London Government Act 1963

38 Trade effluents

(1) On and after 1st April 1965 the following enactments relating to trade effluents, that is to say, the Public Health (Drainage of Trade Premises) Act 1937, Part V of the Public Health Act 1961 and sections 1(2) and 90 and Part XII of the Public Health Act 1936 so far as they relate to the said Act of 1937 and the said Part V shall, without prejudice to section 37 of this Act but subject to the exceptions and modifications specified in Schedule 10 to this Act, apply to all parts of the sewerage area of the Greater London Council (including the City and the Temples) and to any part of Greater London which does not form part of that area, and shall so apply instead of Part II of the London County Council (General Powers) Act 1953 and Part II of the London County Council (General Powers) Act 1962 in the areas in which the two last mentioned Acts applied immediately before 1st April 1965.

(2) The provision made by an order under section 84 of this Act may include—

(a) provision continuing in force any agreement, condition or liability to pay charges subsisting immediately before 1st April 1965 under Part II of the said Act of 1953 or Part II of the said Act of 1962 notwithstanding that 'the agreement could not have been made, the condition imposed or the liability incurred under the enactments relating to trade effluents specified in subsection (1) of this section;

(b) provision for varying or revoking any such agreement or condition or varying or abrogating any such liability, in either case to such extent as appears to the Minister to be necessary or proper to effect the transition from the provisions of the said Parts II to the said enactments relating to trade effluents ;

(c) provision exempting the owner or occupier of any premises with respect to which any such agreement or condition is in force from compliance with any requirement imposed by or by virtue of the said enactments to obtain the consent of the local authority with respect to all or any of the matters to which the agreement or condition relates or any other such requirement with respect to all or any of those matters.