Part IX

Miscellaneous and General

Common services
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Publicity for amenities of Greater London.
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Any of the London borough councils and the Common Council may, for the purpose of giving publicity to the amenities and advantages of their respective areas—
a
enter into and carry into effect agreements for the purpose with any person approved by the Minister;
b
make reasonable contributions towards the expenses incurred by any such person in giving effect to any such agreement;
c
incur reasonable expenditure on the use of suitable media of advertising;
d
incur reasonable expenditure on the establishment and maintenance of office accommodation for the dissemination of information relating to their respective areas.
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Miscellaneous
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Compensation for injury to or death of officers.
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Any of the following councils, that is to say, ... the London borough councils and the Common Council, may pay compensation—
a
to any of their officers who sustains an injury in the course of his employment; or
b
to the widow or widower or child of any of their officers who, in the course of his employment, dies or sustains an injury resulting in death.
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Any compensation payable under this section may be paid either—
a
by way of a lump sum; or
b
by way of periodical payments of such amounts and payable at such times and for such periods as the council in question may from time to time determine having regard to all the circumstances of the case.
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The payment of compensation under this section shall not affect any right or claim to damages or compensation which an officer of any of the councils aforesaid or his widow or widower or child may have against any person other than that council or, except so far as may be agreed when the compensation is granted, against that council.
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This section shall apply to
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, an authority established by Part I,
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or V of the Waste Regulation and Disposal (Authorities) Order 1985
the London Fire Commissioner
as it applies to the councils mentioned in subsection (1) of this section.

Adjustment to metropolitan police district.
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The metropolitan police district shall consist of Greater London, excluding the City of London, the Inner Temple and the Middle Temple.
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This section and the Metropolitan Police Acts 1829 to 1959 may be cited together as the Metropolitan Police Acts 1829 to 1963 and this section shall be construed as one with those Acts.
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Charities in Greater London.
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As from 1st April 1965—
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General
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Other adaptations of enactments.
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As from 1st April 1965, the enactments specified in Schedule 17 to this Act shall have effect subject to the provisions of that Schedule, being provisions necessary or expedient in consequence of other provisions of this Act.
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Her Majesty may at any time, whether before or after 1st April 1965, in any case where it appears to Her appropriate in consequence of the provisions of this Act, by Order in Council coming into force not earlier than 1st April 1965 make such further modifications of any enactment contained in any other public general Act passed before 1st April 1965 (not being an Act passed with respect only to the whole or part of the existing county of London) as may appear to Her to be necessary to make that enactment apply—
a
in relation to Greater London . . . as it applies in relation to . . . a county (or a particular county to which section 3 (1) (b) of this Act applies); or
b
in relation to a London borough or the council thereof or, as the case may be, in relation to the City or the Common Council, as it applies in relation to, or to the council of, a county borough (or a particular county borough to which the said section 3 (1) (b) applies); or
c
in relation to a London borough or the council thereof as it applies in relation to, or to the council of, a metropolitan borough (or a particular metropolitan borough),
or, in the case of an enactment conferring on the London county council power to appoint members of any body, to make that power exercisable by some body appearing to Her to be representative of all or any of the councils of the London boroughs and the Common Council . . . ; but no such Order shall be made unless a draft thereof has been laid before, and approved by a resolution of, each House of Parliament.

