b) sections 6 and 7 of the M16 London County Council (General Powers) Act 1954, and section 3 of that Act so far as it relates to those sections;

(c) sections 5 to 13 of, and Schedules 1 and 2 to, the M17 London County Council (General Powers) Act 1955, and section 3 of that Act so far as it relates to those sections and Schedules;

(d) section 62 of the M18 London County Council (General Powers) Act 1956; and

(e) sections 15 to 17 of the M19 London County Council (General Powers) Act 1958, and sections 3 and 13 of that Act so far as they relate to the said sections 15 to 17;

and references to the M20 Acts of 1930 M21 M22 , 1935 and 1939 shall be construed as references respectively to the London Building Act 1930, the London Building Act (Amendment) Act 1935 and the London Building Acts (Amendment) Act 1939.

(6) The following provisions of the London Building Acts 1930 to 1939 shall cease to have effect, that is to say—

X2 (a) Parts II and 111 and sections 51 to 53 of the Act of 1930 ;

X2 (b) section 4(1)(a) of the Act of 1935 ;

(c) sections 128 to 131 and 156 of the Act of 1939, and section 148 of that Act so far as it relates to other provisions of the London Building Acts 1930 to 1939 repealed by this subsection.

Editorial Information

X2 The text of s. 43(6)(a)(b) is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991.

Textual Amendments

F57 Words in s. 43(1) inserted (20.9.2000) by 2000 c. vii, ss. 1(1), 45(2)

F58 S. 43(3)(4) repealed by Local Government Act 1985 (c. 51, SIF 81:1), ss. 1, 102, Sch. 17

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C13 Certain functions conferred by section 43 transferred by virtue of Local Government Act 1985 (c. 51, SIF 81:1), ss. 1, 2, 16, Sch. 8 para. 14(2)

C14 Certain functions of Minister of Housing and Local Government under s. 43 of this Act now exercisable by Secretary of State: S.I. 1964/263, 1966/692 and 1970/1681

Marginal Citations

M16 1954 c. xxiv.

M17 1955 c. xxix.

M18 1956 c. lxxvii.

M19 1958 c. xxi.

M20 1930 c. clviii.

M21 1935 c. xcii.

M22 1939 c. xcvii.

44 Cemeteries and crematoria. E+W

(1)—(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F59

(4) In the Burial Acts 1852 to 1906 any reference to the Metropolis shall be construed as a reference to Greater London; and in those Acts in their application to Greater London—

(a) any reference to a parish (not being a reference which is to be taken as a reference to an ecclesiastical parish) shall, without prejudice to section 68 (5) of the M23 Rating and Valuation Act 1925, as amended by paragraph 13 of Schedule 15 to this Act, be construed as a reference to a London borough or the City, as the case may be; and

(b) any reference to a burial board shall be construed as a reference to the council of a London borough or the Common Council, as the case may be.

(5) Notwithstanding anything in section 7 of the M24 Burial Act 1900 and without prejudice to section 3 of the M25 Public Health (Interments) Act 1879, the provisions of sections 27 to 31 of the M26 Cemeteries Clauses Act 1847 shall, so far as applicable, continue to apply to the City of London Cemetery, but the foregoing provisions of this subsection shall not affect the right of the incumbent of any ecclesiastical parish in the City to perform funeral services in respect of his own parishioners.

(6) The provision made by an order under section 84 of this Act may include provision that a burial ground provided under the Burial Acts 1852 to 1906 for any area the whole or part of which is included in a London borough, or a cemetery provided by virtue of the said Act of 1879 for any such area, shall be treated as if it were provided for the whole of that borough or, if the area is included partly in one and partly in another borough, as if it were provided for the whole of one or both of those boroughs.

(7) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F59

Textual Amendments

F59 Ss. 44(1)–(3)(7), 45(1)(2) repealed by Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70), Sch. 30

Marginal Citations

M23 1925 c. 90.

M24 1900 c. 15.

M25 1879 c. 31.

M26 1847 c. 65.

Part VII E+W Functions as to Health and Welfare Services and other matters

45

(1),(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F60

(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F61

(4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F62

(5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F63

X3 (6) In section 79(1) of the said Act of 1946, in the definition of “local authority”, for the words “metropolitan borough” there shall be substituted the words “London borough, the Greater London Council”; . . . F64

(7) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F65

Editorial Information

X3 The text of s. 45(6) is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and, except as specified, does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991.

Textual Amendments

F60 Ss. 44(1)–(3)(7), 45(1)(2) repealed by Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70), Sch. 30

F61 S. 45(3) repealed by National Health Service Reorganisation Act 1973 (c. 32), s. 57, Sch. 5

F62 S. 45(4) repealed and superseded by Health Service and Public Health Act 1968 (c. 46), s. 65(1)–(4), Sch. 4

F63 S. 45(5) repealed by Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70), Sch. 30

F64 Words repealed by National Health Service Reorganisation Act 1973 (c. 32), s. 57, Sch. 5

F65 Ss. 45(7), 46(1)(2) repealed by Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70), Sch. 30

46 Accommodation and welfare of disabled and old persons, etc. E+W

(1),(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F66

(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F67

(4) The functions of the council of a [F68 London borough] under section 47 of the said Act of 1948 (which relates to the removal to suitable premises of persons in need of care and attention) . . . F69 shall, as respects the Inner Temple and the Middle Temple, be exercisable by the Sub-Treasurer and the Under-Treasurer thereof respectively, and those persons shall be included among the appropriate authorities specified in sections 47 (12) . . . F69 of that Act.

(5)—(8) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F70

Textual Amendments

F66 Ss. 45(7), 46(1)(2) repealed by Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70), Sch. 30

F67 S. 46(3) repealed and superseded by Health Services and Public Health Act 1968 (c. 46), s. 65(1)–(4), Sch. 4

F68 Words substituted by Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70), Sch. 29 para. 44(3)

F69 Words repealed Public Health (Control of Disease) Act 1984 (c. 22, SIF 100:1), ss. 78, 79, Sch. 3

F70 Ss. 46(5)–(8), 47(1)(3) repealed by Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70), Sch. 30

47 Children authorities. E+W

(1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F71

(2) Section 96 (4) of the M27 Children and Young Persons Act 1933 shall not apply to expenses incurred by the Common Council . . . F72

(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F71

(4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F73

Textual Amendments

F71 Ss. 46(5)–(8), 47(1)(3) repealed by Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70), Sch. 30

F72 Words repealed by Local Authority Social Services Act 1970 (c. 42), Sch. 3

F73 S. 47(4) repealed by Local Government Act 1985 (c. 51, SIF 81:1), ss. 1, 102, Sch. 17

Marginal Citations

M27 1933 c. 12.

48 Fire authorities. E+W

(1),(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F74

(3) The M28 Metropolitan Fire Brigade Act 1865 shall have effect as if references to the Metropolitan Board of Works were . . . F75 references to the metropolis were references to Greater London other than the outer London boroughs.

Textual Amendments

F74 S. 48(1)(2) repealed by Local Government Act 1985 (c. 51, SIF 81:1), ss, 1, 102, Sch. 17

F75 Words repealed by Local Government Act 1985 (c. 51, SIF 81:1), ss. 1, 102, Sch. 17

Marginal Citations

M28 1865 c. 90.

49 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F76 E+W

Textual Amendments

F76 S. 49 repealed by Local Government Act 1985 (c. 51, SIF 81:1), ss. 1, 102, Sch. 17

50 Explosives and petroleum-spirit. E+W

F77 (1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F78

F77 (3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F77 S. 50(1)(3) repealed (26.4.2005) by The Manufacture and Storage of Explosives Regulations 2005 (S.I. 2005/1082), reg. 1(1), Sch. 5 para. 9, Sch. 6 (with reg. 3)

F78 S. 50(2) repealed by London Government Act 1985 (c. 51, SIF 81:1), ss. 1, 102, Sch. 17

51

F79 (1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F79 (2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F80 (3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F79 (4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F79 S. 51(1)(2)(4) repealed (5.11.1993) by 1993 c. 50, s. 1(1), Sch. 1 Pt. X Group 1.

F80 S. 51(3) repealed (26.8.1994) by 1994 c. 20, s. 9(2), Sch. 5; S.I. 1994/1841, art. 2

52 Licensing of theatres, public entertainments etc. E+W

(1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F81

(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F82

F83 (3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F81 S. 52(1) repealed by Theatres Act 1968 (c. 54), Sch. 3

F82 S. 52(2) repealed by Cinemas Act 1985 (c. 13, SIF 45A), ss. 24, Sch. 3

F83 S. 52(3) repealed (24.11.2005) by Licensing Act 2003 (c. 17), s. 201(2), Sch. 7 (with ss. 2(3), 15(2), 195, Sch. 8 para. 31); S.I. 2005/3056, art. 2(2) (with art. 4)

53

(1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F84

(2),(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F85

Textual Amendments

F84 S. 53(1) repealed by Local Government Act 1985 (c. 51, SIF 81:1), ss. 1, 102, Sch. 17

F85 S. 53(2)(3) repealed by Betting, Gaming and Lotteries (Amendment) Act 1971 (c. 26), Sch.

54 Food, drugs, markets and animals. E+W

(1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F86

(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F87

(3) For the purposes of the [F88 Animal Health Act 1981]—

(a) subject to paragraph (b) of this subsection, the council of a London borough shall be the local authority for the borough;

(b) for the purpose of the provisions of that Act relating to imported animals, the Common Council shall be the local authority in and for the whole of Greater London.

(4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F89

Textual Amendments

F86 S. 54(1) repealed by Food Safety Act 1990 (c. 16, SIF 53:1, 2), ss. 54, 59(1)(4), Sch. 3 para. 2, Sch. 5

F87 S. 54(2) repealed by Agriculture (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1972 (c. 62), Sch. 6

F88 Words substituted by Animal Health Act 1981 (c. 22, SIF 4:4), s. 96(1), Sch. 5 para. 5

F89 S. 54(4) repealed by Food Act 1984 (c. 30, SIF 53:1), ss. 134, 136, Sch. 11

55 Smallholdings, allotments, etc. E+W

(1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F90

(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F91

(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F92

(4) In its application to an inner London borough, section 23 of the M29 Small Holdings and Allotments Act 1908 shall have effect as if—

(a) in subsection (1) for the word “shall” wherever it occurs there were substituted the word “may”; and

(b) subsection (2) were omitted;

F93 . . .

Textual Amendments

F90 S. 55(1) repealed by Agriculture Act 1970 (c. 40), Sch. 5 Pt. III

F91 S. 55(2) repealed by Local Government Act 1985 (c. 51, SIF 81:1), ss. 1, 102, Sch. 17

F92 S. 55(3) repealed by Agriculture (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1972 (c. 62), Sch. 6

F93 Words in s. 55(4) repealed (5.11.1993) by c. 50, s. 1(1), Sch. 1 Pt.III.

