Transport (London) Act 1969

35 Operation of parking places on highways where charges are made

In section 35 of the Act of 1967, after subsection (5) (which enables the Council, without any application being made by the local authority, that is to say, the council of a London borough or the Common Council, to designate parking places on highways in the local authority's area where charges may be made for vehicles left therein, and by paragraph (b) empowers the Council to enter into an agreement with the local authority for the transfer to the local authority of the operation of any parking place so designated and of property, rights and liabilities of the Council in connection with that parking place) there shall be inserted the following subsection:—

“(5A) Where in the case of a parking place designated by an order made, or having effect as if made, by virtue of subsection (5) above, the Greater London Council have offered to enter into such an agreement with the local authority as is mentioned in paragraph (b) of that subsection but are satisfied that such an agreement cannot be reached, then, subject to sections 84A, 84B and 84C of this Act, the Council may by order provide that the operation of that parking place, and such apparatus or other things held by, and rights or liabilities of, the Council in connection with the parking place as may be specified in the order, shall be transferred to the local authority as from such date and on such terms (including terms as to the making of payments to or by the Greater London Council by or to the local authority) as may be so specified; and—

(a) paragraph (c) of subsection (5) above shall apply to the transfer of the operation of the parking place under the order as if it were a transfer in pursuance of an agreement under paragraph (b) of that subsection ; and

(b) if the local authority fail to discharge any of their functions by virtue of the order the Greater London Council may themselves discharge those functions and recover from the local authority summarily as a civil debt—

(i) any expenses incurred by the Council in discharging those functions; and

(ii) the amount of any payments falling to be made to the Council by the local authority under the order.”