The Local Government Reorganisation (Miscellaneous Provision) Order 1986

Miscellaneous amendments to other Acts

3.—(1) In the Water Act 1945(1), in section 94 of Schedule 3—

(a) for the words “the clerk of the council of every county and town clerk of every county borough” there shall be substituted “the proper officer of the council of every non-metropolitan county, metropolitan district and London borough”; and

(b) for the words “Greater London, with the clerk to the Greater London Council” there shall be substituted “the City of London, with the town clerk of the City.”.

(2) In the Port of London Act 1968—

(a) in section 65, for sub-paragraph (ii) there shall be substituted—

“(ii) in front of land which is vested in any body by virtue of any provision made by or under the Local Government Act 1985 (being land which immediately before 1st April 1986 belonged to the Greater London Council) and which was acquired by the predecessors of the Council before 23rd December 1920;”

and, in the words after the semi-colon, for the words “the council” there shall be substituted “the body,”;

(b) in section 82—

(i) in subsection (1), for the words “The Greater London Council” there shall be substituted “The Thames Water Authority”, for the words “the Council” in the first place where they occur there shall be substituted “the Thames Water Authority” and for the words “the Council and the Port Authority” there shall be substituted “them”;

(ii) in subsection (2) for the words “the Greater London Council” there shall be substituted “the Thames Water Authority”;

(c) in section 121(7), for the definition of “local authority” there shall be substituted—

““local authority” means the council of a county, district or London borough, the Common Council of the City of London, the Thames Water Authority and an authority established under section 10 (joint arrangements for waste disposal functions) of the Local Government Act 1985”;

(d) in section 162(2), for paragraph (c) there shall be substituted—

“(c) the exhibition of advertisements by or authorised by any body on land vested in that body by virtue of any provision made by or under the Local Government Act 1985 (being land which immediately before 1st April 1986 belonged to the Greater London Council) and used by that body under any enactment;”;

(e) in section 168(3)(b), for sub-paragraph (i) there shall be substituted—

“(i) to the council of every county, district or London borough affected by the byelaws to which the notice relates and if those byelaws affect the City of London to the town clerk of the City;”;

(f) in Schedule 7, in column (2) of items 8, 9 and 10, for the words “the Greater London Council” there shall be substituted “London Borough of Newham” and in column (3) of item 10, for the words “the Greater London Council” there shall be substituted “the borough council” and the words after the semi-colon shall be omitted;

(3) In section 4(e) (definition of “local authority”) of the Housing Act 1985 after the number “453(2)” there shall be inserted “460(3)”.

(4) The enactments specified in Part II of the Schedule are hereby repealed to the extent specified in the third column of that Schedule.

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amended by S.I. 1970/211, article 3(4).