Marginal Citations

M29 1908 c. 36.

56 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F94 E+W

Textual Amendments

F94 S. 56 repealed by Public Libraries and Museums Act 1964 (c. 75), Sch. 3

57

(1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F95

(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F96

Textual Amendments

F95 Ss. 57(1), 58(2)(3) repealed by Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70), Sch. 30

F96 S. 57(2) repealed by Local Government Act 1985 (c. 51, SIF 81:1), ss. 1, 102, Sch. 17

58

[F97 (1) The Open Spaces Act 1906, except section 14, shall have effect as if the London borough councils . . . F98 were included among the local authorities to whom it applies.]

(2),(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F99

Textual Amendments

F97 S. 58(1) substituted by Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980 (c. 65, SIF 81:1, 2), s. 1(3), Sch. 3 para. 11

F98 Words repealed by Local Government Act 1985 (c. 51, SIF 81:1), ss. 1, 102, Sch. 17

F99 Ss. 57(1), 58(2)(3) repealed by Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70), Sch. 30

59 The Green Belt. E+W

(1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F100

(2) In the said Act of 1938—

X4 (a) in section 2(1), in the definition of “the area”, for the words from “London” onwards there shall be substituted the words “and Surrey, and Greater London”;

(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F100

(c) the expression “contributing local authority” in relation to any land in relation to which, if this Act had not been passed, any existing council to whom section 3 (1) (b) of this Act applies would have been such an authority, shall, . . . F101 , include the London borough council whose area includes the whole or any part of the area of that existing council;

(d) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F102

X4 (e) in section 17(7)for the words “county or borough or district or parish” there shall be substituted the words “area”.

Editorial Information

X4 The text of s. 59(2)(a)(e) is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991.

Textual Amendments

F100 S. 59(1)(2)(b) repealed by Local Government Act 1985 (c. 51, SIF 81:1), ss. 1, 102, Sch. 17

F101 Words repealed by Local Government Act 1985 (c. 51, SIF 81:1), ss. 1, 102, Sch. 17

F102 S. 59(1)(d) repealed by Local Government Act 1985 (c. 51, SIF 81:1), ss. 1, 102, Sch. 17

60 Functions under National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act 1949. E+W

(1)—(4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F103

(5) The provisions of Part V of the said Act of 1949 with respect to access agreements and access orders and section 90 of that Act shall not apply to the inner London boroughs or the City; . . . F104

(6) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F105

Textual Amendments

F103 S. 60(1)–(4) repealed by Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (c. 69, SIF 4:5), s. 74(3), Sch. 17 Pt. II

F104 Words repealed by Local Government Act 1985 (c. 51, SIF 81:1), ss. 1, 102, Sch. 17

F105 S. 60(6) repealed by Local Government Act 1985 (c. 51, SIF 81:1), ss. 1, 102, Sch. 17

61 Functions under Town Development Act 1952. X5 E+W

(1),(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F106

(3) It shall be the duty of the Greater London Council—

(a) to implement, or complete the implementation of, any undertaking given before 1st April 1965 with the approval of the Minister—

(i) under section 4, 10(3) or 19(3) of the said Act of 1952 (including the said section 4 as extended by section 34(2) of the M30 Housing Act 1961) by any council to whom section 3(1)(b) of this Act applies; or

(ii) under the said section 4 (as extended as aforesaid) by the Hertfordshire, Essex, Kent or Surrey county council in a case where the undertaking was in respect of development relieving congestion in any area falling within Greater London;

(b) to take or complete any action which was agreed to be taken by any council to whom section 3(1)(b) of this Act applies in pursuance of an agreement made before 1st April 1965, being an agreement made with the authority of the Minister under section 8(1) of the said Act of 1952 or an agreement such as is referred to in section 8(2) of that Act;

and the Greater London Council shall have the like rights under any agreement to which paragraph (b) of this subsection applies as the council whose liabilities thereunder they assume by virtue of that paragraph.

(4) References in subsection (3) of this section to an undertaking given or action agreed to be taken by any council shall be construed as including references to any undertaking or action which, having regard to the established practice of that council, should properly be deemed to have been so given or to have been so agreed to be taken; and any dispute as to the existence or extent of any duty, right or liability of the Greater London Council by virtue of the said subsection (3) or as to whether or not any particular undertaking or action should properly be deemed as aforesaid shall be referred to and determined by the Minister.

(5) Any action authorised by an order under section 9 of the said Act of 1952 to be taken by any council to whom section 3(1)(b) of this Act applies may be taken by the Greater London Council; and that Council shall have the like liabilities and rights in connection with any obligation with respect to that action imposed by the order as the council originally authorised by the order to take that action.

Editorial Information

X5 S. 61: "the said Act of 1952" means Town Development Act 1952 (c. 54)

Textual Amendments

F106 Ss. 61(1)(2), 62(1)(b)(f)(4) repealed by Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70), Sch. 30

Marginal Citations

M30 1961 c. 65.

62 Miscellaneous local authority functions. E+W

(1) The London borough councils and (where not already so) the Common Council shall be local authorities for the purposes of the following enactments—

(a) the M31 Canals Protection (London) Act 1898, which shall extend to the whole of Greater London;

(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F107

(c) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F108

(d) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F109

F110 (e) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(f) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F107

(2) Schedule 14 to this Act shall have effect with respect to the discharge in Greater London and the adjoining areas of functions with respect to land drainage and flood prevention and other functions under the enactments therein mentioned.

(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F111

(4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F107

(5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F112

Textual Amendments

F107 Ss. 61(1)(2), 62(1)(b)(f)(4) repealed by Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70), Sch. 30

F108 S. 62(1)(c) repealed by Poisons Act 1972 (c. 66), s. 13(1), Sch. 2

F109 S. 62(1)(d) repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1989 (c. 43), s. 1(1), Sch. 1 Pt. VII

F110 S. 62(1)(e) repealed (5.11.1993) by 1993 c. 50, s. 1(1), Sch. 1 Pt. X Group1.

F111 S. 62(3) repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1978 (c. 45), s. 1(1), Sch. 1 Pt. XII

F112 S. 62(5) repealed by Local Government Act 1985 (c. 51, SIF 81:1), ss. 1, 102, Sch. 17

Marginal Citations

M31 1898 c. 16.

Part VIII E+W Rating and valuation and associated matters

63 Rating and valuation. E+W

(1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F113

(2) The enactments relating to rating and valuation in England and Wales shall have effect subject to the modifications thereof specified in Schedule 15 to this Act, . . . F114

(a)—(c) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F113

Textual Amendments

F113 S. 63 (1)(2)(a)–(c) repealed by General Rate Act 1967 (c. 9), Sch. 14 Pt. I

F114 Word repealed by General Rate Act 1967 (c. 9), Sch. 14 Pt. I

64, 65. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F115 E+W

Textual Amendments

F115 Ss. 64, 65 repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1975 (c. 10), Sch. Pt. VIII

66 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F116 E+W

Textual Amendments

F116 S. 66 repealed by Local Government Finance Act 1988 (c. 41, SIF 81:1), s. 149, Sch. 13 Pt. I

67 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F117 E+W

Textual Amendments

F117 S. 67 repealed by S.I. 1990/776, art. 3, Sch. 1

68 Financial provisions applicable to the Common Council. E+W

(1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F118

(2) The Common Council may for the purposes of any enactment borrow money under the City of London Sewers Acts 1848 to 1897 in accordance with the provisions of those Acts or of any other Acts regulating the mode of borrowing money by the Council.

(3) In any enactment passed after 1st August 1958 and applying or subsequently applied to the Common Council any reference to the general rate fund of a local authority or any description of local authority shall, except where the context otherwise requires, be construed in relation to the Council as a reference to the general rate of the City.

(4) The foregoing provisions of this section apply to the Common Council as local authority, as police authority and as port health authority.

(5) In this section any reference to any enactment includes a reference to any instrument made under an enactment and any reference to any enactment or instrument includes a reference to any enactment or instrument contained in or made under this Act, or passed or made after this Act.

Textual Amendments

F118 S. 68(1) repealed (subject to savings in S.I. 1990/777, reg, 4(1), Sch. 2) by Local Government Act 1988 (c. 41, SIF 81:1), ss. 117(2), 149, Sch. 13 Pt. I

69, 70. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F119 E+W

Textual Amendments

F119 Ss. 69, 70, 74 repealed by Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70), Sch. 30

Part IX E+W Miscellaneous and General

Common services E+W

71, 72. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F120 E+W

Textual Amendments

F120 Ss. 71, 72 repealed by Local Government Act 1985 (c. 51, SIF 81:1), ss. 1, 102, Sch. 17

73 Publicity for amenities of Greater London. E+W

(1) [F121 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—]

(a) enter into and carry into effect agreements for the purpose with any person approved by the Minister;

(b) make reasonable contributions towards the expenses incurred by any such person in giving effect to any such agreement;

(c) incur reasonable expenditure on the use of suitable media of advertising;

(d) incur reasonable expenditure on the establishment and maintenance of office accommodation for the dissemination of information relating to [F122 their respective areas].

(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F123

Textual Amendments

F121 Words substituted by Local Government Act 1985 (c. 51, SIF 81:1), ss. 1, 102, Sch. 16 para. 1

F122 Words substituted by Local Government Act 1985 (c. 51, SIF 81:1), ss. 1, 102, Sch. 16 para. 1

F123 S. 73(2) repealed by Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980 (c. 65, SIF 81:1, 2), s. 194, Sch. 34 Pt. XVI

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C15 S. 73 amended by Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70), s. 144(4)

C16 S. 73 excluded by Greater London Council (General Powers) Act 1978 (c. xiii), s. 8

Miscellaneous E+W

74 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F124 E+W

Textual Amendments

F124 Ss. 69, 70, 74 repealed by Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70), Sch. 30

75 Compensation for injury to or death of officers. E+W

(1) Any of the following councils, that is to say, F125 ... the London borough councils and the Common Council, may pay compensation—

(a) to any of their officers who sustains an injury in the course of his employment; or

(b) to the widow or widower or child of any of their officers who, in the course of his employment, dies or sustains an injury resulting in death.

(2) Any compensation payable under this section may be paid either—

(a) by way of a lump sum; or

(b) by way of periodical payments of such amounts and payable at such times and for such periods as the council in question may from time to time determine having regard to all the circumstances of the case.

(3) The payment of compensation under this section shall not affect any right or claim to damages or compensation which an officer of any of the councils aforesaid or his widow or widower or child may have against any person other than that council or, except so far as may be agreed when the compensation is granted, against that council.

[F126 (4) This section shall apply to F127 ... [F128 , an authority established by Part I, II, III, IV or V of the Waste Regulation and Disposal (Authorities) Order 1985] [F129 the London Fire Commissioner] as it applies to the councils mentioned in subsection (1) of this section.]

