London Government Act 1963

6 If at any time the Secretary of State is satisfied, whether on representations made to him by the council of a London borough, or by the Greater London Council, or, in relation to borough 1, by the Common Council, or otherwise, that there are sufficient grounds for considering an alteration—

(a) in the number of councilors of the Greater London Council to be elected for any such borough, or, in the case of borough 1, for that borough together with the City and the Temples; or

(b) in the boundaries within any such boroughs of any of the electoral areas into which the borough is for the time being divided for the purpose of the election of those councilors ; or

(c) of the name of any of those electoral areas,

he may, after causing such notice to be given concerning the matter as he thinks expedient, by order (being, except in the case of a borough or other area falling within paragraph 7(1)(b) of this Schedule, an order by virtue of paragraph 8(1) of this Schedule) make any such alteration as aforesaid.