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

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Publication 1965-03-19

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Made: 19th March 1965

Laid before Parliament: 31st March 1965

Coming into Operation: 1st April 1965

The Minister of Housing and Local Government, in exercise of his powers under section 84, as extended by section 87(2), of the London Government Act 1963 and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following order:—

1

This order may be cited as the Local Law (Greater London Council and Inner London Boroughs) Order 1965 and shall come into operation on 1st April 1965.

2

(1) The Interpretation Act 1889 applies to the interpretation of this order as it applies to the interpretation of an Act of Parliament.

(2) In this order, except where the context otherwise requires, the following expressions shall have the following meanings respectively, that is to say—

“functions” includes powers and duties;

“inner London borough” means the London borough of Camden, Greenwich, Hackney, Hammersmith, Islington, Kensington and Chelsea, Lambeth, Lewisham, Southwark, Tower Hamlets, Wandsworth or Westminister;

“outer London borough” means a London borough which is not an inner London borough; and

“schedule” means a schedule to this order.

(3) In any enactment specified in a schedule, unless the context otherwise requires, references to any enactment shall be construed as references to that enactment as amended, extended or applied by or under any other enactment or by this order.

(4) Any reference in Schedule 1 or 2 to an enactment is a reference to that enactment as it would have effect on and after 1st April 1965 apart from those schedules.

3

The enactments specified in Schedule 1 shall have effect subject to the provisions of that schedule.

4

(1) Save as otherwise expressly provided in Schedule 1 or unless the context otherwise requires, in the enactments specified in Schedule 2 there shall be substituted for any reference to an area, authority or body described in the first column of the following Table a reference to the area, authority or body described in respect thereof in the second column.

Existing area, authority or body	Substituted area, authority or body
The administrative county of London	Greater London
The county of London	Greater London except the City of London, the Inner Temple and the Middle Temple
The London County Council The Metropolitan Board of Works	The Greater London Council
A metropolitan borough	Each inner London borough which includes the area of the metropolitan borough or any part thereof
The council of a metropolitan borough	The council or corporation as may be appropriate of each inner London borough which includes the area of the metropolitan borough or any part thereof
A gas company or undertaking	The Area Board within the meaning of the Gas Act 1948 for the supply of gas to the area
An electricity company or undertaking	An Electricity Board within the meaning of the Electricity Act 1947 as amended by the Electricity Act 1957
A company or undertaking supplying water in an existing area	A company or undertaking supplying water in the substituted area
A railway company or undertaking; or the London Passenger Transport Board or any company or undertaking which was or whose functions were transferred to or vested in that Board by the London Passenger Transport Act 1933; or the British Transport Commission or any company or undertaking other than the London Passenger Transport Board which was or whose functions were transferred to or vested in the British Transport Commission by or under the Transport Act 1947	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
A company whose undertaking was transferred to or vested in the Port of London Authority by the Port of London Act 1908; or the Conservators of the River Thames in respect of the River Thames below the landward limit of the Port of London	The Port of London Authority

(2) Save as otherwise expressly provided in Schedule 1 or unless the context otherwise requires, any functions exercisable in an area mentioned in the first column of the Table set out in paragraph (1) of this article shall be exercisable throughout the area specified in respect thereof in the second column.

5

The enactments specified in Schedule 3 are hereby repealed to the extent mentioned in the third column of that schedule.

6

(1) The schemes made by the London County Council and by the council of a metropolitan borough under the enactments to which this article relates are hereby revoked:

Provided that this article shall not apply to article 65(4) to (6) of the scheme made by the London County Council under the London County Council (General Powers) Act 1957 on 16th June 1958.

(2) The enactments to which this article relates are—

(a) the London Council (General Powers) Act 1891, Part IV;

(b) the Local Government and other Officers' Superannuation Act 1922, sections 24 and 29(2);

(d) the Local Government Superannuation Act 1937, sections 25(1), 26(1) and (4), and 36(5);

(e) the Local Government Superannuation Act 1953, sections 3(2), 5(9) and 22(1) and (2); and

(f) the London County Council (General Powers) Act 1957, Part V.

7

(1) The instruments specified in Schedule 4 are hereby revoked.

(2) In the Borough of Woolwich (Plumstead) Scheme 1901[^f00001], article 3 is hereby revoked.

8

(1) In the enactments to which this article applies any reference to the Metropolitan Board of Works or to the London County Council shall be construed as a reference to the Greater London Council.

(2) This article applies to the following enactments—

(a) the Metropolitan Commons Acts 1866 to 1898;

(b) the Metropolitan Commons Supplemental Act 1871;

(d) the Metropolitan Commons Supplemental Act 1872;

(e) the Metropolitan Commons Supplemental Act 1873;

(f) the Metropolitan Commons Supplemental Act 1877;

(g) the Metropolitan Commons Supplemental Act 1881;

(h) the Metropolitan Board of Works (Hackney Commons) Act 1881; and

(i) the Metropolitan Commons Supplemental Act 1884.

9

Any byelaws made before 1st April 1965 under an enactment specified in Schedule 1 or 2 and in force in an area comprised in an inner London borough shall continue to have effect in such area as if made by the authority substituted in references by that schedule and by article 4 of this order and references in such byelaws to any authority shall in such application be construed as references to the authority so substituted.

SCHEDULE I — Modification of Enactments

1

In the Act 43 Geo. 3 chapter cxxxi, for references to the Deptford Creek Bridge Company there shall be substituted references to the Greater London Council.

2

In the Act 9 & 10 Vict. chapter 39—

(a) for references to the Commissioners of Her Majesty's Woods, Forests, Land Revenues, Works and Buildings there shall be substituted references to the Greater London Council; and

(b) for section 90 there shall be substituted the following section—

(90) Any damages or charges directed or authorised by this Act to be paid may be recovered summarily as a civil debt.

3

In the Westminster Bridge Act 1853, for references to the Commissioners of Her Majesty's Works and Public Buildings there shall be substituted references to the Greater London Council.

4

In the Metropolis Management Act 1855, in section 240, for references to a vestry or district board and to the Metropolitan Board of Works there shall be substituted references to the council of an inner London borough and to the Greater London Council respectively.

5

In the Finsbury Park Act 1857, in section 33, for the words from “and for this purpose” to the end there shall be substituted the words “and the provisions of the Arbitration Act 1950 shall apply to any such arbitration.”.

6

In the Victoria Park Approach Act 1858, for references to the Metropolitan Board of Works or to any district board or vestry there shall be substituted references to the highway authority.

7

In the Thames Embankment Act 1862, in section 74, for the reference to the Commissioners of Her Majesty's Woods, Forests and Land Revenues or one of them or to the First Commissioner of Her Majesty's Works and Public Buildings there shall be substituted a reference to the Crown Estate Commissioners or to the Minister of Public Building and Works, as the case may be.

8

In the Albert Bridge Act 1864, for references to the Albert Bridge Company there shall be substituted references to the Greater London Council.

9

In the Wandsworth Bridge Act 1864, for references to the Wandsworth Bridge Company there shall be substituted references to the Greater London Council.

10

In the Thames Embankment (Chelsea) Act 1868, in section 37, for the reference to the Commissioners of Her Majesty's Woods, Forests and Land Revenues or one of them there shall be substituted a reference to the Crown Estate Commissioners.

11

In the Hampstead Heath Act 1871, in section 41, after the words “this Act” there shall be inserted the words “or in the Open Spaces Act 1906”.

12

In the Wandsworth Common Act 1871, in section 44, for references to the Conservators there shall be substituted references to the Greater London Council.

13

In the Metropolitan Street Improvements Act 1872—

(a) for references to the Board of Trade there shall be substituted references to the Minister of Transport; and

(b) for references to the Metropolitan Board of Works there shall be substituted references to the highway authority.

14

In the Thames Embankment Land Act 1873, in section 2, for the reference to the Commissioners for the time being of Her Majesty's Woods, Forests and Land Revenues or one of them there shall be substituted a reference to the Crown Estate Commissioners.

15

In the Metropolitan Board of Works (Various Powers) Act 1875, in section 33, for references to the Commissioners of Her Majesty's Woods, Forests and Land Revenues there shall be substituted references to the Crown Estate Commissioners.

