London Government Act 1963

PART II

Other enactments

14 The Small Dwellings Acquisition Act 1899 shall apply—

(a) in relation to a London borough as if a London borough were a county borough ;

(b) in relation to the City as if the City were a county borough and the Common Council were the council of that county borough;

(c) in relation to the Greater London Council, as if Greater London were a county and the Greater London Council were the council of that county.

15 In the Housing (Financial Provisions) Act 1958—

(a) in section 9 (4), as substituted by section 16 of the House Purchase and Housing Act 1959, for the words " metropolitan boroughs " there shah be substituted the words " London boroughs, the Greater London Council ";

(b) in Schedule 3, in paragraph 2 (1), for the words from " other than the" to " borough council" there shall be substituted the words " (including any such loss borne by the Greater London Council) ",

16 In the House Purchase and Housing Act 1959—

(a) in section 2 (2) (a), the reference to the metropolitan police district shall not include the London borough numbered 15 in Part I of Schedule 1 to this Act;

(b) in section 13 (4), for the words "metropolitan boroughs" there shall be substituted the words " London boroughs, the Greater London Council ",

17 (1) In the application to the Greater London Council or a London borough council of section 4 of, and Schedule 1 to, the Housing Act 1961—

(a) in relation to a dwelling completed in the financial year 1965-66—

(i) that year shall be the relevant financial year ; and

(ii) Part I of that Schedule shall have effect as if the words " preceding that" wherever those words occur in paragraph 1 or 2 thereof were omitted ;

(b) the financial year 1965-66 shall be the earliest financial year which may be determined by the Minister under paragraph 5(2) of that Schedule ;

(c) where the financial year 1965-66 is the relevant financial year, the references in paragraph 6 (1) (a) and (b) of that Schedule to houses within the local authority's Housing Revenue Account for the last year preceding the relevant financial year or, as the case may be, for the relevant financial year shall be construed as references to houses within the local authority's Housing Revenue Account on 1st April 1965 or, as the case may be, on 31st March 1966.

(2) In the said Schedule—

(a) in paragraph 1(2)—

(i) for the words " London County Council " there shall be substituted the words " Greater London Council ";

(ii) for the words " metropolitan boroughs and the City of London" there shall be substituted the words " rating areas in Greater London ";

(b) in paragraph 1(5), at the end there shall be added the words " and except that it includes any rate in the nature of a general rate levied in the Inner Temple or the Middle Temple ",