London Government Act 1963

5 Delegation of functions in Greater London

(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, and without prejudice to any express provision so made, the Greater London Council may, with the concurrence of the council in question, delegate to any London borough council or to the Common Council, with or without restrictions or conditions as the Greater London Council think fit, any of the functions of the Greater London Council except—

(a) functions for which the Greater London Council are required by any enactment for the time being in force to appoint a committee;

(b) functions in respect of which specific powers of delegation to that council are conferred by any enactment; and

(c) the power of borrowing money or issuing a precept for the levy of a rate ;

and where any functions are delegated to a London borough council or the Common Council under this section, that council shall, in the discharge of those functions, act as agents for the Greater London Council.

(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 the following councils, that is to say, the Greater London Council, the London borough councils and the Common Council, may, for the better performance of their respective functions, agree with any one or more of the others of those councils and any other local authority within the meaning of the 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.