16

In the Monuments (Metropolis) Act 1878, in section 4, for the words from “in the manner provided” onwards there shall be substituted the words “summarily as a civil debt.”.

17

In the Plumstead Common Act 1878—

(a) for references to Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for the War Department there shall be substituted references to the Secretary of State for Defence;

(b) in the application of the Act to the Greater London Council, references to Shoulder of Mutton Green shall be omitted; and

(c) in section 4, for the word “Chairman” where it secondly occurs there shall be substituted the words “Greater London Council”;.

18

In the Metropolis Management (Thames River Prevention of Floods) Amendment Act 1879—

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

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

(b) in section 3, for the words “the metropolis as defined by the principal Act” there shall be substituted the words “without prejudice to the provisions of paragraph 8 of Schedule 14 to the London Government Act 1963 so much of Greater London, and of any area adjoining Greater London, as does not lie within the Thames catchment area, the Lee catchment area or the area of any river board or river authority”;

(i) after the words “Subject to the provisions” there shall be inserted the words “of Schedule 14 to the London Government Act 1963 and to the provisions”; and

(ii) for the words “In respect of all other” there shall be substituted the words “In respect of any”;

(d) in section 15, after the words “in every such case the board may” there shall be inserted the words “in exercise of their powers under section 157 of the Local Government Act 1933”;

(e) in section 16, for references to the Conservators of the River Thames there shall be substituted references to the Port of London Authority;

(f) in section 17—

(i) for the words “following dock companies and their respective undertakings, that is to say” there shall be substituted the words “Port of London Authority in respect of the following undertakings which were transferred to or vested in the said Authority by the Port of London Act 1908, that is to say the undertakings of”;

(ii) in paragraph (a), for the words “dock company” there shall be substituted the word “undertaking”;

(iii) for any following reference to “company” there shall be substituted a reference to the Port of London Authority; and

(iv) in paragraph (b), for the reference to the Board of Trade there shall be substituted a reference to the Minister of Transport;

(g) in section 19, for references to the Lee Conservancy Board there shall be substituted references to the British Waterways Board;

(h) in section 20, for the first reference to the Lee Conservancy Board there shall be substituted a reference to the British Waterways Board;

(i) in section 31, after the words “Where the Board” there shall be inserted the words “in exercise of their powers under this Act”;

(j) in section 32, for the words from “in the same manner and with the like remedies” to “such premises:” there shall be substituted the words “summarily as a civil debt:”;

(k) in section 36, for the words from “in manner prescribed” onwards there shall be substituted the words “summarily as a civil debt.”;

(l) in section 39, for the first reference to the Conservators of the River Thames there shall be substituted a reference to the Port of London Authority;

(m) in section 41, for references to the Commissioners of Her Majesty's Woods, Forests and Land Revenues there shall be substituted references to the Crown Estate Commissioners; and

(n) in section 42, for references to the Commissioners of Her Majesty's Works and Public Buildings there shall be substituted references to the Minister of Public Building and Works.

19

In the Metropolitan Board of Works (Various Powers) Act 1882—

(a) in section 41, for the words from “And all the provisions of” onwards there shall be substituted the words “And sections 250 to 252 of the Local Government Act 1933 shall apply in relation to byelaws made under this section.”;

(b) in section 46, after the words “such default or breach continues” there shall be inserted the words “and every such penalty shall be recoverable in a summary manner”;

(c) in section 49, for references to the Commissioners of Her Majesty's Works and Public Buildings there shall be substituted references to the Minister of Public Building and Works; and

(d) in section 50, for references to the Commissioners of Her Majesty's Woods, Forests and Land Revenues there shall be substituted references to the Crown Estate Commissioners.

20

In the Metropolitan Street Improvements Act 1883—

(a) subject to the provisions of sub-paragraph (f) of this paragraph, for references to the vestry of the parish of Paddington there shall be substituted references to the council of the City of Westminster;

(b) subject to the provisions of sub-paragraphs (e) and (f) of this paragraph, for references to the vestry of the parish of Chelsea there shall be substituted references to the council of the Royal borough of Kensington and Chelsea;

(c) for references to the Company of Proprietors of the Grand Junction Canal there shall be substituted references to the British Waterways Board;

(d) in section 7, for references to the Metropolitan Board of Works there shall be substituted references to the highway authority;

(e) in sections 44 and 45, for references to the vestry of the parish of Chelsea in relation to the Wedlake Street footbridge there shall be substituted references to the council of the City of Westminster; and

(f) in section 46(1), for references to the vestry of the parish of Chelsea and the vestry of the parish of Kensington there shall be substituted references to the council of the City of Westminster and the council of the Royal borough of Kensington and Chelsea respectively and references to the vestry of the parish of Paddington shall be omitted.

21

In the Metropolitan Board of Works (Various Powers) Act 1885—

(a) at the end of section 23 there shall be inserted—

Sections 250 to 252 of the Local Government Act 1933 shall apply in relation to byelaws made under this section and such byelaws shall not have effect until they are confirmed by the Minister of Transport.

(b) in section 41, for the words from the beginning to “but they” there shall be substituted the words “The Greater London Council”; and

(c) in section 78, for references to the Commissioners of Her Majesty's Woods, Forests and Land Revenues or either of them there shall be substituted references to the Crown Estate Commissioners.

22

In the Metropolitan Board of Works (Various Powers) Act 1886, in section 22, for references to the Board of Trade there shall be substituted references to the Minister of Transport.

23

In the Metropolitan Board of Works (Various Powers) Act 1887, in section 7—

(a) for references to the Metropolitan Board of Works and the Surrey Commercial Dock Company there shall be substituted references to the council of the London borough of Lewisham and the Port of London Authority respectively;

(b) for paragraphs (13) and (14) there shall be substituted—

(13) The council of the London borough of Lewisham shall be liable to maintain and repair the said bridge and the approaches thereto so far as they affect the canal towing path and lands of the Port of London Authority. (14) In the event of any dispute arising between the council of the London borough of Lewisham and the Port of London Authority as to the execution of any works the dispute shall be referred to and determined by an arbitrator to be agreed upon between the parties or failing agreement to be appointed on the application of either of them (after notice in writing to the other) by the President of the Institution of Civil Engineers and subjects as aforesaid the provisions of the Arbitration Act 1950 shall apply to any such determination.

24

In the Thames Tunnel (Blackwall) Act 1887—

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

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

(b) in section 13(3), for the reference to the Board of Trade there shall be substituted a reference to the Minister of Transport;

(c) in section 46(6), for the words from “and all the provisions” to “the dock company:” there shall be substituted the words “and the provisions of the Arbitration Act 1950 shall apply to any such determination:”; and

(d) for section 51 there shall be substituted the following section—

(51) The provisions of sections 250 to 252 of the Local Government Act 1933 shall extend and apply to any byelaws under this Act.

25

In the Metropolitan Board of Works (Various Powers) Act 1888—

(a) in sections 7 and 9, for references to the Metropolitan Board of Works there shall be substituted references to the highway authority; and

(b) for section 37 there shall be substituted the following section—

(37) For the purposes of any byelaws made or having effect as if made by the Greater London Council under the Open Spaces Act 1906 any footbridges constructed by or vested in the said Council over the Mid-Kent Railway and the River Ravensbourne shall be deemed to form part of an open space.

26

In the London Council (General Powers) Act 1890—

(a) in section 16—

(i) for the words “No such byelaw” there shall be substituted the words “No byelaw made or having effect as if made by the Greater London Council under any enactment”; and

(ii) for references to the Secretary of State for War there shall be substituted references to the Secretary of State for Defence; and

(b) in section 18—

(i) for references to the London County Council there shall be substituted references to the Greater London Council and to the council of an inner London borough; and

(ii) for the words “under this Part of this Act” there shall be substituted the words “or having effect as if made by the Greater London Council or by the council of an inner London borough in relation to any open space for the purposes of Part V of the London County Council (General Powers) Act 1935”.

