The London Government Order 1966

Miscellaneous provision as to public general and other Acts

2.—(1) In the National Gallery (Purchase of Adjacent Land) Act 1901, in section 5, for “London County Council” there shall be substituted “Greater London Council”.

(2) In the Land Registration Act 1925, in section 100(5), there shall be added “and the Greater London Council”.

(3) In the Supreme Court of Judicature (Consolidation) Act 1925 in section 107, for “the County of London” there shall be substituted “Greater London other than the outer London boroughs”.

(4) In the Road Traffic Act 1930 in section 121(1), in the definition of “Highway authority” for “or the council of a metropolitan borough” there shall be substituted “the council of a London borough, or the Greater London Council”.

(5) In the Rent and Mortgage Interest Restrictions (Amendment) Act 1933 in section 16(4), for the words following “and for the purposes of the application of this Act to” there shall be substituted “the London boroughs, as references to such boroughs and the councils thereof”.

(6) In the National Trust Act 1937 —

(a) the Greater London Council shall be included in the councils to which section 7 applies; and

(b) in subsection (2) of the said section, for “London County Council” there shall be substituted “Greater London Council”.

(7) Where the Greater London Council, in exercise of their powers under section 5(1) of the Act, have delegated to a London borough council or to the Common Council any functions under the relevant provisions of the London Building Acts, the reference in section 122(2) of the London Building Acts (Amendment) Act 1939 to the superintending architect shall be construed—

• in the case of a London borough council as a reference to the borough surveyor or such other officer of the borough council as the borough council may designate for the purposes of the said subsection;

• in the case of the Common Council as a reference to such officer thereof as the Common Council may designate for the purposes of the said subsection.

In this paragraph, “the relevant provisions of the London Building Acts” has the same meaning as in section 43 of the Act.

(8) In the Public Offices (Site) Act 1947 in section 7—

(a) in subsection (1), for “in the county of London” there shall be substituted “in the inner London commission area”; and

(b) in subsections (3) and (4), for references to the clerk of the London County Council there shall be substituted references to the clerk to the Greater London Council.

(9) In the Local Government Act 1948 in section 59(2), after ““local authority” includes” there shall be inserted “the Greater London Council and”.

(10) In the Supplies and Services (Defence Purposes) Act 1951, in section 2(9), after “urban district” there shall be inserted “and, in relation to a metropolitan road, the Greater London Council”.

(11) The expression “market authority” in Part III of the Food and Drugs Act 1955 shall include any London borough council to whom a market was transferred by the London Authorities (Property etc.) Order 1964(1).

(12) In the Agriculture (Safety, Health and Welfare Provisions) Act 1956 in section 24(1), for the definition of “sanitary authority” there shall be substituted—

““sanitary authority” means the council of a borough or urban or rural district, the Common Council of the City of London, the Sub-Treasurer of the Inner Temple or the Under-Treasurer of the Middle Temple;”.

(13) In the Park Lane Improvement Act 1958—

(a) in section 1, for “London County Council” there shall be substituted “Greater London Council”;

(b) in section 15—

(i) in subsection (2), for the words from “repairable by” to “the public” there shall be substituted “maintainable at the public expense”;

(ii) in subsection (4), for the words from “section 86” to “at large” where those words first occur and for “repairable by the inhabitants at large” where those words next occur there shall be substituted “section 77 of the Public Health Act 1936 as modified by paragraph 14 of Part I of Schedule 11 to the London Government Act 1963 shall apply in relation thereto as it applies in relation to streets” and “maintainable at the public expense” respectively;

(c) in section 18(3), for “section 147 of the London Government Act 1939” there shall be substituted “section 250 of the Local Government Act 1933”;

(d) in section 19, for references to the highway authority for the Underpass there shall be substituted references to the Greater London Council;

(e) in section 23, for references to the British Transport Commission there shall be substituted references to the appropriate Board to or in whom the property, rights, liabilities and functions of the British Transport Commission are transferred or vested by or under the Transport Act 1962 and

(f) in section 25(1)—

(i) for the definition of “the Council” there shall be substituted—

““the Council” means the Greater London Council”;”;

(ii) in the definition of “traffic sign”, for “section 35 of the Road Traffic Act 1956” there shall be substituted “section 51 of the Road Traffic Act 1960”; and

(iii) for the definition of “Westminster City Council” there shall be substituted—

““Westminster City Council” means the lord mayor, aldermen and citizens of the city of Westminster acting by the council under section 17(2) of the Local Government Act 1933”;”;

(14) In the Radioactive Substances Act 1960 in section 19(1), in the definition of “local authority” there shall be added “or the Greater London Council”.

(15) The enactments specified in Schedule 1 are hereby repealed to the extent mentioned in column (3) thereof.

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(1964 III, p. 3392).