Textual Amendments

F125 Words repealed by Local Government Act 1985 (c. 51, SIF 81:1), ss. 1, 102, Sch. 17

F126 S. 75(4) inserted by Local Government Act 1985 (c. 51, SIF 81:1), s. 84, Sch. 14 Pt. II para. 40(b)

F127 Words “the Inner London Education Authority and” repealed by Education Reform Act 1988 (c. 40, SIF 41:1), ss. 231(7), 235(6), 237(2), Sch. 13 Pt. I

F128 Words in s. 75(4) inserted after the words “the Inner London Education Authority” by virtue of S.I. 1985/1884, art. 10, Sch. 3 para. 5

F129 Words in s. 75(4) substituted (31.1.2017 for specified purposes, 1.4.2018 in so far as not already in force) by Policing and Crime Act 2017 (c. 3), s. 183(1)(5)(e), Sch. 2 para. 25; S.I. 2018/227, reg. 4(c)

76 Adjustment to metropolitan police district. E+W

[F130 (1) The metropolitan police district shall consist of Greater London, excluding the City of London, the Inner Temple and the Middle Temple.]

(2) This section and the Metropolitan Police Acts 1829 to 1959 may be cited together as the Metropolitan Police Acts 1829 to 1963 and this section shall be construed as one with those Acts.

Textual Amendments

F130 S. 76(1) substituted (1.4.2000) by 1999 c. 29, s. 323 (with Sch. 12 para. 9(1)); S.I. 1999/3271, art. 4(a)

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C17 S. 76: power to amend conferred (1.4.1995 subject to arts. 4(2)-(8), 5 of the commencing S.I.) by 1964 c. 48, 21C(2)(a) (as substituted (1.4.1995) by 1994 c. 29, s. 14); S.I. 1994/3262, art. 4(1), Sch.

77 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F131 E+W

Textual Amendments

F131 S. 77 repealed by Superannuation Act 1972 (c. 11), s. 29(4), Sch. 8

78 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F132 E+W

Textual Amendments

F132 S. 78 repealed by Local Government Act 1985 (c. 51, SIF 81:1), ss. 1, 102, Sch. 17

79 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F133 E+W

Textual Amendments

F133 S. 79 repealed by Local Land Charges Act 1975 (c. 76, SIF 98:2), s. 19(1), Sch. 2

F134 80 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E+W

Textual Amendments

F134 S. 80 repealed (1.4.1998) by 1997 c. 2, s. 4(2), Sch. 2 Pt. I; S.I. 1997/3036, art. 2(3)

81 Charities in Greater London. E+W

(1)—(8) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F135

(9) As from 1st April 1965—

(a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F136

F137 (b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F137 (c) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(10) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F138

Textual Amendments

F135 S. 81(1)–(8) repealed (but not so as to alter the charity trustees of any charity) by Education Act 1973 (c. 16), s. 1(4), Sch. 2 Pt. I

F136 S. 81(9)(a) repealed by Education Reform Act 1988 (c. 40, SIF 41:1), ss. 231(7), 235(6), 237(2), Sch. 13 Pt. I

F137 s. 81(9)(b) and (c) repealed (1.8.1993) by 1993 c. 33, ss. 98(2), 99(1), Sch.7.

F138 S. 81(10) repealed by Education Act 1973 (c. 16), Sch. 2 Pt. I

General E+W

82 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F139 E+W

Textual Amendments

F139 S. 82 repealed by Local Government Act 1985 (c. 51, SIF 81:1), ss. 1, 102, Sch. 17

83 Other adaptations of enactments. E+W

(1) As from 1st April 1965, the enactments specified in Schedule 17 to this Act shall have effect subject to the provisions of that Schedule, being provisions necessary or expedient in consequence of other provisions of this Act.

(2) Her Majesty may at any time, whether before or after 1st April 1965, in any case where it appears to Her appropriate in consequence of the provisions of this Act, by Order in Council coming into force not earlier than 1st April 1965 make such further modifications of any enactment contained in any other public general Act passed before 1st April 1965 (not being an Act passed with respect only to the whole or part of the existing county of London) as may appear to Her to be necessary to make that enactment apply—

(a) in relation to Greater London . . . F140 as it applies in relation to . . . F140 a county (or a particular county to which section 3 (1) (b) of this Act applies); or

(b) in relation to a London borough or the council thereof or, as the case may be, in relation to the City or the Common Council, as it applies in relation to, or to the council of, a county borough (or a particular county borough to which the said section 3 (1) (b) applies); or

(c) in relation to a London borough or the council thereof as it applies in relation to, or to the council of, a metropolitan borough (or a particular metropolitan borough),

or, in the case of an enactment conferring on the London county council power to appoint members of any body, to make that power exercisable by some body appearing to Her to be representative of all or any of the councils of the London boroughs and the Common Council . . . F141 ; but no such Order shall be made unless a draft thereof has been laid before, and approved by a resolution of, each House of Parliament.

Textual Amendments

F140 Words repealed by Local Government Act 1985 (c. 51, SIF 81:1), ss. 1, 102, Sch. 17

F141 Words repealed by Education Reform Act 1988 (c. 40, SIF 41:1), ss. 231(7), 235(6), 237(2), Sch. 13 Pt. I

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C18 S. 83 extended by Building Act 1984 (c. 55, SIF 15), s. 132, Sch. 5 para. 3(c)

84 Supplementary and transitional provision. E+W

(1) The Minister or any appropriate Minister may at any time, whether before or after 1st April 1965, by order, which shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament, make such incidental, consequential, transitional or supplementary provision as may appear to him—

(a) to be necessary or proper for the general or any particular purposes of this Act or in consequence of any of the provisions thereof or for giving full effect thereto; or

(b) to be necessary or proper in consequence of such of the provisions of any other Act passed in the same session as this Act as apply to Greater London or any authority therein or any other area or authority affected by Part I of this Act;

and nothing in any other provision of this Act shall be construed as prejudicing the generality of this subsection.

(2) Any such order may in particular include provision—

(a) with respect to the transfer and management or custody of property (whether real or personal) and the transfer of rights and liabilities;

(b) with respect to the membership of any body so far as that membership consists of persons elected by, or appointed by or on the nomination of—

(i) any council affected by Part I of this Act; or

(ii) any two or more bodies who include such a council;

(c) for applying, amending or repealing or revoking, with or without savings, any Act passed or any instrument under an Act made before 1st April 1965;

(d) for requiring the council of any London borough, with a view to securing that the introduction of a general rate of uniform amount per pound of rateable value throughout the borough is gradual, to make and levy during a limited period beginning on 1st April 1965 differential rates determined by reference to the circumstances of the existing rating areas and parts of such areas included in the borough;

(e) for any of the matters specified in section 148(1)(a) to (h) and (2) of the M32 Local Government Act 1933;

(f) for anything duly done before 1st April 1965 by any authority in the exercise of functions which on and after that date become functions of some other authority to be deemed as from that date to have been duly done by that other authority, and for any instrument made before that date, if or so far as it was made in the exercise of those functions, to continue in force on and after that date until varied or revoked in the exercise of those functions by that other authority.

(3) The provision which may be made by virtue of paragraph (e) of the last foregoing subsection shall include the making, in relation to any association mentioned in [F142 section 121 of the Reserve Forces Act 1980], of the like provision as may be made in relation to a public body under section 148(1)(a) to (h) of the M33 Local Government Act 1933, including provision for continuing in existence any such association and the area for which it is established or authorising the establishment of any such association under the [F142 said Act of 1980] for the whole or any part of Greater London and in either case for the appointment of a president and vice-president of any such association.

(4) Notwithstanding anything in the foregoing provisions of this section, the Minister shall not make an order under this section (or this section as extended by section 87 of this Act) affecting any Act or instrument applying only to the City (with or without the Temples) or to things or persons connected therewith except after consultation with the Common Council.

(5) Section 151 of the said Act of 1933 (which relates to financial adjustments by agreement between public bodies affected by any alteration of areas or authorities made by an order under Part VI of that Act) shall apply for the purposes of this Act as if the reference to such an order included a reference to any provision of, or of any instrument made under, this Act.

(6) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F143

Textual Amendments

F142 Words substituted by Reserve Forces Act 1980 (c.9, SIF 7:2), s. 157(1), Sch. 9 para. 8(a)(b)

F143 S. 84(6) repealed by Administration of Justice Act 1964 (c. 42), Sch. 5

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C19 S. 84 extended by Public Health (Control of Disease) Act 1984 (c. 22, SIF 100:1), ss. 77, 79, Sch. 1, para. 5 and by Building Act 1984 (c.55, SIF 15), s. 132, Sch. 5 para. 3(c)

Marginal Citations

M32 1933 c. 51.

M33 1933 c. 51.

85 Transfer and compensation of officers. E+W

(1) Any order under section . . . F144 84 of this Act may contain provisions as to the transfer of any person who is, on such date as may be specified in relation to him in the order, the holder of any place, situation or employment and who is affected by any provision of, or of any instrument made under, this Act, and shall contain provisions for the protection of the interests of such persons.

(2) In the case of any person who on 31st March 1965 is in the employment of one or more local authorities who are or include a council to whom section 3 (1) (b) of this Act applies, being employment which, or which in the aggregate, is wholetime employment, the Minister shall by order make such provision as is necessary to ensure that, to the extent, if any, to which, by reason only of the said section 3 (1) (b), that person would apart from the order cease on 1st April 1965 to be in employment which, or which in the aggregate, would be wholetime employment by one or more local authorities, that person is transferred on 1st April 1965 to the employment of such local authority as may be specified in or determined under the order.

(3) The provision required by subsection (1) or (2) of this section . . . F145 shall include such provision with respect to any person who is transferred under this Act . . . F145 from the employment of one authority to that of another as to secure that—

(a) so long as he continues in the employment of that other authority by virtue of the transfer and until he is served with a statement in writing of new terms and conditions of employment, he enjoys terms and conditions of employment not less favourable than those he enjoyed immediately before the date of transfer; and

(b) the said new terms and conditions are such that—

(i) so long as he is engaged in duties reasonably comparable to those in which he was engaged immediately before the date of transfer, the scale of his salary or remuneration, and

(ii) the other terms and conditions of his employment,

are not less favourable than those he enjoyed immediately before the date of transfer.

(4) The appropriate Minister shall by regulations make provision for the payment by such authority as may be prescribed by or determined under the regulations, but subject to such exceptions or conditions as may be so prescribed, of compensation to or in respect of persons who are, or who but for any such service by them as may be so prescribed would be, the holders of any such place, situation or employment as may be so prescribed and who suffer loss of employment or loss or diminution of emoluments which is attributable to any provision of this Act . . . ; and any such regulations—

(a) may include provision as to the manner in which and the person to whom any claim for compensation is to be made, and for the determination of all questions arising under the regulations; and

(b) shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.