Supplementary and transitional provision.
84
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The Minister or any appropriate Minister may at any time, whether before or after 1st April 1965, by order, which shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament, make such incidental, consequential, transitional or supplementary provision as may appear to him—
a
to be necessary or proper for the general or any particular purposes of this Act or in consequence of any of the provisions thereof or for giving full effect thereto; or
b
to be necessary or proper in consequence of such of the provisions of any other Act passed in the same session as this Act as apply to Greater London or any authority therein or any other area or authority affected by Part I of this Act;
and nothing in any other provision of this Act shall be construed as prejudicing the generality of this subsection.
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Any such order may in particular include provision—
a
with respect to the transfer and management or custody of property (whether real or personal) and the transfer of rights and liabilities;
b
with respect to the membership of any body so far as that membership consists of persons elected by, or appointed by or on the nomination of—
i
any council affected by Part I of this Act; or
ii
any two or more bodies who include such a council;
c
for applying, amending or repealing or revoking, with or without savings, any Act passed or any instrument under an Act made before 1st April 1965;
d
for requiring the council of any London borough, with a view to securing that the introduction of a general rate of uniform amount per pound of rateable value throughout the borough is gradual, to make and levy during a limited period beginning on 1st April 1965 differential rates determined by reference to the circumstances of the existing rating areas and parts of such areas included in the borough;
e
for any of the matters specified in section 148(1)(a) to (h) and (2) of the Local Government Act 1933;
f
for anything duly done before 1st April 1965 by any authority in the exercise of functions which on and after that date become functions of some other authority to be deemed as from that date to have been duly done by that other authority, and for any instrument made before that date, if or so far as it was made in the exercise of those functions, to continue in force on and after that date until varied or revoked in the exercise of those functions by that other authority.
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The provision which may be made by virtue of paragraph (e) of the last foregoing subsection shall include the making, in relation to any association mentioned in section 121 of the Reserve Forces Act 1980, of the like provision as may be made in relation to a public body under section 148(1)(a) to (h) of the Local Government Act 1933, including provision for continuing in existence any such association and the area for which it is established or authorising the establishment of any such association under the said Act of 1980 for the whole or any part of Greater London and in either case for the appointment of a president and vice-president of any such association.
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Notwithstanding anything in the foregoing provisions of this section, the Minister shall not make an order under this section (or this section as extended by section 87 of this Act) affecting any Act or instrument applying only to the City (with or without the Temples) or to things or persons connected therewith except after consultation with the Common Council.
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Section 151 of the said Act of 1933 (which relates to financial adjustments by agreement between public bodies affected by any alteration of areas or authorities made by an order under Part VI of that Act) shall apply for the purposes of this Act as if the reference to such an order included a reference to any provision of, or of any instrument made under, this Act.
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Transfer and compensation of officers.
85
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Any order under section . . . 84 of this Act may contain provisions as to the transfer of any person who is, on such date as may be specified in relation to him in the order, the holder of any place, situation or employment and who is affected by any provision of, or of any instrument made under, this Act, and shall contain provisions for the protection of the interests of such persons.
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In the case of any person who on 31st March 1965 is in the employment of one or more local authorities who are or include a council to whom section 3 (1) (b) of this Act applies, being employment which, or which in the aggregate, is wholetime employment, the Minister shall by order make such provision as is necessary to ensure that, to the extent, if any, to which, by reason only of the said section 3 (1) (b), that person would apart from the order cease on 1st April 1965 to be in employment which, or which in the aggregate, would be wholetime employment by one or more local authorities, that person is transferred on 1st April 1965 to the employment of such local authority as may be specified in or determined under the order.
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The provision required by subsection (1) or (2) of this section . . . shall include such provision with respect to any person who is transferred under this Act . . . from the employment of one authority to that of another as to secure that—
a
so long as he continues in the employment of that other authority by virtue of the transfer and until he is served with a statement in writing of new terms and conditions of employment, he enjoys terms and conditions of employment not less favourable than those he enjoyed immediately before the date of transfer; and
b
the said new terms and conditions are such that—
i
so long as he is engaged in duties reasonably comparable to those in which he was engaged immediately before the date of transfer, the scale of his salary or remuneration, and
ii
the other terms and conditions of his employment,
are not less favourable than those he enjoyed immediately before the date of transfer.
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The appropriate Minister shall by regulations make provision for the payment by such authority as may be prescribed by or determined under the regulations, but subject to such exceptions or conditions as may be so prescribed, of compensation to or in respect of persons who are, or who but for any such service by them as may be so prescribed would be, the holders of any such place, situation or employment as may be so prescribed and who suffer loss of employment or loss or diminution of emoluments which is attributable to any provision of this Act . . . ; and any such regulations—
a
may include provision as to the manner in which and the person to whom any claim for compensation is to be made, and for the determination of all questions arising under the regulations; and
b
shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.
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Local Acts and instruments in and around Greater London.
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Subject to the provisions of this Act and any Act passed after this Act and before 1st April 1965 and of any order under section 84 of this Act or this section, any local statutory provision to which this section applies and which is not continued in force by any other provision of this Act shall—
a
notwithstanding the changes of administrative areas and abolition of local authorities effected by Part I of this Act and, in the case of an instrument made under any enactment, notwithstanding the repeal of that enactment, continue to apply on and after that date to, but only to, the area, things or persons to which or to whom it applies before that date;
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have effect subject to any necessary modifications, including in particular—
i
in the case of a Greater London statutory provision, the substitution for any reference to an existing county borough, metropolitan borough or county district situated wholly or partly within Greater London or the council thereof of a reference to so much of the London borough or boroughs as comprise that existing borough or district or any part thereof or, as the case may be, the council of that London borough or the councils of those London boroughs;
ii
in the case of an urban district statutory provision, the substitution for any reference to the county of Middlesex or the council thereof of a reference to the county in which the district in question is included by virtue of this Act or, as the case may be, the council of that county;
but the continuation by this subsection of an instrument made under any enactment shall not be construed as prejudicing any power to vary or revoke the instrument which is exercisable apart from this subsection.
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This section applies to any local statutory provision in force immediately before 1st April 1965 and not expressly repealed or revoked by this Act, being a provision—
a
applying to any part of the relevant area or to things or persons connected with a part of the relevant area; or
b
conferring on an existing local authority abolished by this Act functions the exercise of which is not restricted to a part of Greater London or to things or persons connected therewith; or
c
applying to the urban district of Potters Bar, Staines or Sunbury-on-Thames or to things or persons connected with one of those districts.
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In this section—
- “the relevant area” means Greater London except that—
a
in relation to sewerage and sewage disposal, it includes so much of any county district as is in the sewerage area of the Greater London Council;
b
in relation to land drainage, flood prevention and the like matters, it includes so much of any county district as is in the London excluded area within the meaning of Schedule 14 to this Act;
- “Greater London statutory provision” means any statutory provision to which this section applies, being a provision mentioned in subsection (8)(a) or (b) of this section;
- “local authority” means the council of a county, county borough, metropolitan borough or county district or the Common Council or any joint committee, joint board, joint authority or other combined body all the members of which are representatives of any such council;
- “urban district statutory provision” means any statutory provision to which this section applies, being a provision mentioned in subsection (8)(c) of this section.