27

In the London Open Spaces Act 1893—

(a) in section 10, for references to the standing arbitrator there shall be substituted references to an arbitrator appointed in accordance with the provisions of the Arbitration Act 1950; and

(b) in section 26, for the words “London Council (General Powers) Act 1890” there shall be substituted the words “Open Spaces Act 1906”.

28

In the London County Council (Subways) Act 1893—

(a) subject to the provisions of sub-paragraph (d) of this paragraph, for references to the Board of Trade there shall be substituted references to the Minister of Transport;

(b) in section 2—

(i) in the definition of “the company”, for the words from “the Commissioners of Sewers” onwards there shall be substituted the words “the council of an inner London borough or the Common Council;”; and

(ii) for the definition of “street” there shall be substituted—

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

(d) in section 21, for the reference to the Board of Trade there shall be substituted a reference to the Minister of Power.

29

In the London County Council (General Powers) Act 1893—

(a) in section 20, for the reference to the Commissioners of Woods there shall be substituted a reference to the Crown Estate Commissioners; and

(b) in section 22(6), for the reference to the Board of Trade there shall be substituted a reference to the Minister of Transport.

30

In the London County Council (Improvements) Act 1894, for section 45(11) there shall be substituted—

(11) The powers of the Greater London Council to make byelaws under the Open Spaces Act 1906 shall apply to the garden with the addition that byelaws made under that Act may be made for giving full effect to the foregoing provisions of this section.

31

In the Thames Tunnel (Greenwich to Millwall) Act 1897—

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

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

; and

(b) in section 28, for the words from “the Metropolis Management Act 1855” onwards there shall be substituted the words “sections 250 to 252 of the Local Government Act 1933.”.

32

In the London County Council (General Powers) Act 1897, in section 9—

(a) for references to the London County Council there shall be substituted references to the council of the London borough of Wandsworth; and

(b) for references to the West London Extension Railway Company there shall be substituted references to the British Railways Board.

33

In the London County Council (General Powers) Act 1899, at the end of section 28 there shall be added—

(4) The provisions of sections 250 to 252 of the Local Government Act 1933 shall apply to any byelaws made under this section.

34

In the Thames Tunnel (Rotherhithe and Ratcliff) Act 1900—

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

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

(b) in sections 22(10) and 24(14), for the words “Arbitration Act 1889” there shall be substituted the words “Arbitration Act 1950”; and

(c) in section 54, for the words from “the Metropolis Management Act 1855” onwards there shall be substituted the words “sections 250 to 252 of the Local Government Act 1933.”.

35

In the London County Council (Improvements) Act 1900—

(a) for references to the Commissioners of Works or any of them there shall be substituted references to the Minister of Public Building and Works; and

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

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

36

In the Woolwich Borough Council Act 1903, in section 4, for the words from “and under the Public Health Act 1875” onwards there shall be substituted the words “shall extend to the whole of the London borough of Greenwich:

37

In the London County Council (General Powers) Act 1903—

(a) in section 26, references to the Surrey Commercial Dock Company and the council of the metropolitan borough of Camberwell shall be construed as references to the Port of London Authority and the council of the London borough of Southwark respectively; and

(b) in section 50—

(i) for the word “regulations” wherever it occurs there shall be substituted the word “byelaws”; and

(ii) for the words “sections 182 to 186 of the Public Health Act 1875” there shall be substituted the words “sections 250 to 252 of the Local Government Act 1933”.

38

In the Hainault (Lambourne Fox Burrows and Grange Hill) Act 1903—

(a) in section 4, in subsections (5) and (6), for references to the Commissioners of Woods there shall be substituted references to the Crown Estate Commissioners;

(b) in section 5, for paragraph (1) there shall be substituted—

(1) The provisions of the Open Spaces Act 1906 with respect to the making of byelaws

(c) in section 11, for references to the purchasing authority there shall be substituted references to the Greater London Council; and

(d) for section 18 there shall be substituted the following section—

(18) All costs and expenses of the Greater London Council in the execution of this Act shall be defrayed, as the Council may decide— - as expenditure for general London purposes, or - as expenditure for special London purposes chargeable on such part of Greater London as the Council may determine.

39

In the Thames River Steamboat Service Act 1904—

(a) in its application to Greenwich Pier, for references to the Board of Trade and the Admiralty there shall be substituted references to the Minister of Transport and the Secretary of State for Defence respectively;

(b) in section 7(2), in the proviso, for the words “section 116 of the Thames Conservancy Act 1894” there shall be substituted the words “section 254 of the Port of London (Consolidation) Act 1920”; and

(c) in section 36, for the words “section 2 of the Conveyance of Mails Act 1893” and “sections 4 and 5 of the said Act” there shall be substituted the words “section 44 of the Post Office Act 1953” and “section 45 of the said Act” respectively.

40

In the London County Council (General Powers) Act 1905—

(a) in section 28—

(i) references to the London County Council shall be construed as references to the Greater London Council; and

(ii) for the second paragraph there shall be substituted—

A street or road constructed by the Greater London Council under this section shall be deemed for the purposes of Part IX of the Highways Act 1959 to be a street and the said Council shall make up the said street or road in accordance with the provisions of that Part.

; and

(b) in section 30, for the reference to the Commissioners of Woods there shall be substituted a reference to the Crown Estate Commissioners.

41

In the County Office Site (London) Act 1906, in section 22(3), for the words “section 116 of the Thames Conservancy Act 1894” there shall be substituted the words “section 254 of the Port of London (Consolidation) Act 1920”.

42

In the London County Council (General Powers) Act 1906—

(a) in section 8, references to the council of the metropolitan borough of Lewisham shall be construed as references to the Greater London Council;

(b) in section 15(4), for the reference to the Board of Trade there shall be substituted a reference to the Minister of Transport; and

(c) in sections 17 and 20, for references to the Hornsey Corporation there shall be substituted references to the council of the London borough of Haringey.

43

In the London County Council (Tramways and Improvements) Act 1906, in section 30, for the words from “Such byelaws shall” onwards there shall be substituted the words “Sections 250 to 252 of the Local Government Act 1933 shall apply to any such byelaws.”.

44

In the London County Council (General Powers) Act 1907—

(a) in section 9, references to the Surrey Commercial Dock Company and to the London County Council shall be construed as references to the Port of London Authority and to the Council of the London borough of Lewisham respectively;

(b) in section 46, for the first reference to the Conservators of the River Thames there shall be substituted a reference to the Port of London Authority; and

(c) in section 47, for references to the London and India Docks Company, the Surrey Commercial Dock Company and the Millwall Dock Company there shall be substituted references to the Port of London Authority in relation to the undertakings of the said companies which were transferred to or vested in the said authority by the Port of London Act 1908.

45

In the Thames River Steamboat Service Act 1904 (Amendment) Act 1908, in its application to Greenwich Pier, for references to the Board of Trade and the Admiralty there shall be substituted references to the Minister of Transport and the Secretary of State for Defence respectively.

46

In the London County Council (General Powers) Act 1908, in sections 39, 42 and 43, for references to the council of the urban district of Willesden in the county of Middlesex there shall be substituted references to the council of the London borough of Brent.

47

In the Thames Tunnel (North and South Woolwich) Act 1909—

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

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

(b) in section 11(3)—

(i) for the reference to the Board of Trade there shall be substituted a reference to the Minister of Transport; and

(ii) for the words “Arbitration Act 1889” there shall be substituted the words “Arbitration Act 1950”;

(c) in section 21(6), for the words “section 116 of the Thames Conservancy Act 1894” there shall be substituted the words “section 254 of the Port of London (Consolidation) Act 1920”; and

(d) in section 23, for the words from “the Metropolis Management Act 1855” onwards there shall be substituted the words “sections 250 to 252 of the Local Government Act 1933.”.

48

In the London County Council (General Powers) Act 1909, in section 69, for references to the Commissioners of Woods there shall be substituted references to the Crown Estate Commissioners.

49

In the Stepney Borough Council (Spitalfields Market) Act 1912, in section 4, for references to the council of the metropolitan borough of Stepney there shall be substituted references to the highway authority.

50

In the London County Council (General Powers) Act 1912—

(a) in section 4, for the definition of “Controlling authority” there shall be substituted—

“Controlling authority” means the Greater London Council.