(5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F146

Textual Amendments

F144 Words repealed by Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70), Sch. 30

F145 Words repealed by Planning (Consequential Provisions) Act 1990 (c. 11, SIF 123:1, 2), s.3, Sch. 1 Pt. I, Sch. 3 paras. 1, 2, 4, 6

F146 S. 85(5) repealed by Local Government Act 1985 (c. 51, SIF 81:1), ss. 1, 102, Sch. 17

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C20 S. 85(4) amended by Pensions (Increase) Act 1971 (c. 56), s. 5(1), Sch. 2 paras. 23, 33, 52, 55

86 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F147 E+W

Textual Amendments

F147 S. 86 repealed by Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70), Sch. 30

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.

(2)—(7) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F148

(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

F148 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)

C21 S. 87(8)(a) amended by Greater London Council (General Powers) Act 1967 (c. xx), s. 13

88 General provision as to inquiries. E+W

(1) Any Minister may cause a local inquiry to be held for the purpose of any of his functions under this Act in any case where there is no duty and no power apart from this section to hold an inquiry.

(2) Section 290 (2) to (5) of the M34 Local Government Act 1933 (which subsections relate to the giving of evidence at inquiries and the payment of costs) shall apply to any local inquiry caused to be held for the purposes of this Act by any Minister as if that Minister were a department for the purposes of that section, but shall not apply to any such inquiry so far as some other provision with respect to the subject-matter of those subsections is applicable to that inquiry by virtue of any other enactment.

Marginal Citations

M34 1933 c. 51.

89 Interpretation. E+W

(1) In this Act, except where the context otherwise requires, the following expressions have the following meanings respectively, that is to say—

• “appropriate Minister”, in relation to the making of an order or regulation with respect to any matter, means the Minister in charge of any government department concerned with that matter; but the validity of any order or regulation purporting to be made by any Minister by virtue of a power conferred on the appropriate Minister by this Act shall not be affected by any question as to whether or not that Minister was the appropriate Minister for the purpose;

• “the City” means the City of London;

• “the Common Council” means the Common Council of the City of London;

• “county” means an administrative county;

• . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F149

• “existing” in relation to a local government area or authority, means that area or authority as it existed immediately before the passing of this Act;

• “functions” includes powers and duties;

• . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F150

• “land” includes land covered by water and any interest or right in, to or over land;

• “local statutory provision” means a provision of a local Act (including an Act confirming a provisional order) or a provision of a public general Act passed with respect only to the whole or part of the existing county of London or a provision of an instrument made under any such local or public general Act or of an instrument in the nature of a local enactment made under any other Act;

• . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F151

• “Minister” includes the Board of Trade;

• “the Minister” means the Minister of Housing and Local Government;

• “Port of London” means the port of that name established for the purposes of the enactments relating to customs or excise [F152 together with all such waters between the seaward limit of the port as so established and imaginary straight lines drawn from latitude 51° 37’ 00” north, longitude 00° 57’ 19” east (Foulness Point in the county of Essex) to latitude 51° 46’ 05” north, longitude 01° 20’ 32” east (Gunfleet Old Lighthouse) and thence to latitude 51° 26’ 36” north, longitude 01° 25’ 30” east and thence to latitude 51° 24’ 55” north, longitude 00° 54’ 21” east (Warden Point in the county of Kent) as are for the time being within the territorial waters of Her Majesty’s dominions.]

• “relevant year of election” means the first year of election occurring after the first Order in Council is made after the passing of this Act under the M35 House of Commons (Redistribution of Seats) Act 1949 giving effect to a report of the Boundary Commission for England under that Act with respect to the parliamentary constituencies situated wholly or partly in Greater London; and for the purposes of this definition “year of election” means the year 1967 or any third year thereafter;

• “sewerage area of the Greater London Council” has the meaning assigned to it by section 39 of this Act;

• “the Temples” means the Inner Temple and the Middle Temple.

(2) In this Act, except where the context otherwise requires, references to any enactment shall be construed as references to that enactment as amended, extended or applied by or under any other enactment, including any enactment contained in this Act.

(3) References in any other Act to any enactment modified by this Act shall, except when the context otherwise requires, be construed as a reference to that enactment as so modified.

Textual Amendments

F149 Definition repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1976 (c. 16), s. 1, Sch. 1 Pt. IX

F150 Definition repealed by Local Government Act 1985 (c. 51, SIF 81:1), ss. 1, 102, Sch. 17 and by Education Reform Act 1988 (c. 40, SIF 41:1), ss. 231(7), 235(6), 237(2), Sch. 13 Pt. I

F151 Definition of “metropolitan road” repealed by Transport (London) Act 1969 (c. 35), Sch. 6

F152 Words added by City of London (Various Powers) Act 1965 (c. xxxix), s. 31

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C22 Functions of Board of Trade now exercisable by Secretary of State concurrently with Board of Trade: S.I. 1970/1537

C23 Functions of Minister of Housing and Local Government now exercisable by Secretary of State: S.I. 1970/1681

Marginal Citations

M35 1949 c. 66.

90 Orders, rules and regulations. E+W

Any power to make orders, rules or regulations conferred by this Act on any Minister shall be exercisable by statutory instrument, and any power to make an order under any provision of this Act shall include power to make an order varying or revoking any order previously made under that provision.

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C24 S. 90 extended by Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1982 (c. 30, SIF 81:1), s. 42(4)

91 Expenses. E+W

(1) There shall be defrayed out of moneys provided by Parliament—

(a) any expenses incurred by any Minister under this Act; and

(b) any increase attributable to the provisions of this Act in the sums payable out of moneys so provided under any other enactment.

(2) Any sums received by any Minister under this Act shall be paid into the Exchequer.

92 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F153 E+W

Textual Amendments

F153 S. 92 repealed by House of Commons Disqualification Act 1975 (c. 24), Sch. 3 and Northern Ireland Assembly Disqualification Act 1975 (c. 25), s. 5(2), Sch. 3 Pt. I

93 Repeals and savings. E+W

(1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F154

(2) Without prejudice to section 38(1) of the M36 Interpretation Act 1889, where this Act repeals any enactment making provision with respect to a particular matter or particular matters and either makes, or applies some other enactment making, corresponding or different provision with respect to that matter or those matters, then, unless the contrary intention appears and, in particular, subject to any order under section 82, 83, 84, 85 or 87 of this Act, references in any enactment other than this Act, or in any instrument made under any enactment other than this Act, to the repealed enactment shall be construed as references to the enactment contained in or applied by this Act which makes the corresponding or different provision.

(3) Nothing in this Act shall affect the boundary of the area for the supply of electricity . . . F155 of any Area Board within the meaning of the M37 Electricity Act 1947 . . . F155 .

(4) Nothing contained in, or done by virtue of, any provision of this Act other than section 84(2)(b) or paragraph 35 of Schedule 4 shall affect the functions of the conservators of any common.

(5) Any enabling provision contained in this Act shall be deemed to be in addition to, and not in derogation of, any powers exercisable by Her Majesty by virtue of Her Royal prerogative.

Textual Amendments

F154 S. 93(1) repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1974 (c. 22), Sch. Pt. XI

F155 Words repealed by Gas Act 1972 (c. 60), Sch. 8

Marginal Citations

M36 1889 c. 63.

M37 1947 c. 54.

94 Short title, commencement and extent. E+W

(1) This Act may be cited as the London Government Act 1963.

(2) The following provisions of this Act shall not come into force until 1st April 1965, that is to say, Parts II, III, and V to VIII other than sections 17(6), 48(2), 62(4), 66, 69, and 70.

(3) Except for section 4(4) . . . F156 of this Act . . . F156 , the provisions of this Act other than this subsection shall not extend to Scotland; and as from 1st April 1965 in paragraph 8 of Schedule 6 to the M38 Valuation and Rating (Scotland) Act 1956 for the words “the Administrative County of London” there shall be substituted the words “Greater London other than the outer London boroughs”.

(4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F156 , the provisions of this Act. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F156 shall not extend to Northern Ireland.

Textual Amendments

F156 Words repealed by House of Commons Disqualification Act 1975 (c. 24), Sch. 3 and Northern Ireland Assembly Disqualification Act 1975 (c. 25), s. 5(2), Sch. 3 Pt. I

Marginal Citations

M38 1956 c. 60.

SCHEDULES

Section 1.

SCHEDULE 1 E+W The London Boroughs

Part I E+W

Areas etc. of the London boroughs E+W

1	2	3
Reference number of London borough	Area by reference to existing administrative areas	Initial number of councillors on Greater London Council
1	The metropolitan boroughs of Westminster, Paddington and St. Marylebone.	4
2	The metropolitan boroughs of Hampstead, Holborn and St. Pancras.	3
3	The metropolitan boroughs of Finsbury and Islington.	3
4	The metropolitan boroughs of Hackney, Shoreditch and Stoke Newington.	3
5	The metropolitan boroughs of Bethnal Green, Poplar and Stepney.	2
6	The metropolitan borough of Greenwich and so much of the metropolitan borough of Woolwich as lies south of the boundary referred to in paragraph 1 of Part II of this Schedule.	3
7	The metropolitan boroughs of Deptford and Lewisham.	4
8	The metropolitan boroughs of Bermondsey, Camberwell and Southwark.	4
9	The metropolitan borough of Lambeth and so much of the metropolitan borough of Wandsworth as lies east of the boundary referred to in paragraph 2 of Part II of this Schedule.	4
10	The metropolitan borough of Battersea and so much of the metropolitan borough of Wandsworth as lies west of the boundary referred to in paragraph 2 of Part II of this Schedule.	4
11	The metropolitan boroughs of Fulham and Hammersmith.	3
12	The metropolitan boroughs of Chelsea and Kensington.	3
13	The boroughs of Chingford, Leyton and Walthamstow.	3.
14	The borough of Ilford, the borough of Wanstead and Woodford, so much of the borough of Dagenham as lies north of the boundary referred to in paragraph 3 of Part II of this Schedule, and so much of the urban district of Chigwell as lies south of the boundary referred to in paragraph 4 of the said Part II.	3
15	The borough of Romford and the urban district of Hornchurch.	3
16	So much of the borough of Barking as lies east of the boundary referred to in paragraph 5 of Part II of this Schedule, and so much of the borough of Dagenham as lies south of the boundary referred to in paragraph 3 of the said Part II.	2
17	The county boroughs of East Ham and West Ham, so much of the borough of Barking as lies west of the boundary referred to in paragraph 5 of Part II of this Schedule and so much of the metropolitan borough of Woolwich as lies north of the boundary referred to in paragraph 1 of the said Part II.	3
18	The boroughs of Bexley and Erith, the urban district of Crayford, and so much of the urban district of Chislehurst and Sidcup as lies north of the boundary referred to in paragraph 6 of Part II of this Schedule.	3
19	The boroughs of Beckenham and Bromley, the urban districts of Orpington and Penge, and so much of the urban district of Chislehurst and Sidcup as lies south of the boundary referred to in paragraph 6 of Part II of this Schedule.	4
20	The county borough of Croydon and the urban district of Coulsdon and Purley.	4
21	The borough of Beddington and Wallington, the borough of Sutton and Cheam and the urban district of Carshalton.	2
22	The boroughs of Mitcham and Wimbledon and the urban district of Merton and Morden.	2
23	The borough of Kingston-upon-Thames, the borough of Malden and Coombe and the borough of Surbiton.	2
24	The boroughs of Barnes, Richmond and Twickenham.	2
25	The borough of Brentford and Chiswick, the borough of Heston and Isleworth, and the urban district of Feltham.	3
26	The borough of Uxbridge, the urban district of Hayes and Harlington, the urban district of Ruislip-Northwood, and the urban district of Yiewsley and West Drayton.	3
27	The boroughs of Acton, Ealing and Southall	4
28	The boroughs of Wembley and Willesden	4
29	The borough of Harrow	3
30	The boroughs of Finchley and Hendon, and the urban districts of Barnet, East Barnet and Friern Barnet.4	4
31	The boroughs of Hornsey, Tottenham and Wood Green.	3
32	The boroughs of Edmonton, Enfield and Southgate.	3

Part II E+W

Definition of certain boundaries E+W

1 E+W The boundary between the London boroughs numbered 6 and 17 respectively in Part I of this Schedule in the existing metropolitan borough of Woolwich shall be the line for the time being of the centre of the navigable channel of the River Thames at low water.