General provision as to inquiries.
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Any Minister may cause a local inquiry to be held for the purpose of any of his functions under this Act in any case where there is no duty and no power apart from this section to hold an inquiry.
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Section 290 (2) to (5) of the Local Government Act 1933 (which subsections relate to the giving of evidence at inquiries and the payment of costs) shall apply to any local inquiry caused to be held for the purposes of this Act by any Minister as if that Minister were a department for the purposes of that section, but shall not apply to any such inquiry so far as some other provision with respect to the subject-matter of those subsections is applicable to that inquiry by virtue of any other enactment.

Interpretation.
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In this Act, except where the context otherwise requires, the following expressions have the following meanings respectively, that is to say—
- “appropriate Minister”, in relation to the making of an order or regulation with respect to any matter, means the Minister in charge of any government department concerned with that matter; but the validity of any order or regulation purporting to be made by any Minister by virtue of a power conferred on the appropriate Minister by this Act shall not be affected by any question as to whether or not that Minister was the appropriate Minister for the purpose;
- “the City” means the City of London;
- “the Common Council” means the Common Council of the City of London;
- “county” means an administrative county;
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- “existing” in relation to a local government area or authority, means that area or authority as it existed immediately before the passing of this Act;
- “functions” includes powers and duties;
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- “land” includes land covered by water and any interest or right in, to or over land;
- “local statutory provision” means a provision of a local Act (including an Act confirming a provisional order) or a provision of a public general Act passed with respect only to the whole or part of the existing county of London or a provision of an instrument made under any such local or public general Act or of an instrument in the nature of a local enactment made under any other Act;
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- “Minister” includes the Board of Trade;
- “the Minister” means the Minister of Housing and Local Government;
- “Port of London” means the port of that name established for the purposes of the enactments relating to customs or excise together with all such waters between the seaward limit of the port as so established and imaginary straight lines drawn from latitude 51° 37’ 00” north, longitude 00° 57’ 19” east (Foulness Point in the county of Essex) to latitude 51° 46’ 05” north, longitude 01° 20’ 32” east (Gunfleet Old Lighthouse) and thence to latitude 51° 26’ 36” north, longitude 01° 25’ 30” east and thence to latitude 51° 24’ 55” north, longitude 00° 54’ 21” east (Warden Point in the county of Kent) as are for the time being within the territorial waters of Her Majesty’s dominions.
- “relevant year of election” means the first year of election occurring after the first Order in Council is made after the passing of this Act under the House of Commons (Redistribution of Seats) Act 1949 giving effect to a report of the Boundary Commission for England under that Act with respect to the parliamentary constituencies situated wholly or partly in Greater London; and for the purposes of this definition “year of election” means the year 1967 or any third year thereafter;
- “sewerage area of the Greater London Council” has the meaning assigned to it by section 39 of this Act;
- “the Temples” means the Inner Temple and the Middle Temple.
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In this Act, except where the context otherwise requires, references to any enactment shall be construed as references to that enactment as amended, extended or applied by or under any other enactment, including any enactment contained in this Act.
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References in any other Act to any enactment modified by this Act shall, except when the context otherwise requires, be construed as a reference to that enactment as so modified.

