The Local Law (Greater London Council and Inner London Boroughs) Order 1965

65.  In the London Squares Preservation Act 1931—

(a) any reference to a metropolitan borough shall be construed as a reference to the area which, immediately before 1st April 1965, was comprised in that borough;

(b) any function exercisable by the London County Council in relation to a protected square shall be exercisable—

(i) in the case of a square which is situate in an inner London borough, by the council of the said borough;

(ii) in the case of a square which is situate in the City of London, by the Common Council;

(iii) in the case of a square which is situate in the Inner Temple, by the Sub-Treasurer thereof; and

(iv) in the case of a square which is situate in the Middle Temple, by the Under-Treasurer thereof

and any reference to the London County Council shall be construed accordingly;

(c) in section 2, for the definition of “street” there shall be substituted—

““street” means a street for the purposes of the Highways Act 1959;”;

(d) in section 4(3), for the reference to the Minister of Health there shall be substituted a reference to the Minister of Housing and Local Government;

(e) in section 7(1), in the proviso, for references to the Board of Education there shall be substituted references to the Secretary of State for Education and Science;

(f) in section 10, for the reference to the Minister of Health there shall be substituted a reference to the Minister of Housing and Local Government;

(g) in section 11, for references to the Board of Education there shall be substituted references to the Secretary of State for Education and Science;

(h) in section 18, for the words “London Midland and Scottish Railway Company” there shall be substituted the words “British Railways Board”;

(i) for section 19 there shall be substituted the following section—

“19.   Nothing in this Act shall prejudice or affect the rights powers privileges and authorities under any statute of or any easement or right lawfully enjoyed or exercisable by the London Transport Board.”;

(j) in section 26, for the words “Arbitration Act 1889” there shall be substituted the words “Arbitration Act 1950”;

(k) in section 31(1), for the reference to the Minister of Health there shall be substituted a reference to the Minister of Housing and Local Government; and

(l) in section 33, for any reference to the Commissioners of Crown Lands or the Commissioners of Works there shall be substituted a reference to the Crown Estate Commissioners or the Minister of Public Building and Works, as the case may be.