2 E+W The boundary between the London boroughs numbered 9 and 10 respectively in the said Part I in the existing metropolitan borough of Wandsworth shall be such as the Minister may by order determine on or near the general line of Hazelbourne Road, Cavendish Road, the railway between Balham and Streatham Common stations and the railway between Streatham and Mitcham Junction stations.

3 E+W The boundary between the London boroughs numbered 14 and 16 respectively in the said Part I in the existing borough of Dagenham shall be such as the Minister may by order determine on or near the general line of Billet Road.

4 E+W The boundary of the London borough numbered 14 in the said Part I in the existing urban district of Chigwell shall be a line beginning where the eastern boundary of the railway from Ilford to Woodford crosses the existing urban district boundary and running northwards along that eastern boundary to the southern edge of the footway on the south side of Manor Road, thence north-eastwards along that southern edge to the eastern boundary of No. 251 Manor Road, thence south-eastwards along that eastern boundary and in a straight line in continuation thereof to the northern boundary of the London county council’s Hainault estate, thence north-eastwards along that northern boundary to the western edge of the footway on the western side of Romford Road, and thence south-eastwards along that western edge to the point where it crosses the existing urban district boundary.

5 E+W The boundary between the London boroughs numbered 16 and 17 respectively in the said Part I in the existing borough of Barking shall be such as the Minister may by order determine on or near the general line of the River Roding and Barking Creek.

6 E+W The boundary between the London boroughs numbered 18 and 19 respectively in the said Part I in the existing urban district of Chislehurst and Sidcup shall be such as the Minister may by order determine on or near the general line of route A.20.

Part III E+W

1—8. E+W . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F157

Textual Amendments

F157 Sch. 1 Pt. III repealed by Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70), Sch. 30

SCHEDULE 2 E+W . . . F158

Textual Amendments

F158 Sch. 2 repealed by Local Government Act 1985 (c. 51, SIF 81:1), ss. 1, 102, Sch. 17

Section 8

SCHEDULE 3 E+W Parliamentary and Local Government Elections in and around Greater London

1—15. E+W . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F159

Textual Amendments

F159 Sch. 3 paras. 1–15, 17–20, 25, 26, 28–30 repealed by Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70), Sch. 30

16 E+W . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F160

Textual Amendments

F160 Sch. 3 Pt. I para. 16 repealed by Representation of the People Act 1983 (c. 2, SIF 42), s.206, Sch. 9 Pt. II

17—20. E+W . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F161

Textual Amendments

F161 Sch. 3 paras. 1–15, 17–20, 25, 26, 28–30 repealed by Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70), Sch. 30

21 E+W . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F162

Textual Amendments

F162 Sch. 3 Pt. II para. 21 repealed by Parliamentary Constituencies Act 1986 (c. 56, SIF 89), ss. 8, 9(2), Sch. 4

22—24. E+W . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F163

Textual Amendments

F163 Sch. 3 Pt. II paras. 22–24 repealed by Local Government Act 1985 (c. 51, SIF 81:1), ss. 1, 102, Sch. 17

Part III E+W Modifications of Representation of the People Act 1949

25, 26. E+W . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F164

Textual Amendments

F164 Sch. 3 paras. 1–15, 17–20, 25, 26, 28–30 repealed by Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70), Sch. 30

27 E+W . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F165

Textual Amendments

F165 Sch. 3 Pt. III paras. 27, 32, 33, 35 repealed by Representation of the People Act 1983 (c. 2, SIF 42), s. 206, Sch. 9 Pt. II

28—30. E+W . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F166

Textual Amendments

F166 Sch. 3 paras. 1–15, 17–20, 25, 26, 28–30 repealed by Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70), Sch. 30

31—33. E+W . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F167

Textual Amendments

F167 Sch. 3 Pt. III paras. 27, 32, 33, 35 repealed by Representation of the People Act 1983 (c. 2, SIF 42), s. 206, Sch. 9 Pt. II

34 E+W . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F168

Textual Amendments

F168 Sch. 3 para. 34 repealed by Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70), Sch. 30

35 E+W . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F169

Textual Amendments

F169 Sch. 3 Pt. III paras. 27, 32, 33, 35 repealed by Representation of the People Act 1983 (c. 2, SIF 42), s. 206, Sch. 9 Pt. II

36 E+W . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F170

Textual Amendments

F170 Sch. 3 para. 36 repealed by Representation of the People Act 1969 (c. 15), Sch. 3 Pt. I

SCHEDULE 4 E+W . . . F171

Textual Amendments

F171 Sch. 4 repealed by Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70), Sch. 30

SCHEDULE 5 E+W . . . F172

Textual Amendments

F172 Sch. 5 repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1989 (c. 43), s. 1(1), Sch. 1 Pt. X

SCHEDULE 6 E+W . . . F173

Textual Amendments

F173 Sch. 6 repealed by Highways Act 1980 (c. 66, SIF 59), s. 43(3), Sch. 25

SCHEDULE 7 E+W . . . F174

Textual Amendments

F174 Sch. 7 repealed by Transport (London) Act 1969 (c. 35), Sch. 6

SCHEDULE 8 E+W . . . F175

Textual Amendments

F175 Sch. 8 repealed by Housing (Consequential Provisions) Act 1985 (c. 71, SIF 61), s. 3, Sch. 1 Pt. I

SCHEDULE 9 E+W Modification and Re-enactment as from 1st April 1965 of Enactments Relating to Sewerage and Drainage

Part I E+W

1—4. E+W . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F176

Textual Amendments

F176 Sch. 9 Pt. I, Pt. II paras. 1–4, 7–10, 12–16, 19 and Pt. III paras. 4(3), 5, 7, 8, 10–12 repealed by Water Act 1973 (c. 37), Sch. 9

Part II E+W M39 Specific modifications of Sewerage Provisions of Public Health Act 1936

Marginal Citations

M39 1936 c. 49.

1—4. E+W . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F177

Textual Amendments

F177 Sch. 9 Pt. I, Pt. II paras. 1–4, 7–10, 12–16, 19 and Pt. III paras. 4(3), 5, 7, 8, 10–12 repealed by Water Act 1973 (c. 37), Sch. 9

5 E+W . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F178

Textual Amendments

F178 Sch. 9 Pt. II para. 5 repealed by Local Government Act 1985 (c. 51, SIF 81:1), ss. 1, 102, Sch. 17

6 E+W . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F179

Textual Amendments

F179 Sch. 9 Pt. II para. 6 repealed by Water Act 1989 (c. 15, SIF 130), ss. 58(7), 101(1), 141(6), 160(1)(2)(4), 163, 189(4)–(10), 190, 193(1), Sch. 26 paras. 3(1)(2), 17, 40(4), 41(1), 57(6), 58, Sch. 27 Pt. I

7—10. E+W . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F180

Textual Amendments

F180 Sch. 9 Pt. I, Pt. II paras. 1–4, 7–10, 12–16, 19 and Pt. III paras. 4(3), 5, 7, 8, 10–12 repealed by Water Act 1973 (c. 37), Sch. 9

F181 11 E+W . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F181 Sch. 9 Pt. II para. 11 repealed (1.12.1991) by Water Consolidation (Consequential Provisions) Act 1991 (c. 60, SIF 130), ss. 3(1), 4(2), Sch.3 Pt. I (with Sch. 2 paras. 10, 14(1), 15)

12—16. E+W . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F182

Textual Amendments

F182 Sch. 9 Pt. I, Pt. II paras. 1–4, 7–10, 12–16, 19 and Pt. III paras. 4(3), 5, 7, 8, 10–12 repealed by Water Act 1973 (c. 37), Sch. 9

F183 17 E+W . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F183 Sch. 9 Pt. II para. 17 repealed (1.12.1991) by Water Consolidation (Consequential Provisions) Act 1991 (c. 60, SIF 130), ss. 3(1), 4(2), Sch.3 Pt. I (with Sch. 2 paras. 10, 14(1), 15

18 E+W . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F184

Textual Amendments

F184 Sch. 9 Pt. II para. 18 repealed by Building Act 1984 (c. 55, SIF 15), ss. 133(2), 134, 135, Sch. 7

19 E+W . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F185

Textual Amendments

F185 Sch. 9 Pt. I, Pt. II paras. 1–4, 7–10, 12–16, 19 and Pt. III paras. 4(3), 5, 7, 8, 10–12 repealed by Water Act 1973 (c. 37), Sch. 9

Part III E+W F186 . . .

