London Government Act 1963

51 Shops, etc.

(1) The council of a London borough shall as respects the borough, and the Common Council shall as respects the City, be the local authority for the purposes of the Offices, Shops and Railway Premises Act 1963, and the Greater London Council shall have the functions of the London county council under that Act; and accordingly—

(a) in the definition of “local authority ” in section 90(1) of that Act, for the words “or a county district, the council of a metropolitan borough ” there shall be substituted the words “a London borough or a county district ”; and

(b) for the words “London County Council” wherever they occur in that Act there shall be substituted the words “Greater London Council ”,

(2) The said Act of 1963 shall be further amended as follows:—

(a) in section 41(1) for the words “administrative county of London” there shall be substituted the words “inner London boroughs, the City of London, the Inner Temple and the Middle Temple ”;

(b) in section 41(3) for the words “administrative county of London ” there shall be substituted the words “inner London boroughs, the City of London, the Inner Temple or the Middle Temple ”;

(c) in section 52(3)(a) after the word “county ” there shall be inserted the words “or the Greater London Council ”;

(d) in section 52(5) for the words “administrative county of London” there shall be substituted the words “Greater London ”,

(3) No order shall be made under section 54 of the Shops Act 1950 other than an order revoking, either generally or as respects a specified area, a previous order under that section ; and, in relation to any area outside the City and the Temples, the power of making such an order under that section shall be exercisable by the council of the London borough in which that area falls, and references in subsections (2) to (4) of that section and in any order made thereunder to the London county council shall be construed as references to that borough council.

(4) Until finally repealed as respects all classes of premises and for all purposes by the said Act of 1963—

(a) section 72(2) of the Shops Act 1950 shall have effect throughout Greater London as originally enacted and not as amended by section 18 of the London County Council (General Powers) Act 1958 ;

(b) the definition of “sanitary authority ” in section 74(1) of the Shops Act 1950 shall have effect as if for the words from “means ” onwards there were substituted the words “means the council of a borough or an urban or rural district or, as respects the City of London, the Common Council ”,