(b) after section 12 there shall be inserted the following section—

(12A) This Part of this Act shall apply within Greater London other than the outer London boroughs.

(c) in section 32. for the reference to the Admiralty and His Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for the War Department there shall be substituted a reference to the Secretary of State for Defence; and

(d) for section 33 there shall be substituted the following section—

(33) All costs and expenses of the Greater London Council in the execution of this Act shall be defrayed, as the Council may decide— - as expenditure for general London purposes, or - as expenditure for special London purposes chargeable on such part of Greater London as the Council may determine.

51

In the London County Council (General Powers) Act 1915, in section 64, for references to the Metropolis Management Acts 1855 to 1893 or any Act amending the same and the council of a metropolitan borough there shall be substituted references to Part IX of the Highways Act 1959 and the highway authority for a highway in an inner London borough respectively.

52

In the London County Council (General Powers) Act 1919, in section 9(2), for the words “Arbitration Act 1889” there shall be substituted the words “Arbitration Act 1950”.

53

In the London County Council (General Powers) Act 1920—

(a) in section 3, for the definition of “Licensing authority” there shall be substituted—

“Licensing authority” means— As respects an inner London borough, the council of the borough; and As respects the city of London, the Common Council;”;

(b) in section 12—

(i) in subsection (2), in paragraph (B), for the words “and technical qualifications” there shall be substituted the words “qualifications and experience”;

(ii) in subsection (5), in paragraph (E), for the words “technical qualifications” there shall be substituted the words “qualifications or experience”;

(iii) in subsection (7), in proviso (A), after the words “annual meeting” there shall be inserted the words “after 1st April 1965”;

(iv) in subsection (9), for the words from “a metropolitan police magistrate” to “that city” there shall be substituted the words “a magistrates' court”;

(v) in subsection (10), for the words “a magistrate” there shall be substituted the words “a magistrates' court”; and

(vi) for subsection (12) there shall be substituted—

(12) Any fee paid to the licensing authority under this section on any application for the grant or renewal of a licence may be retained by the licensing authority whether such licence is or is not granted or renewed.

(2) The provisions of sections 250 to 252 of the Local Government Act 1933 shall apply to all byelaws made by a licensing authority under this section and the confirming authority for the purposes of the said section 250 shall be the Secretary of State.

(d) in section 15, in the proviso, for the word “magistrate” there shall be substituted the words “magistrates' court”; and

(e) in section 16, for the words from “registered under the Companies Acts 1862” to “to 1917” there shall be substituted the words “to which section 377 of the Companies Act 1948 applies or any company registered under the said Act of 1948”.

54

In the London County Council (General Powers) Act 1921—

(a) in section 4, for the definitions of “Employment agency” and “Licensing authority”, there shall be substituted—

“Employment agency” means any agency or registry in the city of London or an inner London borough carried on or represented as being or intended to be carried on (whether for the purpose of gain or reward or not) for or in connexion with the employment of persons in any capacity and any person who offers to teach or train or afford facilities for teaching or training those desirous of employment as actors, singers, dancers, musicians or in any other similar capacities at theatres or music halls or in connexion with cinema film productions and who directly or indirectly offers or holds out a prospect of such employment as an inducement to those who desire to be so taught or trained shall be deemed to be carrying on an employment agency:Provided that the following shall not be deemed to be employment agencies within the meaning of this Act—(A) Any employment agency conducted by or under the direction and supervision of the Ministry of Labour under the Employment and Training Act 1948 or any other Act of Parliament; or(B) Any youth employment bureau conducted by the Inner London Education Authority; or(C) Any employment agency which is carried on exclusively for the purpose of obtaining employment for— persons formerly members of Her Majesty's naval, military or air forces; or persons released from a prison or a Borstal institution or from an approved school or detention centre; and which is certified for the time being by a Secretary of State to be properly conducted; or(D) Any employment agency conducted by the Port of London Authority under the Port of London (Consolidation) Act 1920;

“Licensing authority” means— As respects an inner London, borough, the council of the borough; and As respects the city of London, the Common Council.”;

(b) in section 11—

(i) in subsection (8), for the words from “in the case of an employment agency” to “metropolitan police magistrate” there shall be substituted the words “to a magistrates' court”;

(ii) in subsection (9), for the words “a magistrate” there shall be substituted the words “a magistrates' court”;

(iii) in subsection (10), the words “the magistrate or” shall be omitted; and

(iv) after subsection (11) there shall be inserted—

(12) Any fee paid to the licensing authority under this section on any application for the grant or the renewal of a licence may be retained by the licensing authority whether such licence is or is not granted or renewed.

(2) The provisions of sections 250 to 252 of the Local Government Act 1933 shall apply to all byelaws made by the licensing authority under this section and the confirming authority for the purposes of the said section 250 shall be the Secretary of State.

(d) in section 14, in the proviso, for the words “a magistrate” there shall be substituted the words “a magistrates' court”;

(e) in section 15, for the words “registered under the Companies Acts 1862 to 1907 or under the Companies Acts 1908 to 1917” there shall be substituted the words “to which section 377 of the Companies Act 1948 applies or any company registered under the said Act of 1948”; and

(f) for section 16 there shall be substituted the following section—

(16) The provisions of this Part of this Act shall not apply to an agency for the supply of nurses as defined in section 8 of the Nurses Agencies Act 1957 but this section shall not be deemed to except from the provisions of this Part of this Act any business other than for the supply of nurses carried on in conjunction with such an agency.

55

In the London County Council (General Powers) Act 1924—

(a) for references to the council of the urban district of Barnes there shall be substituted references to the council of the London borough of Richmond upon Thames; and

(b) in section 15—

(i) for the reference to the Minister of Health there shall be substituted a reference to the Minister of Housing and Local Government; and

(ii) for the words “Arbitration Act 1889” there shall be substituted the words “Arbitration Act 1950”.

56

In the London County Council (Lambeth Bridge) Act 1924—

(a) in section 3, for the definition of “street” there shall be substituted—

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

; and

(b) in section 17, in paragraph (19) and in sections 24 and 26, for the words “Arbitration Act 1889” there shall be substituted the words “Arbitration Act 1950”.

57

In the Surrey County Council Act 1925, in its application to a metropolitan watercourse for the purposes of Schedule 14 to the London Government Act 1963—

(a) for section 5, 6, 19, 31 and 32 there shall be substituted the following section—