Textual Amendments

F186 Sch. 9 Pt. III repealed (1.12.1991) by Water Consolidation (Consequential Provisions) Act 1991 (c. 60, SIF 130), ss. 3(1), 4(2), Sch.3 Pt. I (with Sch. 2 paras. 10, 14(1), 15)

Construction, maintenance and operation of sewers, etc. E+W

F187 1 E+W . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F187 Sch. 9 Pt. III para. 1: Sch. 9 Pt. III repealed (1.12.1991) by Water Consolidation (Consequential Provisions) Act 1991 (c. 60, SIF 130), ss. 3(1), 4(2), Sch.3 Pt. I (with Sch. 2 paras. 10, 14(1), 15)

F188 2 E+W . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F188 Sch. 9 Pt. III para. 2: Sch. 9 Pt. III repealed (1.12.1991) by Water Consolidation (Consequential Provisions) Act 1991 (c. 60, SIF 130), ss. 3(1), 4(2), Sch.3 Pt. I (with Sch. 2 paras. 10, 14(1), 15)

F189 3 E+W . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F189 Sch. 9 Pt. III para. 3: Sch. 9 Pt. III repealed (1.12.1991) by Water Consolidation (Consequential Provisions) Act 1991 (c 60, SIF 130), ss. 3(1), 4(2), Sch.3 Pt. I (with Sch. 2 paras. 10, 14(1), 15)

F190 4 E+W . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F190 Sch. 9 Pt. III para. 4: Sch. 9 Pt. III repealed (1.12.1991) by Water Consolidation (Consequential Provisions) Act 1991 (c. 60, SIF 130), ss. 3(1), 4(2), Sch.3 Pt. I (with Sch. 2 paras. 10, 14(1), 15)

F191 9 E+W . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F191 Sch. 9 Pt. III para. 9: Sch. 9 Pt. III repealed (1.12.1991) by Water Consolidation (Consequential Provisions) Act 1991 (c. 60, SIF 130), ss. 3(1), 4(2), Sch.3 Pt. I (with Sch. 2 paras. 10, 14(1), 15)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Miscellaneous E+W

F194 16 E+W . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F194 Sch. 9 Pt. III para. 16: Sch. 9 Pt. III repealed (1.12.1991) by Water Consolidation (Consequential Provisions) Act 1991 (c. 60, SIF 130), ss. 3(1), 4(2), Sch.3 Pt. I (with Sch. 2 paras. 10, 14(1), 15)

F195 17 E+W . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F195 Sch. 9 Pt. III para. 17: Sch. 9 Pt. III repealed (1.12.1991) by Water Consolidation (Consequential Provisions) Act 1991 (c. 60, SIF 130), ss. 3(1), 4(2), Sch.3 Pt. I (with Sch. 2 paras. 10, 14(1), 15)

F196 18 E+W . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F196 Sch. 9 Pt. III para. 18: Sch. 9 Pt. III repealed (1.12.1991) by Water Consolidation (Consequential Provisions) Act 1991 (c. 60, SIF 130), ss. 3(1), 4(2), Sch.3 Pt. I (with Sch. 2 paras. 10, 14(1), 15)

F197 19 E+W . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F197 Sch. 9 Pt. III para. 19: Sch. 9 Pt. III repealed (1.12.1991) by Water Consolidation (Consequential Provisions) Act 1991 (c. 60, SIF 130), ss. 3(1), 4(2), Sch.3 Pt. I (with Sch. 2 paras. 10, 14(1), 15)

F198 20 E+W . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F198 Sch. 9 Pt. III para. 20: Sch. 9 Pt. III repealed (1.12.1991) by Water Consolidation (Consequential Provisions) Act 1991 (c. 60, SIF 130), ss. 3(1), 4(2), Sch.3 Pt. I (with Sch. 2 paras. 10, 14(1), 15)

F199 21 E+W . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F199 Sch. 9 Pt. III para. 21: Sch. 9 Pt. III repealed (1.12.1991) by Water Consolidation (Consequential Provisions) Act 1991 (c. 60, SIF 130), ss. 3(1), 4(2), Sch.3 Pt. I (with Sch. 2 paras. 10, 14(1), 15)

SCHEDULE 10 E+W . . . F200

Textual Amendments

F200 Sch. 10 repealed by Water Act 1973 (c. 37), Sch. 9

Section 40.

SCHEDULE 11 E+W Modification and Re-enactment as from 1st April 1965 of Provisions of Public Health Acts

Part I E+W Modifications

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C25 Sch. 11 Pt. I saved by Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70), s. 180(1)

General Modifications E+W

1 E+W Subject to the provisions of this Schedule, any reference in the enactments to which section 40 of this Act applies to the council of a county borough shall be construed as including a reference to the council of a London borough, the Common Council, the Sub-Treasurer of the Inner Temple and the Under-Treasurer of the Middle Temple.

2 E+W Subject as aforesaid, and without prejudice to the foregoing paragraph, any reference in the said enactments to the district of a local authority or urban authority shall be construed as including a reference to a London borough, the City, the Inner Temple and the Middle Temple and any reference to a borough or urban district shall be construed as including a reference to the City, the Inner Temple and the Middle Temple.

3—10. E+W . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F201

Textual Amendments

F201 Sch. 11 Pt. I paras. 3–10, 15 repealed by Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70), Sch. 30

M40 The Public Health Act 1936 E+W

Marginal Citations

M40 1936 c. 49.

11 E+W Subject to the provisions of the Public Health Act 1936 . . . F202 and this Schedule, in any district in Greater London the duty imposed by section 1(1) of carrying the said Act of 1936 into execution shall, so far as relating to the enactments to which section 40 of this Act applies, be the duty of the local authority for that district.

Textual Amendments

F202 Words repealed (E.W.) by Public Health (Control of Disease) Act 1984 (c. 22, SIF 100:1), s. 78, Sch. 3 and also expressed as repealed by Building Act 1984 (c. 55, SIF 15), ss. 133(2), 134, 135, Sch. 7

12 E+W . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F203

Textual Amendments

F203 Sch. 11 Pt. I para. 12 repealed by Building Act 1984 (c. 55, SIF 15), ss. 133(2), 134, 135, Sch. 7

13 E+W Section 51 shall in its application to Greater London have effect as if any reference to a water closet included a reference to a urinal and as if that section required the occupier of every building in or in connection with which a urinal is provided to cause the urinal to be supplied with flushing apparatus.

14 E+W . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F204

Textual Amendments

F204 Sch. 11 Pt. 1 paras. 14, 16 repealed by Control of Pollution Act 1974 (c. 40), s. 109(2), Sch. 4

15 E+W . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F205

Textual Amendments

F205 Sch. 11 Pt. I paras. 3–10, 15 repealed by Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70), Sch. 30

16 E+W . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F206

Textual Amendments

F206 Sch. 11 Pt. 1 paras. 14, 16 repealed by Control of Pollution Act 1974 (c. 40), s. 109(2), Sch. 4

17 E+W Byelaws made under section 81 with respect to Greater London may include provision for preventing the occurrence of nuisances from ice, salt, offal, carrion, fish or other matter as well as nuisance from the matters therein mentioned.

18 (1) Byelaws made under section 82(1) with respect to Greater London may make the like provision for the removal or carriage by water of faecal or offensive or noxious matter or liquid as may be made with respect to the removal or carriage thereof through the streets and may provide that any receptacle or any ship or other vessel used for the purpose shall be properly constructed and covered so as to prevent the escape of any such matter or liquid and so as to prevent any nuisance arising therefrom. E+W

X6 (2) In section 82(2) for the words from “a regulation” onwards there shall be substituted the words “an order under section 34 of the Road Traffic Act 1960 or section 10 (1) of the London Government Act 1963, and the order shall prevail”.

Editorial Information

X6 The text of Sch. 11 Pt. I paras. 18(2), 27, 31, 33 is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991.

19 E+W . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F207

Textual Amendments

F207 Sch. 11 Pt. I para. 19 repealed by Local Government Act 1985 (c. 51, SIF 81:1), ss. 1, 102, Sch. 17

20 E+W . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F208

Textual Amendments

F208 Sch. 11 Pt. I para. 20 repealed by Environmental Protection Act 1990 (c. 43, SIF 46:4), s. 162(2), Sch. 16 Pt. III

21 E+W . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F209

Textual Amendments

F209 Sch. 11 Pt. I para. 21 repealed by Building Act 1984 (c. 55, SIF 15), ss. 133(2), 134, 135, Sch. 7

22 E+W . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F210

Textual Amendments

F210 Sch. 11 Pt. I paras. 22, 25 repealed by Public Health (Control of Disease) Act 1984 (c. 22, SIF 100:1), ss. 78, 79, Sch. 3

23 E+W In section 266(1)(i) the references to a land drainage authority shall include references to the Greater London Council.

24 E+W In Part XII—

(a) any reference to the Public Health Act 1936 shall include a reference to section 41 of this Act and this Schedule;

(b) any reference to a council shall be construed as including a reference to the Sub-Treasurer of the Inner Temple and the Under-Treasurer of the Middle Temple, except that any reference in any provision of Part XII to the clerk or any officer or authorised officer of the council shall, in relation to the Inner Temple or the Middle Temple, be construed as a reference to an officer authorised by the Sub-Treasurer or the Under-Treasurer, as the case may be, to act for the purposes of that provision;

(c) any reference to a local authority or the district of a local authority shall, so far as relating to any enactment under which the Greater London Council has functions, be construed as a reference to that Council or Greater London as the case may be.

25 E+W . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F211

Textual Amendments

F211 Sch. 11 Pt. I paras. 22, 25 repealed by Public Health (Control of Disease) Act 1984 (c. 22, SIF 100:1), ss. 78, 79, Sch. 3

M41 The Water Act 1945 E+W

Marginal Citations

M41 1945 c. 42.

26 E+W . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F212

Textual Amendments

F212 Sch. 11 Pt. I para. 26 repealed by Water Act 1989 (c. 15, SIF 130), ss. 58(7), 101(1), 141(6), 160(1)(2)(4), 163, 189(4)–(10), 190, 193(1), Sch. 26 paras. 3(1)(2), 17, 40(4), 41(1), 57(6), 58, Sch. 27 Pt. I

F213 27 E+W . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F213 Sch. 11 Pt. I para. 27 repealed (1.12.1991) by Water Consolidation (Consequential Provisions) Act 1991 (c. 60, SIF 130), ss. 3(1), 4|2), Sch.3 Pt. I (with Sch. 2 paras. 10, 14(1), 15)

28 E+W . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F214

Textual Amendments

F214 Sch. 11 Pt. I para. 28 repealed by Local Government Act 1985 (c. 51, SIF 81:1), ss. 1, 102, Sch. 17

29 E+W . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F215

Textual Amendments

F215 Sch. 11 Pt. I para. 29 repealed by Water Act 1989 (c. 15, SIF 130), ss. 58(7), 101(1), 141(6), 160(1)(2)(4), 163, 189(4)–(10), 190, 193(1), Sch. 26 paras. 3(1)(2), 17, 40(4), 41(1), 57(6), 58, Sch. 27 Pt. I

M42 The Clean Air Act 1956 E+W

Marginal Citations

M42 1956 c. 52.

F216 30 E+W . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F216 Sch. 11 para. 30 repealed (27.8.1993) by 1993 c. 11, ss. 67(3), 68(2), Sch.6.

F217 31 E+W . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F217 Sch. 11 para. 31 repealed (27.8.1993) by 1993 c. 11, ss. 67(3), 68(3), Sch.6.

32 E+W . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F218

Textual Amendments

F218 Sch. 11 para. 32 repealed by Control of Pollution Act 1974 (c. 40), s. 109(2), Sch. 4

M43 The Public Health Act 1961 E+W

Marginal Citations

M43 1961 c. 64.

