London Government Act 1963

PART II The Road Traffic and Roads Improvement Act 1960

1 In section 3, at the end there shall be added—

“(5) In its application to Greater London, this section shall have effect subject to the provisions of section 13(2) to (7) of the London Government Act 1963.”

2 (1) In section 4(1), for the words “the London area ” there shall be substituted the words “Greater London ”,

(2) In section 4 (2)—

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

(b) after the words “received by him ” there shall be inserted the words “by way of charges made by him for vehicles left in parking places designated under the said subsection (5) ”,

(3) In section 4(3) for the words from “any local” to “area ” there shall be substituted the words “the Greater London Council, the council of any London borough or the Common Council of the City of London ”,

3 (1) In section 5(1)—

(a) the words “subsection (8) or (9) of ” shall be omitted;

(b) for the words “the London Traffic Area ” and “that area ” there shall be substituted the words “Greater London ”,

(2) In section 5(7)—

(a) for the words “the London Traffic Area ” in both places where those words occur there shall be substituted the words “Greater London ”;

(b) the words “by virtue of subsection (8) or (9) of that section ” and “so ” shall be omitted.

4 (1) In section 8(3), for the words “regulations under the said section 34 ” there shall be substituted the words “an order under the said section 34 or under section 10(1) of the London Government Act 1963 ”,

(2) In section 8 (4),—

(a) for the words from the beginning to “impose ” there shall be substituted the words “Any such order which imposes ”;

(b) for the words “the London Traffic Area ” there shall be substituted the words “Greater London ”,

(3) In section 8(5), for the words “Regulations under the said section 34 ” there shah be substituted the words “Any such order ” and for the word “regulations ” wherever else it occurs there shall be substituted the word “order ”,

(4) In section 8(6), for the words from “traffic regulations ” to “being regulations” there shall be substituted the words “any order in force under the said section 34 or 10 (1), being an order ”,

5 (1) In section 15(4)(d)—

(a) for the words “the London Traffic Area” there shall be substituted the words “Greater London ”;

(b) after the figures “1960 ” there shall be inserted the words “or section 10(1) of the London Government Act 1963 ”,

(2) In section 15(4)(d) and (e), for the words “metropolitan borough ” there shall be substituted the words “London borough ”,

6 (1) In section 18(1), for the words “the London area ” there shall be substituted the words “Greater London ”,

(2) In section 18(1), for the words from “Minister” to “authority ” there shall be substituted the words " Greater London Council—

(a) in the case of any highway for which they are the highway authority, or

(b) on the application of the council of a London borough or the Common Council of the City of London, in the case of any highway for which the borough council or Common Council, as the case may be, are the highway authority,

may, if on grounds of urgency they consider it expedient".

(3) In section 18 (2), for the words from the beginning to “road improvement” there shall be substituted the words “Where the Greater London Council give authority under the foregoing subsection for the execution of any works of road improvement, or receive notice from the Minister that such works of road improvement as are mentioned in the foregoing subsection are to be executed in the case of a highway for which he is the highway authority ”,

(4) In section 18 (2) (a), for the words “he” and “him” there shall be substituted respectively the words “they ” and “them ”.

7 In section 19 (1)—

(a) at the beginning there shall be inserted the words “Subject to section 14 (2) of the London Government Act 1963 ”;

(b) for the words “the London area ” there shall be substituted the words " Greater London. "

8 After section 19 there shall be inserted the following section—

“19A Power of Greater London Council to execute road improvements not involving widening.

(1) Where the Greater London Council, after consultation with the council of a London borough or the Common Council of the City of London, are of the opinion that, with a view to facilitating the movement of traffic, it is expedient for works to be executed for the improvement of a highway in Greater London for which the borough council or the Common Council are the highway authority, then—

(a) the highway authority shall, within three months of being notified of that fact, inform the Greater London Council whether they are prepared to undertake those works and, if so, within what time; and

(b) if the Greater London Council at the expiration of the said three months are not satisfied that the highway authority will with reasonable despatch undertake those works (or within the said three months are satisfied that they will not), the Greater London Council may execute those works or other works appearing to them to secure the same or an equivalent improvement of the highway;

and for the purposes of this subsection it shall not be treated as widening a highway to take into the highway land not forming part of it but situated within its outer limits.

(2) Subsections (2) to (6) of section 19 of this Act shall have effect for the purposes of this section as if in those subsections—

(a) for any reference to the Minister there were substituted a reference to the Greater London Council; and

(b) for any reference to the execution of works under that section there were substituted a reference to the execution of works under this section,

and as if in subsection (3) of that section the words from “except” to “by the Minister ” were omitted.”

9 In section 22(1)(a), for the words “the London area ” there shall be substituted the words “Greater London ”,