The London Government Order 1965

Motor vehicles and driving licences

21.—(1) Such advances additional to those provided for in the directions issued under section 3(4) of the Roads Act 1920 and section 22(1) of the Vehicles (Excise) Act 1962 may be made by the Minister of Transport to the Greater London Council as may be necessary on account of any expenses incurred by the Council in connection with the levying of excise duties on mechanically propelled vehicles, the registration of vehicles and the issue of licences to drivers of vehicles.

(2) Any payment due to the council of the county borough of Croydon, East Ham or West Ham from the Minister of Transport on account of the expenses incurred by that council in 1964–65 or any earlier year in connection with levying of excise duties on mechanically propelled vehicles, the registration of vehicles and the issue of licences to drivers of vehicles shall be made—

• in the case of the council of the county borough of Croydon, to the London borough council of Croydon;

• in the case of the council of the county borough of East Ham or West Ham, to the London borough council of Newham,

and for the purposes of the said payments the said London borough councils shall be deemed to be county councils within the meaning of section 22(1) of the Vehicles (Excise) Act 1962.

(3) Any vehicle ordinarily kept in an area specified in column (1) of the following table registered by a council specified in respect of such area in column (2) (including a vehicle first registered after 1st April 1965 by the county council of Essex, Hertfordshire, Kent or Surrey under the proviso to this paragraph) or registered by such council by virtue of the place of business of the keeper of the vehicle being situated in such area shall be deemed to be registered with the council specified as aforesaid in column (3) and any application or declaration made, particulars furnished, notification given, licence, certificate, registration or limited trade licence book or other document or trade plate issued, record kept, registration mark assigned or other thing done to or by a council specified in column (2) in relation to such vehicle before 1st April 1965 shall have effect as if made, furnished, given, issued, kept, assigned or done to or by the council specified in column (3).

TABLE

(1)	(2)	(3)
	The London County Council
Greater London	The county council of Middlesex, Essex, Hertfordshire, Kent or Surrey	The Greater London Council
	The council of the county borough of Croydon, East Ham or West Ham
The urban district of Potters Bar	The county council of Middlesex	The county council of Hertfordshire
The urban districts of Staines and Sunbury-on-Thames	The county council of Middlesex	The county council of Surrey

Provided that a vehicle which is ordinarily kept in Greater London and prior to 1st April 1965 was registered or could have been registered with the county council of Essex, Hertfordshire, Kent or Surrey shall, for the purposes of—

the application for and issue of a licence under regulations 4, 5 and 6 of the Road Vehicles (Registration and Licensing) Regulations 1964(1);

the surrender of a licence under section 9 of the Vehicles (Excise) Act 1962 and regulation 7 of the said Regulations;

the application for and issue of a duplicate licence or registration book under regulations 8 and 11(1) of the said Regulations;

the correction of a registration book under regulation 11(3) of the said Regulations; and

the notification of any alteration of a vehicle under regulations 13 and 14 of the said Regulations,

in addition to being deemed to be registered, or being registrable, with the Greater London Council, be deemed until 1st April 1966 to be registered or registrable with the county council with which it was previously registered or registrable, and accordingly either the Greater London council or that county council may act for the said purposes in respect of such vehicle until that date, and applications or declarations made, notifications given or other things done to or by the county council of Essex, Hertfordshire, Kent or Surrey for any of the said purposes in respect of such vehicle shall not be deemed to have effect as if made, given or done to or by any other council until 1st April 1966.

(4) The clerk of the London County Council, the county council of Middlesex or the council of the county borough of Croydon, East Ham or West Ham shall immediately before 1st April 1965 deliver the vehicle files of vehicles registered with the council to the clerk to the Greater London Council.

The clerk to the Greater London Council shall as soon as may be after 1st April 1965 send to the clerk of the county council of Hertfordshire or Surrey the vehicle files of vehicles registered with the county council of Middlesex ordinarily kept in the urban district of Potters Bar or the urban district of Staines and Sunbury-on-Thames, as the case may be.

The clerk of the county council of Essex, Hertfordshire, Kent or Surrey shall at such time as he thinks it appropriate but not later than 1st April 1966 send to the clerk to the Greater London Council the vehicle files of vehicles registered with the council ordinarily kept in Greater London.

(5) Any driving licence granted by a council specified in column (2) of the table in paragraph (3) to a person residing in an area specified in column (1) shall be deemed to have been granted by the council specified in column (3), and any application for a driving licence, or declaration on such application, made to the first-mentioned council by a person so residing shall have effect as if made to the council specified in column (3):

Provided that an applicant for the grant of a driving licence under section 101 of the Road Traffic Act 1960 and regulation 4 of the Motor Vehicle (Driving Licences) Regulations 1963 who resides in an area in Greater London which before 1st April 1965 was part of the county of Essex, Hertfordshire, Kent or Surrey shall, for the purposes of those provisions, in addition to residing in Greater London be deemed until 1st April 1966 to reside in such county, and accordingly either the Greater London Council or the county council of that county may act for the purposes of those provisions until that date, and any application for a driving licence, or declaration on such application, made to such county council by such applicant shall not be deemed to have effect as if made to any other council until 1st April 1966.

(6) Any driving licence issued to a person not resident in Great Britain in pursuance of regulation 22(1) of the Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) Regulations 1963 by the London County Council, the county council of Middlesex or the council of the county borough of Croydon, East Ham or West Ham shall be deemed to have been issued by the Greater London Council.

(7) Any proceedings pending or existing at 1st April 1965 by, or against a council specified in column (2) of the table in paragraph (3) in respect of any vehicle ordinarily kept in an area specified in column (1) or in respect of an offence or alleged offence under section 7, 10(4), 12(9), 17 or 18 of the Vehicles (Excise) Act 1962 committed or alleged to have been committed by a person in such area, or in respect of an application for a driving licence made by a person residing at the time of that application in such area, or in respect of a refusal to grant or a revocation of licence in respect of such a person, shall not be prejudicially affected by reason of the Act, and may be continued, presecuted and enforced by, or against, the council specified in column (3).

(8) Any other proceedings pending or existing at 1st April 1965 in respect of an application for a driving licence made to the London County Council, the county council of Middlesex or the council of the county borough of Croydon, East Ham or West Ham, or in respect of a refusal to grant or a revocation of a licence by any such council, shall not be prejudicially affected by reason of the Act, and may be continued, prosecuted and enforced by, or against, the Greater London Council.

(1)

(1964 II, p. 2722.)