16.—(1) Notwithstanding anything in Schedule 9 to the 1973 Act—
(a)subsection (8) of section 35 (sewers and sewage disposal works) of the London Government Act 1963 shall continue in force, and that subsection, as so saved, shall have effect as if any reference to the Greater London Council included a reference to the Thames Water Authority; and the expression “reconvey” and “the two councils”
(b)in Schedule 13 to the 1963 Act, paragraphs 2 to 5, 7, 8, 10, 11, 14 to 16 and 23 shall continue in force.
(2) Any mains, pipes, or other works transferred to statutory water undertakers by virtue of an order under the 1973 Act shall be deemed to have been laid or constructed by those undertakers.