The Greater London Council (Transfer of Land and Housing Accommodation) (No. 3) Order 1981

Interpretation

2.—(1) In this order—

“the deposited Schedule” means the Schedule prepared in triplicate and entitled “Properties transferred by the Greater London Council (Transfer of Land and Housing Accommodation) (No. 3) Order 1981” which is signed by an Assistant Secretary in the Department of the Environment and as to which further provision is made in article 3;

“excluded property” means land or housing accommodation described in the deposited Schedule but excluded from transfer by the terms of the said Schedule;

“the Council” means the Greater London Council;

“the relevant date” means the 1st July 1985;

“representative body” means a body appearing to the Council to represent London borough councils;

“the Secretary of State” means the Secretary of State for the Environment;

“the transferee”, in relation to transferred property, means the Council of the London borough of Tower Hamlets; and

“transferred property” means the land or housing accommodation described in the deposited Schedule (other than excluded property) and transferred by this order.

(2) Without prejudice to the generality of section 23(5) of the London Government Act 1963, in this order, unless the context otherwise requires, any reference to housing accommodation shall include a reference to garages, parking spaces, shops and estate amenities.

(3) Any reference in this order to a numbered article shall, unless that reference is to an article of a specified order, be construed as a reference to the article bearing that number in this order.

(4) Any reference in an article of this order to a numbered paragraph shall, unless the reference is to a paragraph in a specified article, be construed as a reference to the paragraph bearing that number in the first-mentioned article.

(5) Any reference in a Schedule to this order to a numbered paragraph shall, unless the reference is to a paragraph in a specified Schedule, be construed as a reference to the paragraph bearing that number in the first-mentioned Schedule.