Local Government Act 1985

13 (1) In subsection (1) of section 62 of the [1977 c. 42.] Rent Act 1977 for the words after " Act" there shall be substituted the words " are—

(a) counties;

(b) London boroughs ; and

(c) the City of London." .

(2) In subsection (2)(a) of that section the words " the area of the Common Council of " shall be omitted.

(3) At the end of section 63 of that Act there shall be inserted—

“(9) In the case of a registration area which is a metropolitan county this section shall apply as if—

(a) the first reference to the local authority in subsection (1) were a reference to the council of each district in the county; and

(b) the second reference to the local authority in that subsection, the references to the local authority in subsection (2) and the reference to the local authority for whose area the scheme is made in subsection (3) were references to such one of the councils of the districts in that county as has been designated by the scheme.”

(4) A scheme under the said section 63 as amended by subparagraph (3) above may be made at any time before the abolition date so as to come into operation on that date.