London Government Act 1963

57 Provision of entertainments, concert halls, museums, etc.

(1) The Greater London Council shall be a local authority for the purposes of section 132 of the Local Government Act 1948 (which relates to the powers of local authorities with respect to the provision of entertainments).

(2) Any property (including the Royal Festival Hall) which immediately before 1st April 1965 was held by the London county council by virtue of any of the following enactments, that is to say—

(a) section 46 of the London County Council (General Powers) Act 1901 (which relates to the Horniman museum);

(b) the Iveagh Bequest (Kenwood) Act 1929 ;

(c) section 3 of the London County Council (General Powers) Act 1940 (which relates to certain ponds at Ken Wood, Hampstead Heath and Parliament Hill);

(d) section 4 of the London County Council (General Powers) Act 1947 (which relates to the provision of concert halls, etc.);

(e) the London County Council (Crystal Palace) Act 1951 ;

(f) section 29 of the London County Council (General Powers) Act 1959 (which relates to the Geffrye museum),

shall on that date vest in the Greater London Council; and the functions of the London county council by virtue of the enactments referred to in paragraph (a), (b), (e) or (f) of this subsection or by virtue of section 20 of the London County Council (General Powers) Act 1952 (which relates to the exhibition at Ken Wood of drawings from Sir John Soane's museum) shall on that date become functions of the Greater London Council.