X7 33 E+W In section 2 (3) after the word “district” there shall be inserted the words “the Common Council, the Sub-Treasurer of the Inner Temple or the Under-Treasurer of the Middle Temple”.

Editorial Information

X7 The text of Sch. 11 Pt. I paras. 18(2), 27, 31, 33 is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991.

34—36. E+W . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F219

Textual Amendments

F219 Sch. 11 Pt. I paras. 34–36 repealed by Building Act 1984 (c. 55, SIF 15), ss. 133(2), 134, 135, Sch. 7

37 E+W . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F220

Textual Amendments

F220 Sch. 11 Pt. I para. 37 repealed by Highways Act 1980 (c. 66, SIF 59), s. 43(3), Sch. 25

38 E+W . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F221

Textual Amendments

F221 Sch. 11 Pt. I para. 38 repealed by Local Government Act 1985 (c. 51, SIF 81:1), ss. 1, 102, Sch. 17

39 E+W . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F222

Textual Amendments

F222 Sch. 11 Pt. I para. 39 repealed by Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70), Sch. 30

40 E+W . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F223

Textual Amendments

F223 Sch. 11 Pt. I para. 40 repealed by Local Government Act 1985 (c. 51, SIF 81:1), ss. 1, 102, Sch. 17

41 E+W . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F224

Textual Amendments

F224 Sch. 11 Pt. I para. 41 repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1977 (c. 18), s. 1(1), Sch. 1 Pt. XI

Part II E+W Provisions Reproduced from Enactments Relating to Public Health in London

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C26 Sch. 11 Pt. II: power to transfer certain functions conferred by Public Health (Control of Disease) Act 1984 (c. 22, SIF 100:1), ss. 7(3)(c), 8(2)

1 (1) Without prejudice to sections 259 and 262 of the M44 Public Health Act 1936, but subject to the following provisions of this paragraph, if a local authority consider that in any premises a pond, pool, ditch, gutter or place containing, or used for the collection of, any drainage, filth, stagnant water or other matter is likely to be prejudicial to health or a nuisance, they may by notice require the owner or occupier of the premises to drain, cleanse, cover or fill up the pond, pool, ditch, gutter or place, or to construct a proper drain for the discharge of the matter, or to execute such other works as the circumstances may require. E+W

(2) The local authority may contribute towards the expenses incurred by any person in complying with a notice under this paragraph.

(3) Where any works required by a notice under this paragraph interfere with any right to the use of water, the local authority may, with the agreement of the person in whom the right is vested, acquire from him the right and any land for the benefit of which the right enures, instead of compensating him under section 278 of the Public Health Act 1936.

(4) The provisions of Part XII of the Public Health Act 1936 with respect to appeals against, and the enforcement of, notices requiring the execution of works shall apply in relation to any notice given under this paragraph.

Marginal Citations

M44 1936 c. 49.

2, 3. E+W . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F225

Textual Amendments

F225 Sch. 11 Pt. II paras. 2, 3 repealed by Building Act 1984 (c. 55, SIF 15), s. 133(2), Sch. 7

[F226 4 E+W Byelaws with respect to the construction and use of incinerators for the disposal of refuse in inner London boroughs and the City (being incinerators which are, or are in the nature of, buildings or structures or which form part of a building or structure) shall be made by the councils of those boroughs or the Common Council, as the case may be.

Textual Amendments

F226 Sch. 11 Pt. II para. 4 substituted by Local Government Act 1985 (c. 51, SIF 81:1), s. 9, Sch. 6 para. 1

5 E+W It shall be the duty of each local authority to enforce in their district any byelaws under paragraphs 2 to 4 of this Part of this Schedule which are in force in their district.

Textual Amendments

F226 Sch. 11 Pt. II para. 4 substituted by Local Government Act 1985 (c. 51, SIF 81:1), s. 9, Sch. 6 para. 1

6 E+W The council of any London borough and the Common Council may make byelaws with respect to the following operations, except when carried out by a local authority . . . F227 and except so far as byelaws with respect thereto may be made under section 72 or 82 of the M45 Public Health Act 1936, that is to say—

(a) the removal of refuse from premises in the council’s area;

(b) the conveyance of refuse by rail, road or water from loading points in that area;

(c) the deposit of refuse in premises in that area pending its removal or disposal.

Textual Amendments

F226 Sch. 11 Pt. II para. 4 substituted by Local Government Act 1985 (c. 51, SIF 81:1), s. 9, Sch. 6 para. 1

F227 Words repealed by Local Government Act 1985 (c. 51, SIF 81:1), ss. 1, 102, Sch. 17

Marginal Citations

M45 1936 c. 49.

7 E+W Any person who has in his possession or under his control any article of food which is unsound, unwholesome or unfit for human consumption may, by notice to the local authority, specifying and identifying the article, request its removal, and the local authority shall cause it to be removed as if it were trade refuse which they had undertaken to remove under section 73(1) of the Public Health Act 1936.

Textual Amendments

F226 Sch. 11 Pt. II para. 4 substituted by Local Government Act 1985 (c. 51, SIF 81:1), s. 9, Sch. 6 para. 1

8 E+W . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F228

Textual Amendments

F226 Sch. 11 Pt. II para. 4 substituted by Local Government Act 1985 (c. 51, SIF 81:1), s. 9, Sch. 6 para. 1

F228 Sch. 11 Pt. II para. 8 repealed by Public Health (Control of Disease) Act 1984 (c. 22, SIF 100:1), ss. 78, 79, Sch. 3

9 (1) Where it appears to a local authority, being the council of a London borough or the Common Council, that any land within the area of the authority is by reason of its derelict, neglected or unsightly condition detrimental to the amenities of the neighbourhood, the authority may, after serving notice of their proposals on the owner and on the occupier of the land and subject to sub-paragraph (3) of this paragraph, execute such works and do such other things as the authority consider expedient for the purpose of restoring or improving and thereafter preserving the appearance of the land: E+W

Provided that the works and other things which may be required to be executed or done under this paragraph shall not include the erection or maintenance of any building or the doing of anything in or upon any building, but may include the erection or maintenance of a hoarding or fence.

(2) Any person served with a notice under the foregoing sub-paragraph may, if aggrieved by the proposal specified in the notice, appeal to a magistrates’ court within the period of twenty-eight days beginning with the date of the service of the notice.

(3) A local authority may proceed with the proposals specified in a notice under sub-paragraph (1) of this paragraph if but only if—

(a) none of the persons on whom the notice was served has, within the said period of twenty-eight days, taken steps to implement the proposals himself or instituted an appeal against the proposals to a magistrates’ court; or

(b) any such steps begun to be taken by any such person within that period are not completed within a reasonable time; or

(c) any appeal instituted within that period has been dismissed or abandoned or failed for want of prosecution.

(4) Any expenses incurred by the local authority in removing any materials from any land in exercise of the powers conferred on them by this paragraph and the cost of selling any materials so removed may be deducted by the authority from the proceeds which they are required by section 276 of the M46 Public Health Act 1936 to pay to the person to whom the materials belonged.

(5) The foregoing provisions of this paragraph shall not be construed as prejudicing the powers exercisable by the Greater London Council under section 69 of the M47 London Building Acts (Amendment) Act 1939, or by the council of an outer London borough under [F229 section 79 of the Building Act 1984], or by the local planning authority under section 89 of the National Parks and Access to the M48 Countryside Act 1949.

Textual Amendments

F226 Sch. 11 Pt. II para. 4 substituted by Local Government Act 1985 (c. 51, SIF 81:1), s. 9, Sch. 6 para. 1

F229 Words substituted by Building Act 1984 (c. 55, SIF 15), s. 133(1), Sch. 6 para. 10

Marginal Citations

M46 1936 c. 49.

M47 1939 c. xcvii.

M48 1949 c. 97.

10 E+W Without prejudice to paragraph 24 of Part I of this Schedule, expressions used in this Part of this Schedule and the Public Health Act 1936 have the same meanings in this Part of this Schedule as in that Act.]

Textual Amendments

F226 Sch. 11 Pt. II para. 4 substituted by Local Government Act 1985 (c. 51, SIF 81:1), s. 9, Sch. 6 para. 1

Section 52.

F230 SCHEDULE 12 E+W Licensing of Public Entertainments in Greater London on and after 1st April 1965

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F230 Sch. 12 repealed (24.11.2005) by Licensing Act 2003 (c. 17), s. 201(2), Sch. 7 (with ss. 2(3), 15(2), 195); S.I. 2005/3056, art. 2(2) (with art. 4)

SCHEDULE 13 E+W

PART I E+W

1 E+W . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F231

Textual Amendments

F231 Sch. 13 Pt. I para. 1 repealed by Animal Health Act 1981 (c. 22, SIF 4:4), s. 96(2), Sch. 6

Part II E+W

2—5. E+W . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F232

Textual Amendments

F232 Sch. 13 Pt. II repealed by Food Act 1984 (c. 30, SIF 53:1), s. 134, Sch. 11

Part III E+W

6 E+W . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F233

Textual Amendments

F233 Sch. 13 Pt. III para. 6 repealed by Slaughterhouses Act 1974 (c. 3), s. 47(2), Sch. 6

Section 62.

SCHEDULE 14 E+W Functions as from 1st April 1965 with respect to Land Drainage, Flood Prevention, etc.

1—9. E+W . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F234

Textual Amendments

F234 Sch. 14 (except para. 10) repealed by Land Drainage Act 1976 (c. 70, SIF 73:1), s. 117(3), Sch. 8

F235 10 E+W . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F235 Sch. 14 para. 10 repealed (1.12.1991) by Water Consolidation (Consequential Provisions) Act 1991 (c. 60, SIF 130), ss. 3(1), 4(2), Sch.3 Pt. I (with Sch. 2 paras. 10, 14(1), 15)

11—16. E+W . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F236

Textual Amendments

F236 Sch. 14 (except para. 10) repealed by Land Drainage Act 1976 (c. 70, SIF 73:1), s. 117(3), Sch. 8

Sections 44 and 63.

SCHEDULE 15 E+W Modifications as from 1st April 1965 of Rating and Valuation Enactments

Part I E+W The M49 Rating and Valuation Act 1925

Marginal Citations

M49 1925 c. 90.

1—4. E+W . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F237

Textual Amendments

F237 Sch. 15 Pt. I paras. 1–4, 5(2)–(4), 7–9, 11–13 repealed by General Rate Act 1967 (c. 9), Sch. 14 Pt. I

5 (1) Section 9 (1) shall not apply to Greater London. E+W

(2)—(4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F238

Textual Amendments

F238 Sch. 15 Pt. I paras. 1–4, 5(2)–(4), 7–9, 11–13 repealed by General Rate Act 1967 (c. 9), Sch. 14 Pt. I

6 E+W Section 10 (1) and (2) shall not apply to the City or the Temples.

7—9. E+W . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F239

Textual Amendments

F239 Sch. 15 Pt. I paras. 1–4, 5(2)–(4), 7–9, 11–13 repealed by General Rate Act 1967 (c. 9), Sch. 14 Pt. I

10 E+W Section 54 (1) shall not apply to the City or the Temples, but—

(a) the accounts of the Common Council so far as they relate to the poor rate levied in the City; and

(b) the accounts of the Sub-Treasurer of the Inner Temple or the Under-Treasurer of the Middle Temple so far as they relate to any rate in the nature of a general rate levied in the Inner Temple or the Middle Temple, as the case may be,

shall be subject to audit by a district auditor under Part X of the M50 Local Government Act 1933.