(19) (1) In this Part of this Act unless the context otherwise requires— - “stream” means the metropolitan watercourse known as the Beverley Brook or the metropolitan watercourse known as the River Wandle and includes all and any tributaries brooks channels culverts and watercourses flowing into such watercourse and the bed channel and shores thereof; - “the Council” means the Greater London Council. (2) No person shall at any time hereafter erect construct or place or cause or permit to be erected constructed or placed in or directly over the waterway or bed of a stream any building structure erection bridge arch culvert pipe or other work or thing (in this section referred to collectively as “work”) or reconstruct or alter or cause or permit to be reconstructed or altered any work erected constructed or placed in or directly over the waterway or bed of a stream before or after the passing of this Act unless or until he shall have given notice in writing to the Council of such intended work or of such intended reconstruction or alteration of any existing work (as the case may be) nor (if the Council within fourteen days after the receipt of such notice shall so require) unless and until he shall have submitted for the approval of the Council plans sections and particulars of the work and the manner in which the same is to be erected constructed or placed or reconstructed or altered (as the case may be) and such plans sections and particulars have been approved by the Council or by an arbitrator as hereinafter provided. (3) If the Council shall not within fourteen days after the receipt of the said notice signify in writing that they require the submission of plans sections and particulars or if the Council (having required the submission of the same) shall not within four weeks after the delivery thereof signify in writing their approval or disapproval of any intended work or of the reconstruction or alteration of any existing work (as the case may be) to the person who gave such notice or delivered such plans sections and particulars (as the case may be) with (in the case of disapproval of such plans sections and particulars) their reason for such disapproval they shall be deemed not to have required the delivery or to have approved the said plans sections and particulars (as the case may be): Provided that nothing in this subsection shall apply to any work for the purposes of the British Railways Board. (4) The Council may attach to their approval any condition which they may deem proper. (5) The provisions of the three next succeeding subsections shall relate only to the disapproval or approval of such plans sections and particulars as the Council may require to be submitted under this section and nothing in those subsections shall apply to any work for the purposes of the British Railways Board. (6) If the Council disapprove of the plans sections and particulars or if any difference shall arise as to the reasonableness of any conditions which the Council may attach to their approval of the plans sections and particulars then the plans sections and particulars or the conditions shall be referred to an arbitrator to be agreed or failing agreement to be appointed by the President of the Institution of Civil Engineers on the application of the persons on whose behalf the plans sections and particulars were submitted or of the Council and the arbitrator shall settle the plans sections and particulars with or without modifications or disapprove the same or shall settle the conditions to be attached to the plans sections and particulars. (7) Every such work shall be erected constructed or placed or reconstructed or altered (as the case may be) in accordance with the plans sections and particulars as so approved by the Council or settled by an arbitrator as aforesaid and subject to such conditions as may be attached by the Council or the arbitrator to such approval. (8) If any such work or the reconstruction or alteration of any such existing work is commenced or completed without such approval of the Council or of an arbitrator as aforesaid or in any respect otherwise than in conformity with the plans sections and particulars as so approved and with any condition attached to such approval the person who commenced or completed the same or caused or permitted the same to be commenced or completed shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding ten pounds and to a daily penalty not exceeding forty shillings. (9) On conviction of any person under this section the court may make such order with regard to the removal reinstatement or modification of the work as in the circumstances of the case the court may think fit and in default of compliance with such order by the person to whom the same is directed the Council may (without prejudice to the liability to any penalties or to any other remedy or proceeding) cause such work to be pulled down and removed or reinstated as the case may be and any expense incurred by them in or about the pulling down and removal or reinstatement of the work may be recovered from the person to whom the said order of the court is directed. (10) Nothing in this section shall affect the rights and powers of the Postmaster General under the Telegraph Acts 1863 to 1962. (11) The provisions of the Arbitration Act 1950 shall apply to any reference to an arbitrator under this section. (12) Nothing in this section shall (i) prevent the owners lessees or occupiers of watercress beds using any stream or any springs of water or works in connection therewith for the proper cultivation of watercress by any of the best known methods or form opening any such drains pipes or channels as may be required for the purposes of passing water through any such beds into the stream; (ii) deprive any riparian owner except with his consent of any legal rights in the soil or bed of any stream or of using in a manner not inconsistent with the provisions of this section the water of any stream or of any legal remedies if such legal rights or legal remedies were vested in or exercisable by him or by his predecessors in title at the passing of this Act or give any riparian owner any right as against the public which he did not possess before the passing of this Act.

(b) in section 39(1), for the reference to the Minister of Health there shall be substituted a reference to the Minister of Housing and Local Government;

(d) sections 99 to 105 shall apply to the Greater London Council so far as is necessary to give effect to the provisions of Part II of the said Act as modified by this paragraph.

58

In the London County Council (General Powers) Act 1925—

(a) in section 17—

(i) references to “the Arbitrator” shall be construed as references to the arbitrator to whom any question of disputed compensation may be referred under the provisions of the said section; and

(ii) for the words “Arbitration Act 1889” there shall be substituted the words “Arbitration Act 1950”;

(b) in section 33—

(i) for references to the council of a metropolitan borough in relation to a street there shall be substituted references to the highway authority for the said street;

(ii) for references to a metropolitan police magistrate there shall be substituted references to a magistrates' court;

(iii) in subsection (5), for the words from the beginning to “1891” there shall be substituted the words “The provisions of section 290 of the Public Health Act 1936”; and

(iv) in subsection (6), for the words “section 141 of the Public Health (London) Act 1891” there shall be substituted the words “section 343 of the Public Health Act 1936”;

(c) in sections 39, 58, 62, 66 and 76, for references to the council of the urban district of Walthamstow or Leyton in the county of Essex there shall be substituted references to the council of the London borough of Waltham Forest;

(d) in section 77 to 81—

(i) for any reference to an area, authority or body mentioned in the first column of the following Table there shall be subsituted a reference to the area, authority or body mentioned in the second column—

Existing area, authority or body	Substituted area, authority or body
The commissioners of sewers for the levels of Havering Dagenham Ripple Barking East Ham West Ham Leyton Walthamstow Bromley and East Marsh	The Lee Conservancy Catchment Board
The urban district of
Walthamstow in the county of Essex	The London borough of Waltham Forest
The urban district of Leyton in the said county of Essex
The Walthamstow Urban District Council.	The council or corporation as may be appropriate of the London borough of Waltham Forest
The Leyton Urban District Council
The Gas Light and Coke Company	The undertakers for the time being exercising in the area the functions of that company by virtue of the Gas Act 1948
The London and North Eastern Railway Company	The British Railways Board
The Lee Conservancy Board	The British Waterways Board

(ii) other expressions have the meanings assigned to them by section 35 of the said Act; and

(iii) in sections 77(10), 78(10), 79(15), 80(12) and 81(8), for the words “Arbitration Act 1889” there shall be substituted the words “Arbitration Act 1950”; and

(e) for section 85 there shall be substituted the following section—

(85) All costs and expenses of the Greater London Council in the execution of this Act shall be defrayed, as the Council may decide— - as expenditure for general London purposes, or - as expenditure for special London purposes chargeable on such part of Greater London as the Council may determine.

59

In the Hackney Borough Council Act 1926, in section 64(7), for references to the Minister of Health there shall be substituted references to the Minister of Housing and Local Government.

60

In the London County Council (Ilford and Barking Drainage) Act 1928, for references to the Ilford Corporation and the council of the urban district of Barking Town in the county of Essex there shall be substituted references to the council of the London borough of Redbridge and the council of the London borough of Barking respectively.

61

In the Royal Victoria and other Docks Approaches (Improvement) Act 1929—

(a) for references to the Corporation of the county borough of West Ham there shall be substituted references to the Greater London Council; and

(b) in section 66, for the words “Arbitration Act 1889” there shall be substituted the words “Arbitration Act 1950”.

62

In the London County Council (General Powers) Act 1929—

(a) in section 22(15), for the words “Arbitration Act 1889” there shall be substituted the words “Arbitration Act 1950”;

(b) for section 57 there shall be substituted the following section—

(57) (1) The Greater London Council may provide and maintain upon any parts of the open space known as Hackney Marshes buildings and erections to be used partly for the purposes of the Education Acts 1944 to 1964 and partly for the recreation and enjoyment of the public or may extend and adapt for use in part for the purposes of the said Acts buildings or erections provided upon that open space for the recreation and enjoyment of the public. (2) The Greater London Council may set apart for the purposes of the Education Acts 1944 to 1964 during such periods as they deem expedient the whole or any part of any building or erection provided maintained extended or adapted pursuant to the provisions of this section.

(c) in section 69, for references to the Commissioners of Crown Lands there shall be substituted references to the Crown Estate Commissioners; and

(d) for section 70 there shall be substituted the following section—

(70) All costs and expenses of the Greater London Council in the execution of this Act shall be defrayed, as the Council may decide— - as expenditure for general London purposes, or - as expenditure for special London purposes chargeable on such part of Greater London as the Council may determine.

63

In the West Ham Corporation Act 1930—

(a) in section 34, in its application to a metropolitan road, for references to the Corporation of the county borough of West Ham there shall be substituted references to the Greater London Council;

(b) in section 35, for references to the Corporation of the county borough of West Ham there shall be substituted references to the Greater London Council; and

(c) section 56 shall apply to the Greater London Council when any compensation, costs, damages or expenses are by section 34 or 35 directed to be paid by the said Council.

64

In the London County Council (General Powers) Act 1931, in section 52, for the words “may appropriate” there shall be substituted the words “may dedicate”.

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;

“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.

66

In the London County Council (General Powers) Act 1932—

(a) in section 23, for references to the Commissioners of Crown Lands there shall be substituted references to the Crown Estate Commissioners; and

(b) for section 24 there shall be substituted the following section—

(24) All costs and expenses of the Greater London Council in the execution of this Act shall be defrayed, as the Council may decide— - as expenditure for general London purposes, or - as expenditure for special London purposes chargeable on such part of Greater London as the Council may determine.

