Transport (London) Act 1969

32 Amendments as to pedestrian crossings

(1) The Council shall be the local authority as respects Greater London for the purposes of section 21 of the Act of 1967 (which empowers a local authority to make schemes for the establishment on roads in their district other than trunk roads of crossings for foot passengers); and accordingly—

(a) in subsection (6) of that section (which defines the expression " local authority " as respects England and Wales other than Greater London and as respects Scotland) after paragraph (b) there shall be added the following paragraph:—

“(c) as respects Greater London, the Greater London Council”; and

(b) for subsection (8) of that section (which defines that expression in relation to Greater London and requires the Council to consult other authorities in Greater London before submitting certain schemes under that section) there shall be substituted the following:—

“(8) Before the Greater London Council submit any scheme under this section with respect to any road they shall consult with any other council, being the council of a London borough or the Common Council of the City of London, within whose area that road is situated.”

(2) Any scheme with respect to a road in Greater London made, or having effect as if made, under the said section 21 by an authority other than the Council and in force immediately before the appointed day for the purposes of subsection (1) of this section shall be deemed to have been made by the Council and shall continue in force accordingly until varied or revoked by the Council or the Minister in accordance with subsection (4) of that section.

(3) On the appointed day aforesaid there shall be transferred to the Council—

(a) all traffic signs within the meaning of section 54(1) of the Act of 1967 placed in connection with any such scheme as aforesaid made in relation to a road in Greater London by any authority other than the Council; and

(b) subject to subsections (4) and (5) of this section, all other property or rights which, immediately before that day, were vested in that other authority for the purposes of that scheme, and all liabilities incurred by that other authority for those purposes and not discharged before that day.

(4) There shall not be transferred to the Council by virtue of subsection (3) of this section any right or liability in respect of work done, services rendered, goods (including gas and electricity) supplied or money due for payment before the appointed day aforesaid.

(5) The Council and the other authority concerned may make agreements with respect to the transfer of property, rights and liabilities under subsection (3) of this section, including agreements for defining the property, rights and liabilities transferred, and for the transfer or retention of property, rights or liabilities held or incurred partly for the purposes of such a scheme as aforesaid and partly for other purposes ; and any dispute between the Council and that other authority as to the property, rights or liabilities transferred shall be determined by the Minister.