London Government Act 1963

Officers and records, etc., of the Council

12 (1) The Council shall appoint from among fit persons a clerk and a treasurer to the Council and such other officers as the Council think necessary for the efficient discharge of the Council's functions and shall pay to any person so appointed such reasonable remuneration as the Council may determine; and, subject to section 121 of the Local Government Act 1933, any such person shall hold office during the pleasure of the Council.

(2) The offices of clerk and treasurer respectively to the Council shall not be held by the same person or by persons who stand in relation to one another as partners or as employer and employee.

(3) Any vacancy in the office of treasurer to the Council shall be filled within four months after its occurrence.

(4) Section 115 of the said Act of 1933 (which relates to the appointment of standing deputies for officers) shall have effect in relation to the clerk and the treasurer to the Council as if this paragraph were included in Part IV of that Act; and section 120 of that Act (which relates to the accountability of officers of local authorities) shall have effect as if the reference to the treasurer of a county included a reference to the treasurer to the Council.

(5) Any person serving under the Council shall be an agent within the meaning of the Prevention of Corruption Act 1906.

13 All records and documents relating to the business of the Council shall, subject to any directions which the Council may give, be in the charge and custody of the clerk to the Council who, subject to any such directions, shall be responsible therefor.