67

In the London County Council (General Powers) Act 1933—

(a) in section 23, for references to the Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries and the Minister of Health there shall be substituted references to the Minister of Land and Natural Resources and the Minister of Housing and Local Government respectively;

(b) for section 29(2) there shall be substituted—

(2) The provisions of sections 250 to 252 of the Local Government Act 1933 shall apply to all byelaws made under this section.

(32) Nothing in this Part of this Act or done thereunder shall alter or affect the operation of paragraphs 18 and 19 of Part III of Schedule 9 to the London Government Act 1963 nor shall prejudice or derogate from the rights powers and duties of the Greater London Council as main drainage authority.

(d) in section 69—

(i) for references to “the local authority” there shall be substituted references to the Greater London Council in respect of Greater London other than the outer London boroughs; and

(ii) subsection (6) shall be omitted;

(e) in section 79, for references to the Commissioners of Crown Lands there shall be substituted references to the Crown Estate Commissioners; and

(f) for section 81 there shall be substituted the following section—

(81) All costs and expenses of the Greater London Council in the execution of this Act shall be defrayed, as the Council may decide— - as expenditure for general London purposes, or - as expenditure for special London purposes chargeable on such part of Greater London as the Council may determine.

68

In the London County Council (General Powers) Act 1934—

(a) in section 66, for references to the London County Council there shall be substituted references to the highway authority;

(b) in section 67, for the words “Arbitration Act 1889” there shall be substituted the words “Arbitration Act 1950”; and

(75) All costs and expenses of the Greater London Council in the execution of this Act shall be defrayed, as the Council may decide— - as expenditure for general London purposes, or - as expenditure for special London purposes chargeable on such part of Greater London as the Council may determine.

69

In the London County Council (General Powers) Act 1935—

(a) for section 52 there shall be substituted the following section—

(52) The powers conferred upon a local authority by or in pursuance of this Part of this Act shall be in addition to and not in derogation of any other powers possessed by any such authority independently of this Act.

(b) in section 68, for the words “Arbitration Acts 1889 to 1934” there shall be substituted the words “Arbitration Act 1950”;

(c) in section 76, for references to the Commissioners of Crown Lands there shall be substituted references to the Crown Estate Commissioners; and

(d) for section 75 there shall be substituted the following section—

(75) All costs and expenses of the Greater London Council in the execution of this Act shall be defrayed, as the Council may decide— - as expenditure for general London purposes, or - as expenditure for special London purposes chargeable on such part of Greater London as the Council may determine.

70

In the London and Middlesex (Improvements &c.) Act 1936—

(a) for references to the Middlesex County Council there shall be substituted references to the Greater London Council;

(b) in section 33, for the words “borough of Brentford and Chiswick” there shall be substituted the words “London borough of Hounslow”;

(c) in section 60, for references to the mayor, aldermen and burgesses of the borough of Brentford and Chiswick (in the said section referred to as “the Corporation”), save in relation to the electricity undertaking mentioned in that section, there shall be substituted references to the corporation of the London borough of Hounslow; and

(d) in section 66, for the words “Arbitration Acts 1889 to 1934” there shall be substituted the words “Arbitration Act 1950”.

71

In the Surrey County Council Act 1936—

(a) in Part II, in relation to a metropolitan watercourse, sections 8 to 30, 34, 36 to 38 and 41 to 44 shall cease to have effect;

(b) section 129 shall apply to the London boroughs of Kingston upon Thames, Merton and Sutton and to that part of the London borough of Croydon which immediately before 1st April 1965 was comprised in the urban district of Coulsdon and Purley subject to the modification that for any reference to the Surrey County Council there shall be substituted a reference to the Greater London Council; and

(c) sections 134 to 140 shall apply to the Greater London Council so far as is necessary to give effect to the provisions of Part II and section 129 of the said Act as modified by this paragraph.

72

In the London County Council (General Powers) Act 1937—

(a) for section 55(3) there shall be substituted—

(3) Nothing in this section or done thereunder shall alter or affect the operation of paragraphs 18 and 19 of Part III of Schedule 9 to the London Government Act 1963.

(b) in section 59—

(i) in subsection (1), the words “and of section 138 (Costs of Act) of this Act” shall be omitted; and

(ii) in subsection (2), for the words “Metropolis Management Act 1855” and “sections 183 to 189” there shall be substituted the words “Local Government Act 1933” and “Part IX” respectively;

(i) in subsection (2), for the words “county council or the sanitary authority of the district” and “the Act of 1936” there shall be substituted the words “Greater London Council or the council of the inner London borough” and “the Public Health Act 1936 and Parts V and VI of and Schedules 9 to 11 to the London Government Act 1963” respectively; and

(ii) in subsection (3), in paragraph (a), for the reference to the Commissioners of Crown Lands there shall be substituted a reference to the Crown Estate Commissioners;

(d) in section 123, for the words from the beginning to “education)” there shall be substituted the words “The functions of the Inner London Education Authority under Part II of the Education Act 1944”;

(e) in section 125 (1), for the words from “any open space” onwards there shall be substituted the words “any park or pleasure ground under sections 52 and 53 of the Public Health Act 1961.”;

(f) in section 130, for the words “Arbitration Acts 1889 to 1934” there shall be substituted the words “Arbitration Act 1950”;

(g) in section 137, for the reference to the Commissioners of Crown Lands and the Commissioners of Works there shall be substituted a reference to the Crown Estate Commissioners and the Minister of Public Building and Works respectively; and

(h) for section 138 there shall be substituted the following section—

(138) All costs and expenses of the Greater London Council in the execution of this Act shall be defrayed, as the Council may decide— - as expenditure for general London purposes, or - as expenditure for special London purposes chargeable on such part of Greater London as the Council may determine.

73

In the London County Council (General Powers) Act 1938—

(a) in section 6, for references to the London County Council there shall be substituted references to the council of an inner London borough;

(b) in section 8(6), in paragraph (c), for the words “made by the Minister of Health” there shall be substituted the words “made, or having effect as if made, by the Minister of Housing and Local Government”; and

(14) All costs and expenses of the Greater London Council in the execution of this Act shall be defrayed, as the Council may decide— - as expenditure for general London purposes, or - as expenditure for special London purposes chargeable on such part of Greater London as the Council may determine.

74

In the London County Council (Tunnel and Improvements) Act 1938—

(a) in section 3(1), for the definition of “street” there shall be substituted—

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

(b) in section 12, for the words “a metropolitan police magistrate” and “the magistrate” there shall be substituted the words “a magistrates' court” and “the court” respectively;

(2) In this section the expression “highway authority” means the highway authority for the purposes of section 16(1) of the London Government Act 1963.

(d) in section 51, in the proviso, 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 78, for the words “Arbitration Acts 1889 to 1934” there shall be substituted the words “Arbitration Act 1950”;

(f) in section 80(2), for the words from “Part VI” to “1934” there shall be substituted the words “sections 250 to 252 of the Local Government Act 1933”; and

(g) in section 86, for references to the Commissioners of Works and Public Buildings there shall be substituted references to the Minister of Public Building and Works.

75

In the London County Council (General Powers) Act 1939—

(a) in section 3(1), for the definition of “street” there shall be substituted—

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

(b) in Part III, subject to the provisions of the next succeeding sub-paragraph, for any reference to the London County Council or to the council of a metropolitan borough in relation to any part of the improvements there shall be substituted—

(i) in the case of any matter arising before the date of the issue of a certificate under section 37 of the said Act of the completion of the said part, a reference to the Greater London Council and to the council of the inner London borough which includes the said part respectively; or

(ii) in the case of any matter arising on or after such date, a reference to the highway authority for the street;

(c) in section 37(2), in the proviso, for the reference to the vesting of the viaduct and bridges in the London County Council and the Southern Railway Company there shall be substituted a reference to such vesting in the Greater London Council and the British Railways Board respectively;

(d) in section 38, for references to the Commissioners of His Majesty's Works and Public Buildings and the Commissioners of Crown Lands there shall be substituted references to the Minister of Public Building and Works and the Crown Estate Commissioners respectively;

(e) in section 93, for references to the Commissioners of His Majesty's Works and Public Buildings there shall be substituted references to the Minister of Public Building and Works;

(f) in section 95, for the words “Arbitration Acts 1889 to 1934” there shall be substituted the words “Arbitration Act 1950”;

(g) in section 103, for references to the Commissioners of Crown Lands and the Commissioners of Works and Public Buildings there shall be substituted references to the Crown Estate Commissioners and the Minister of Public Building and Works respectively;

(h) in the said section 103, references to the Prison Commissioners shall be omitted; and

(i) for section 104 there shall be substituted the following section—

(104) All costs and expenses of the Greater London Council in the execution of this Act shall be defrayed, as the Council may decide— - as expenditure for general London purposes, or - as expenditure for special London purposes chargeable on such part of Greater London as the Council may determine.