Marginal Citations

M50 1933 c. 51.

11—13. E+W . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F240

Textual Amendments

F240 Sch. 15 Pt. I paras. 1–4, 5(2)–(4), 7–9, 11–13 repealed by General Rate Act 1967 (c. 9), Sch. 14 Pt. I

Part II E+W

14, 15. E+W . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F241

Textual Amendments

F241 Sch. 15 Pt. II and Pt. III paras. 16, 17 repealed by General Rate Act 1967 (c. 9), Sch. 14 Pt. I

Part III E+W

16, 17. E+W . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F242

Textual Amendments

F242 Sch. 15 Pt. II and Pt. III paras. 16, 17 repealed by General Rate Act 1967 (c. 9), Sch. 14 Pt. I

X8 18 E+W In section, 117 (8) of the Local Government Act 1929, for the words from “county borough” onwards there shall be substituted the words “rating area in which that parish or other area is situated, to be credited to that parish or other area”.

Editorial Information

X8 The text of Sch. 15 Pt. III paras. 18, 21 is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991.

19, 20. E+W . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F243

Textual Amendments

F243 Sch. 15 Pt. III paras. 19, 20 repealed by General Rate Act 1967 (c. 9), Sch. 14 Pt. I

X9 21 E+W In section 144(1) of the said Act of 1948, in the definition of “local authority”, for the words “metropolitan borough” there shall be substituted the words “London borough”.

Editorial Information

X9 The text of Sch. 15 Pt. III paras. 18, 21 is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991.

22—26. E+W . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F244

Textual Amendments

F244 Sch. 15 Pt. III paras. 22–26 repealed by General Rate Act 1967 (c. 9), Sch. 14 Pt. I

SCHEDULE 16 E+W . . . F245

Textual Amendments

F245 Sch. 16 repealed by Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70), Sch. 30

SCHEDULE 17 E+W Miscellaneous Modifications of Enactments as from 1st April 1965

F246 1 E+W . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F246 Sch. 17 para. 1 repealed (5.11.1993) by 1993 c. 50, s. 1(1), Sch. 1 Pt. XV Group1.

2 E+W The M51 Local Government Act 1888 shall have effect subject to the following modifications, that is to say—

(a) section 20(3) shall apply—

(i) to the Greater London Council and Greater London; and

(ii) to the council of a London borough and their borough; and

(iii) to the Common Council and [F247 the City and the Temples],

as it applies to a county council and their county; and any sums received by the Greater London Council by virtue of an Order under section 20 (3) by way of the proceeds of local taxation licence duties shall be applicable to general London purposes;

(b) any powers, duties or liabilities within the City which immediately before 1st April 1965 were by virtue of section 41 (1)(b) powers, duties or liabilities of the London county council shall become powers, duties or liabilities of the Common Council.

Textual Amendments

F247 Words substituted by S.I. 1971/1732

Marginal Citations

M51 1888 c. 41.

3 E+W . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F248

Textual Amendments

F248 Sch. 17 para. 3 repealed by Telecommunications Act 1984 (c. 12, SIF 96), ss. 109, 110, Sch. 7 Pt. I

X10 4 E+W In the Canals Protection (London) Act 1898, in section 7, for the words “the administrative county of London” there shall be substituted the words “Greater London”.

Editorial Information

X10 The text of Sch. 17 paras. 1, 4, 6, 9(a), 10, 11, and 15 is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991.

5 E+W . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F249

Textual Amendments

F249 Sch. 17 para. 5 repealed by Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70), Sch. 30

X11 6 E+W In the Local Government Act 1929, in section 115 (7)—

(a) for the words “the county of London” there shall be substituted the words “Greater London”;

(b) for the words “metropolitan borough” in both places where “they” occur there shall be substituted the words “London borough”.

Editorial Information

X11 The text of Sch. 17 paras. 1, 4, 6, 9(a), 10, 11, and 15 is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991.

7 E+W . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F250

Textual Amendments

F250 Sch. 17 para. 7 repealed by Transport (London) Act 1969 (c. 35), Sch. 6

8 E+W . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F251

Textual Amendments

F251 Sch. 17 para. 8 repealed by Acquisition of Land Act 1981 (c. 67, SIF 28:1), s. 34(3), Sch. 6 Pt. I

X12 9 E+W In the Civic Restaurants Act 1947—

(a) for section I (1) (a) there shall be substituted—

“(a) in Greater London, the council of a London borough or the Common Council of the City of London;”

(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F252

Editorial Information

X12 The text of Sch. 17 paras. 1, 4, 6, 9(a), 10, 11, and 15 is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991.

Textual Amendments

F252 Sch. 17 para. 9(b) repealed by Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70), Sch. 30

X13 10 E+W In section I (1) of the Prevention of Damage by Pests Act 1949—

(a) for the words “metropolitan boroughs” there shall be substituted the words “London boroughs”;

(b) in paragraph (b) of the proviso, after the word “county” there shall be inserted the words “or in the Greater London Council”.

Editorial Information

X13 The text of Sch. 17 paras. 1, 4, 6, 9(a), 10, 11, and 15 is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991.

F253 11 E+W . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F253 Sch. 17 para. 11 repealed (6.1.1997) by S.I. 1996/3097, arts. 1, 3(1)(a)

12 E+W . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F254

Textual Amendments

F254 Sch. 17 para. 12 repealed by Port of London Act 1964 (c. xxxvi), s. 16, Sch. 1 Pt. II

13 E+W . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F255

Textual Amendments

F255 Sch. 17 para. 13 repealed by Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70), Sch. 30

14 E+W . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F256

Textual Amendments

F256 Sch. 17 para. 14 repealed by Licensing Act 1964 (c. 26), Sch. 15

F257 15 E+W . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F257 Sch. 17 para. 15 repealed (5.11.1993) by 1993 c. 50, s. 1(1), Sch. 1 Pt. X Group1.

16 E+W . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F258

Textual Amendments

F258 Sch. 17 para. 16 repealed by Rent Act 1968 (c. 23), s. 117(5), Sch. 17

17 E+W . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F259

Textual Amendments

F259 Sch. 17 paras. 17, 18(a)(b) repealed by Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70), Sch. 30

18 (a),(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F260 E+W

(c) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F261

Textual Amendments

F260 Sch. 17 paras. 17, 18(a)(b) repealed by Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70), Sch. 30

F261 Sch. 17 para. 18(c) repealed by Children and Young Persons Act 1969 (c. 54), s. 72(4), Sch. 6

19 E+W . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F262

Textual Amendments

F262 Sch. 17 para. 19 repealed by Rent Act 1968 (c. 23), s. 117(5), Sch. 17

20 E+W In the M52 Town and Country Planning Act 1959—

(a) the Greater London Council and the London borough councils shall be included among the authorities to whom Part II of that Act applies;

(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F263

Textual Amendments

F263 Sch. 17 para. 20(b) repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1989 (c. 43), s. 1(1), Sch. 1 Pt. VII

Marginal Citations

M52 1959 c. 53.

21 (1) In the M53 Caravan Sites and Control of Development Act 1960— E+W

(a) Part I shall extend to the whole of Greater London;

X14 (b) in section 29 (1), in the definition of “local authority”, after the word “district” there shall be inserted the words “the Common Council of the City of London”.

F264 (2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F264 (3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F264 (4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F264 (5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Editorial Information

X14 The text of Sch. 17 paras. 21(b), 22, 25, 27(b) is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991.

Textual Amendments

F264 Sch. 17 para. 21(2)-(5) repealed (5.11.1993) by 1993 c. 50, s. 1(1), Sch. 1 Pt. XIII Group1.

Marginal Citations

M53 1960 c. 62.

F265 22 E+W . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F265 Sch. 17 para. 22 repealed (5.11.1993) by 1993 c. 50, s. 1(1), Sch. 1 Pt. X Group1.

23 E+W . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F266

Textual Amendments

F266 Sch. 17 para. 23 repealed by Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70), Sch. 30

24 E+W . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F267

Textual Amendments

F267 Sch. 17 para. 24 repealed by Licensing Act 1964 (c. 26), Sch. 15

X15 25 E+W In the Trustee Investments Act 1961—,

(a) in section 11(4)(a), after the word “London” there shall be inserted the words “the Greater London Council” ; and

(b) in paragraph 4 of Part IV of Schedule 1, in the definition of “local authority”, after the word “London” there shall be inserted the words “the Greater London Council”.

Editorial Information

X15 The text of Sch. 17 paras. 21(b), 22, 25, 27(b) is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991.

F268 26 E+W . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F268 Sch. 17 para. 26 repealed (5.11.1993) by 1993 c. 50, s. 1(1), Sch. 1 Pt. X Group1.

27 E+W In the Local Government (Records) Act 1962—

(a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F269

X16 (b) in section 8 (1), in the definition of “local authority”, for the words “metropolitan borough” there shall be substituted the words “London borough” and after the words “county district” there shall be inserted the words “or the Greater London Council”.

Editorial Information

X16 The text of Sch. 17 paras. 21(b), 22, 25, 27(b) is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991.

Textual Amendments

F269 Sch. 17 para. 27(a) repealed by Local Government Act 1985 (c. 51, SIF 81:1), ss. 1, 102, Sch. 17

28 E+W In the Betting, Gaming and Lotteries Act 1963—

(a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F270

(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F271

(c) in paragraph 2 of Schedule 1, paragraphs . . . F272 6 of Schedule 3, paragraph 9(a) of Schedule 6, and paragraph 1 (2) (a) of Schedule 7, for the words “metropolitan borough” wherever these words occur there shall be substituted the words “London Borough”.

Textual Amendments

F270 Sch. 17 para. 28(a) repealed by Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70), Sch. 30

F271 Sch. 17 para. 28(b) repealed by Local Government Act 1985 (c. 51, SIF 81:1), ss. 1, 102, Sch. 17

F272 Words repealed by Local Government Act 1985 (c. 51, SIF 81:1), ss. 1, 102, Sch. 17

29 E+W . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F273

Textual Amendments

F273 Sch. 17 para. 29 and Sch. 18 repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1974 (c. 22), Sch. Pt. XI

SCHEDULE 18 E+W . . . F274

Textual Amendments

F274 Sch. 17 para. 29 and Sch. 18 repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1974 (c. 22), Sch. Pt. XI