Local Government Act 1985 (c. 51)

Part II E+W Transfer of Functions to London Borough Councils, Metropolitan District Councils and Other Existing Authorities

Town and country planning etc. E+W

3 Local planning authorities. U.K.

(1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F1

(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F2

(3), (4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F3

(5) [F4 In paragraph 55(1) of Schedule 16 to the Local Government Act 1972] after the words “Elsewhere than in Greater London” there shall be inserted the words “, a metropolitan county”.

Textual Amendments

F1 S. 3(1) repealed by Planning (Consequential Provisions) Act 1990 (c.11, SIF 123:1, 2), s. 3, Sch. 1 Pt. I, Sch. 3 paras. 1, 2, 4, 6

F2 S. 3(2) repealed by Housing and Planning Act 1986 (c.63, SIF 81:1), ss. 24(3), 39(4), 49(2), 53(2), Sch. 12 Pt. III

F3 S. 3(3)(4) repealed by Planning (Consequential Provisions) Act 1990 (c.11, SIF 123:1, 2), s. 3, Sch. 1 Pt. I, Sch. 3 paras. 1, 2, 4, 6

F4 Words substituted by Planning (Consequential Provisions) Act 1990 (c.11, SIF 123:1, 2), s. 4, Sch. 2 para. 69(1)

4, 5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F5 E+W

Textual Amendments

F5 Ss. 4, 5 repealed by Planning (Consequential Provisions) Act 1990 (c.11, SIF 123:1, 2), s. 3, Sch. 1 Pt. I, Sch. 3 paras. 1, 2, 4, 6

6 Listed buildings, conservation areas and ancient monuments. U.K.

Schedule 2 to this Act shall have effect for amending the law relating to listed buildings, conservation areas, ancient monuments and certain related subjects, the principal purpose of the amendments being—

(a) to transfer functions relating to those matters from the Greater London Council to the Historic Buildings and Monuments Commission for England; and

(b) to make, in the enactments relating to those functions, amendments consequential on section 3(1) above.

7 National Parks and countryside functions. U.K.

(1) Schedule 3 to this Act shall have effect for transferring functions relating to National Parks and the countryside from—

(a) the Greater London Council to London borough councils and the Common Council; and

(b) from metropolitan county councils to metropolitan district councils.

F6 (2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F6 S. 7(2) repealed (22.7.2004) by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 2004 (c. 14), Sch. 1 Pt. 10 Group 3