76

In the London County Council (Improvements) Act 1939—

(a) for any reference to the London County Council or to the council of a metropolitan borough in relation to any part of any improvements there shall be substituted—

(i) in the case of any matter arising before the date of the issue of a certificate under section 28 of the said Act of the completion of the said part, a reference to the Greater London Council and to the council of the inner London borough which includes the said part respectively; or

(ii) in the case of any matter arising on or after such date, a reference to the highway authority for the street;

(b) in section 3(1), for the definition of “street” there shall be substituted—

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

; and

(c) in section 43, for the words “Arbitration Acts 1889 to 1934” there shall be substituted the words “Arbitration Act 1950”.

77

In the Middlesex County Council Act 1944—

(a) section 8 shall apply to the Greater London Council throughout Greater London subject to the modification that for references to the Middlesex County Council there shall be substituted references to the Greater London Council;

(b) in Part III—

(i) in its application to the Hampton Court Bridge, for references to the Middlesex County Council there shall be substituted references to the Greater London Council;

(ii) in its application otherwise than to the said Bridge or to the county of Surrey as existing on and after 1st April 1965, for references to the Middlesex County Council or to the Surrey County Council there shall be substituted references to the Greater London Council;

(iii) in section 25, after the words “of this Act” there shall be inserted the words “as originally enacted”;

(iv) for references to the Minister of War Transport other than those in section 39 there shall be substituted references to the Minister of Transport;

(v) in section 39, for references to the Minister of War Transport there shall be substituted references to the Board of Trade; and

(vi) sections 14, 15, 17 to 20, 23, 24, 26(3), 27, 29(1), 30(1), 31, 35 and 38(2) shall be omitted;

(c) in Part IV, for references to the Middlesex County Council there shall be substituted references to the Greater London Council;

(d) Parts III and IV shall have effect, in their application to the Greater London Council, subject to any repeal contained in the Local Law (North West London Boroughs) Order 1965[^f00002];

(e) Part V shall have effect, in its application to a metropolitan water-course, subject to any repeal contained in the Local Law (North West London Boroughs) Order 1965;

(f) section 189 shall apply to all metropolitan roads and, in such application, for references to the Middlesex County Council in relation to a county road (other than a claimed road) there shall be substituted references to the Greater London Council in relation to a metropolitan road and section 225 shall have effect accordingly;

(g) section 214 shall apply to the Greater London Council throughout Greater London subject to the following modifications—

(i) for references to the Middlesex County Council there shall be substituted references to the Greater London Council; and

(ii) subsection (4) shall be omitted;

(h) section 283(1) shall apply to the Greater London Council in relation to any open space for the purposes of Part V of the London County Council (General Powers) Act 1935 subject to the modification that for references to a local authority there shall be substituted references to the said Council; and

(i) in Part XX, in so far as that part relates to any provision of the said Act applied to the Greater London Council by the London Government Act 1963 or by this order, for any reference to the Middlesex County Council there shall be substituted a reference to the Greater London Council.

78

In the London County Council (General Powers) Act 1947—

(a) in section 4(2)—

(i) for the words “Act of 1939” there shall be substituted the words “Local Government Act 1933”; and

(ii) for the reference to the Minister of Health there shall be substituted a reference to the Minister of Housing and Local Government;

(b) in section 5—

(i) in subsection (1), in paragraph (b), for the words “section 155 of the Act of 1939” there shall be substituted the words “section 125 of the Local Government Act 1933”; and

(ii) in subsection (4), for the reference to the Minister of Education there shall be substituted a reference to the Secretary of State for Education and Science;

(c) in section 6(2), for the reference to the Minister of Education there shall be substituted a reference to the Secretary of State for Education and Science;

(d) for section 8 there shall be substituted the following section—

(8) (1) Subject to the provisions of this section in Greater London the Greater London Council (hereinafter in this section called “the Council”) may either alone or in co-operation with any association or body dealing with the promotion or control of any recreation organise or conduct any competition. (2) A competition may be organised or conducted either wholly or partly as the Council may think fit in connection with facilities provided by the Council in exercise of their powers under any enactment. (3) Without prejudice to the generality of the provisions of the preceding provisions of this section, the Council may for the use of spectators at a competition enclose or set apart any part of an open space park or pleasure ground belonging to the Council or under their control not exceeding one acre or one-twentieth of the area of the open space park or pleasure ground whichever is the greater. (4) The Council may provide trophies and prizes to be awarded to participants in any competition. (5) The Council may charge such entrance fees as they think fit to entrants for any competition. (6) The Council may make rules relating to any matters in connection with such competitions as are referred to in this section. (7) For the purposes of this section— - “recreation” means any activity for which the Council have power to provide facilities in an open space park or pleasure ground; and - “competition” means any competition tournament or contest held in connection with any recreation and includes any display or exhibition given in connection with a competition.

(e) in section 60, for the words “county purposes” there shall be substituted the words “London purposes”;

(f) in section 61, for references to the Minister of Town and Country Planning there shall be substituted references to the Minister of Housing and Local Government;

(g) for section 66 there shall be substituted the following section—

(66) Subsections (2) to (5) of section 290 of the Local Government Act 1933 shall apply to any public local inquiry authorised by this Act as they apply to an inquiry mentioned in subsection (1) of that section.

; and

(h) for section 71 there shall be substituted the following section—

(71) All costs and expenses of the Greater London Council in the execution of this Act shall be defrayed, as the Council may decide— - as expenditure for general London purposes, or - as expenditure for special London purposes chargeable on such part of Greater London as the Council may determine.

79

In the London County Council (Improvements) Act 1948—

(a) in section 3(1), for the definition of “street” there shall be substituted—

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

(b) in section 49(4), for the words “Arbitration Acts 1889 to 1934” there shall be substituted the words “Arbitration Act 1950”;

(c) in section 50(2), for the words “Part VIII (Byelaws) of the London Government Act 1939” there shall be substituted the words “sections 250 to 252 of the Local Government Act 1933”;

(d) in section 55, for the words “Arbitration Acts 1889 to 1934” there shall be substituted the words “Arbitration Act 1950”; and

(e) in section 59, for the words from “subsections (2)” to “Act 1939” there shall be substituted the words “subsections (2) to (5) of section 290 of the Local Government Act 1933”.

80

In the London County Council (General Powers) Act 1948—

(a) in Part IV, for references to the council of a metropolitan borough there shall be substituted references to the highway authority for a highway in an inner London borough;

(b) in section 42, in the definition of “owner”, for the words “section 304 of the Public Health (London) Act 1936” there shall be substituted the words “section 343(1) of the Public Health Act 1936”;

(d) in section 45(5), for the words “section 289 of the Public Health (London) Act 1936” there shall be substituted the words “section 294 of the Public Health Act 1936”;

(e) in section 55(2), for the words “Part VII of the Act of 1939” there shall be substituted the words “Part IX of the Local Government Act 1933”;

(f) in section 57, for the words “Arbitration Acts 1889 to 1934” there shall be substituted the words “Arbitration Act 1950”;

(g) in section 59, for the words from “subsections (2)” to “Act of 1939” there shall be substituted the words “subsections (2) to (5) of section 290 of the Local Government Act 1933”; and

(h) for section 63 there shall be substituted the following section—

(63) All costs and expenses of the Greater London Council in the execution of this Act shall be defrayed, as the Council may decide— - as expenditure for general London purposes, or - as expenditure for special London purposes chargeable on such part of Greater London as the Council may determine.

