The London Government (Grants and Rates, etc.) Order 1965

Amendment of statutory instruments, etc

13.—(1) Subject to the provisions of article 11, this article shall have effect as from 1st April 1965.

(2) In the Rate-product Rules 1959—

(a) in rule 2, after “county councils” there shall be inserted, “the Greater London Council”;

(b) in rule 3(2), for the definitions of “rating authority” and “precepts” there shall be substituted—

“`rating authority' means the council of a county district or a London borough, the Common Council of the City of London, the Sub-Treasurer of the Inner Temple or the Under-Treasurer of the Middle Temple;

`precept' means a precept issued by a county council, the Greater London Council or the Receiver for the Metropolitan Police District;”;

(c) in rule 8(1), after “county council” there shall be inserted, “the Greater London Council”.

(3) In rules 4 and 7 of the Rate-product Rules 1959 the references to each rating authority and in rule 4 of the Rate-product (County Boroughs) Rules 1959(1) the reference to the council of each county borough shall in respect of any council abolished by section 3 of the Act and in respect of the year 1964–65 be construed as references to the council specified in respect of such first, mentioned council in column (2) of the schedule to this order.

(4) In the Rate-accounts Regulations 1962(2)—

(a) in regulation 2(2), for the definitions of “council”, “parish” and “London” there shall be substituted—

“`council' means the council of a county borough, London borough or county district or the Council of the Isles of Scilly;

`parish' — outside Greater London, includes any part of a parish being either a contributory place as defined in section 343 of the Public Health Act 1936(3) or an area otherwise subject to separate or differential rating; and in Greater London, means any part of a rating area which is subject (otherwise than in respect of a garden or square) to separate or differential rating;”;

(b) in regulation 2(3), “and (in the application of these regulations to London) shall apply as if that Act extended to London” shall be omitted;

(c) in regulation 3(2)(g) the reference to previous rates shall include all rates, within the meaning of the Regulations, made by a London borough council or their predecessors.

(5) In the Valuation Lists Rules 1962(4)—

(a) in rule 3(2), for the definitions of “London” and “parish” there shall be substituted—

“`parish' — outside Greater London, includes any part of a parish being either a contributory place as defined in section 343 of the Public Health Act 1936 or an area otherwise subject to separate or differential rating; and in Greater London, means a rating area or any part of a rating area which is subject (otherwise than in respect of a garden or square or by reason of any provision of the City of London (Tithes and Rates) Act 1910(5) or the City of London (Tithes) Act 1947(6) to separate differential rating;”

(b) rule 3(3) shall be omitted.

(6) In the Valuation (Statutory Deductions) Order 1962 (7), in article 4, the words “in the administrative county of London as well as elsewhere in England and Wales” shall be omitted.

(7) In the London Outfall Sewers (Assessment of Loss) Order 1963—

(a) in article 2(2)—

in the definition of “the appropriate factor” , for “of the London County Council” there shall be substituted “of the Greater London Council”;

for the definition of “the councils” there shall be substituted—

“`the councils' means the councils of the London boroughs of Bexley, Greenwich, Newham and Tower Hamlets, and `council' means one of the councils;”

(b) in article 4(3), for “London Main Drainage Area” and “the said Area” there shall be substituted “the sewerage area of the Greater London Council” and “the said sewerage area”;

(c) for the Schedule, there shall be substituted—

“SCHEDULE

Name of Council	Basic Value
	£
Bexley	4,375
Greenwich	8,750
Newham	102,650
Tower Hamlets	12,720”.

(1)

(1959 I, p. 1602).

(2)

(1962 I, p. 4).

(3)

26 Geo. 5 & 1 Edw. 8. c. 49.

(4)

(1962 III, p. 3470).

(5)

10 Edw. 7 & 1 Geo. 5. c. xxx.

(6)

10 & 11 Geo. 6. c. xxxi.

(7)

(1962 II, p. 1078).