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In the London County Council (General Powers) Act 1949—

(a) in section 3(1), for the definition of “the Minister” there shall be substituted—

“the Minister” means the Minister of Housing and Local Government;

(b) in section 4—

(i) in subsection (1), for the definitions of “heating authority” and “the heating limits” there shall be substituted respectively—

“heating authority” means the Greater London Council or the council of an inner London borough;” and

““the heating limits” in relation to the Greater London Council means Greater London and in relation to the council of an inner London borough means the borough;

and

(ii) for subsection (3) there shall be substituted—

(3) Any reference in this Part of this Act to powers conferred by any of the provisions of the Housing Act 1957 shall be construed as including a reference to powers conferred by or under the corresponding provisions of any enactment repealed by that Act or by the Housing Act 1936 or by the Housing Act 1925 or by the Housing, Town Planning &c. Act 1919.

(i) in subsection (1), for the words “Part V of the Act of 1936” there shall be substituted the words “Part V of the Housing Act 1957 (in this section referred to as “the Act of 1957”);” and

(ii) in subsection (2), for paragraphs (a) to (f) there shall be substituted—

(a) any such houses or other buildings as are referred to in section 105(1)(a) of the Act of 1957 provided by any person on any land in compliance with a condition subject to which that land was sold or leased by the heating authority under that section; (b) any such houses as are referred to in section 104(1) of the Act of 1957 which may have been sold or leased by the heating authority under that section; (c) any house or other building sold or leased by the heating authority under section 105(4) of the Act of 1957 and altered enlarged repaired or improved by any person in compliance with conditions subject to which such sale or lease was effected; (d) any houses or buildings provided altered enlarged repaired or improved by a housing association in pursuance of arrangements for the provision of housing accommodation by the association made with the association by the heating authority under section 120 of the Act of 1957; (e) any houses sold or leased to the heating authority under section 128 of the Act of 1957 or managed by them by virtue of that section; and (f) any dwellings provided by the heating authority in pursuance of an obligation to provide re-housing accommodation imposed by a scheme made under Schedule 9 of the Act of 1957 or by any other enactment.

(d) in section 11(4), for the words “the council or the borough council” there shall be substituted the words “the Greater London Council or the council of an inner London borough”;

(e) in section 12(1), for references to the Minister of Fuel and Power there shall be substituted references to the Minister of Power;

(f) in section 13(1), in the definition of “the Minister”, for references to the Minister of Fuel and Power and the Minister of Health there shall be substituted references to the Minister of Power and the Minister of Housing and Local Government respectively;

(g) in section 25(2), for the reference to the Minister of Fuel and Power there shall be substituted a reference to the Minister of Power;

(h) in section 26—

(i) in subsection (1), in paragraph (b), for the words “the Act of 1936” there shall be substituted the words “Part III of the Housing (Financial Provisions) Act 1958”; and

(ii) subsection (2) shall be omitted;

(i) in section 34(1), for the reference to the Minister of Fuel and Power there shall be substituted a reference to the Minister of Power;

(j) in section 39, for the words “section 4 of the Special Roads Act 1949” there shall be substituted the words “section 15 of the Highways Act 1959”;

(k) in section 40, for the words “London Traffic Act 1924” there shall be substituted the words “Road Traffic Act 1960 as amended by the Road Traffic and Roads Improvement Act 1960”;

(l) for section 56 there shall be substituted the following section—

(56) The Minister the Minister of Power and the Minister of Power and the Minister of Transport acting jointly may hold such inquiries as they may respectively consider necessary in regard to the exercise of any powers conferred on them by this Act and section 290 of the Local Government Act 1933 shall apply in relation to any such inquiry as if that section were re-enacted herein with any necessary modification.

(m) in section 57, for the words “Arbitration Acts 1889 to 1934” there shall be substituted the words “Arbitration Act 1950”; and

(n) for section 60 there shall be substituted the following section—

(60) All costs and expenses of the Greater London Council in the execution of this Act shall be defrayed, as the Council may decide— - as expenditure for general London purposes, or - as expenditure for special London purposes chargeable on such part of Greater London as the Council may determine.

82

In the Parliament Square (Improvements) Act 1949, for references to the Minister of Works there shall be substituted references to the Minister of Public Building and Works.

83

In the London County Council (Woolwich Subsidences) Act 1950—

(a) unless the context otherwise requires, for references to the London County Council there shall be substituted references to the council of the London borough of Greenwich;

(b) in section 4(3), after the words “effect of the order” there shall be inserted the words “shall forthwith send a copy of the said notice to the Greater London Council”;

(c) in section 7(4), for the words “Arbitration Acts 1889 to 1934” there shall be substituted the words “Arbitration Act 1950”;

(d) in section 12(2), in the proviso, after the words “the Minister” there shall be inserted the words “and to the Greater London Council”;

(e) in section 17(2), in paragraph (b), for the words “Public Health (London) Act 1936” there shall be substituted the words “Public Health Act 1936”;

(f) in section 26—

(i) in subsection (1), in the definition of “the appropriate Minister” for the reference to the Minister of Health and the Minister of Fuel and Power there shall be substituted a reference to the Minister of Housing and Local Government and the Minister of Power;

(ii) in subsection (4), in paragraph (a), after the word “undertakers” there shall be inserted the words “and to the Greater London Council”; and

(iii) in subsection (6), in paragraph (b), for the words “Arbitration Acts 1889 to 1934” there shall be substituted the words “Arbitration Act 1950”; and

(g) in section 27, for the words “section 189 of the London Government Act 1939” there shall be substituted the words “section 290 of the Local Government Act 1933”.

84

In the London County Council (General Powers) Act 1950—

(a) in section 3(1), for the definition of “the Minister” there shall be substituted—

“the Minister” means the Minister of Housing and Local Government;

(b) in section 30, for references to the London County Council there shall be substituted references to the council of an inner London borough;

(c) in section 37, for the words “section 189 of the Act of 1939” there shall be substituted the words “section 290 of the Local Government Act 1933”; and

(d) for section 39 there shall be substituted the following section—

(39) All costs and expenses of the Greater London Council in the execution of this Act shall be defrayed, as the Council may decide— - as expenditure for general London purposes, or - as expenditure for special London purposes chargeable on such part of Greater London as the Council may determine.

85

In the London County Council (Crystal Palace) Act 1951—

(a) in section 3(3), for the words “as defined by the London Government Act 1939” there shall be substituted the words “for the purposes of the London Government Act 1963”;

(b) in section 10(2), for the words “section 147 of the London Government Act 1939” there shall be substituted the words “section 250 of the Local Government Act 1933”; and

(c) in section 14, in the proviso, for the words “section 106 of the London Government Act 1939” there shall be substituted the words “section 163 of the Local Government Act 1933”.

86

In the London County Council (General Powers) Act 1951—

(a) in section 35—

(i) in subsection (1), for the words “Housing Acts 1936 to 1949” there shall be substituted the words “Housing Act 1957”; and

(ii) in subsection (2), the proviso shall be omitted;

(b) in section 40, for the words “section 189 of the Act of 1939” there shall be substituted the words “section 290 of the Local Government Act 1933”; and

(41) All costs and expenses of the Greater London Council in the execution of this Act shall be defrayed, as the Council may decide— - as expenditure for general London purposes, or - as expenditure for special London purposes chargeable on such part of Greater London as the Council may determine.

87

In the London County Council (Holland House) Act 1952, in section 4, in paragraph (a), for the reference to the Minister of Works there shall be substituted a reference to the Minister of Public Building and Works.

88

In the London County Council (General Powers) Act 1952—

(a) in section 21, for references to the Housing Acts 1936 to 1949 there shall be substituted references to the Housing Act 1957; and

(b) for section 29 there shall be substituted the following section—

(29) All costs and expenses of the Greater London Council in the execution of this Act shall be defrayed, as the Council may decide— - as expenditure for general London purposes, or - as expenditure for special London purposes chargeable on such part of Greater London as the Council may determine.

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