Orders, rules and regulations.
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Any power to make orders, rules or regulations conferred by this Act on any Minister shall be exercisable by statutory instrument, and any power to make an order under any provision of this Act shall include power to make an order varying or revoking any order previously made under that provision.

Expenses.
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There shall be defrayed out of moneys provided by Parliament—
a
any expenses incurred by any Minister under this Act; and
b
any increase attributable to the provisions of this Act in the sums payable out of moneys so provided under any other enactment.
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Any sums received by any Minister under this Act shall be paid into the Exchequer.
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Repeals and savings.
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Without prejudice to section 38(1) of the Interpretation Act 1889, where this Act repeals any enactment making provision with respect to a particular matter or particular matters and either makes, or applies some other enactment making, corresponding or different provision with respect to that matter or those matters, then, unless the contrary intention appears and, in particular, subject to any order under section 82, 83, 84, 85 or 87 of this Act, references in any enactment other than this Act, or in any instrument made under any enactment other than this Act, to the repealed enactment shall be construed as references to the enactment contained in or applied by this Act which makes the corresponding or different provision.
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Nothing in this Act shall affect the boundary of the area for the supply of electricity . . . of any Area Board within the meaning of the Electricity Act 1947 . . . .
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Nothing contained in, or done by virtue of, any provision of this Act other than section 84(2)(b) or paragraph 35 of Schedule 4 shall affect the functions of the conservators of any common.
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Any enabling provision contained in this Act shall be deemed to be in addition to, and not in derogation of, any powers exercisable by Her Majesty by virtue of Her Royal prerogative.

Short title, commencement and extent.
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This Act may be cited as the London Government Act 1963.
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The following provisions of this Act shall not come into force until 1st April 1965, that is to say, Parts II, III, and V to VIII other than sections 17(6), 48(2), 62(4), 66, 69, and 70.
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Except for section 4(4) . . . of this Act . . . , the provisions of this Act other than this subsection shall not extend to Scotland; and as from 1st April 1965 in paragraph 8 of Schedule 6 to the Valuation and Rating (Scotland) Act 1956 for the words “the Administrative County of London” there shall be substituted the words “Greater London other than the outer London boroughs”.
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , the provisions of this Act. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . shall not extend to Northern Ireland.
Ss. 71, 72 repealed by Local Government Act 1985 (c. 51, SIF 81:1), ss. 1, 102, Sch. 17
S. 73 amended by Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70), s. 144(4)
S. 73 excluded by Greater London Council (General Powers) Act 1978 (c. xiii), s. 8
Words substituted by Local Government Act 1985 (c. 51, SIF 81:1), ss. 1, 102, Sch. 16 para. 1
Words substituted by Local Government Act 1985 (c. 51, SIF 81:1), ss. 1, 102, Sch. 16 para. 1
S. 73(2) repealed by Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980 (c. 65, SIF 81:1, 2), s. 194, Sch. 34 Pt. XVI
Ss. 69, 70, 74 repealed by Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70), Sch. 30
Words repealed by Local Government Act 1985 (c. 51, SIF 81:1), ss. 1, 102, Sch. 17
S. 75(4) inserted by Local Government Act 1985 (c. 51, SIF 81:1), s. 84, Sch. 14 Pt. II para. 40(b)
Words “the Inner London Education Authority and” repealed by Education Reform Act 1988 (c. 40, SIF 41:1), ss. 231(7), 235(6), 237(2), Sch. 13 Pt. I
Words in s. 75(4) inserted after the words “the Inner London Education Authority” by virtue of S.I. 1985/1884, art. 10, Sch. 3 para. 5
S. 76: power to amend conferred (1.4.1995 subject to arts. 4(2)-(8), 5 of the commencing S.I.) by 1964 c. 48, 21C(2)(a) (as substituted (1.4.1995) by 1994 c. 29, s. 14); S.I. 1994/3262, art. 4(1), Sch.
S. 76(1) substituted (1.4.2000) by 1999 c. 29, s. 323 (with Sch. 12 para. 9(1)); S.I. 1999/3271, art. 4(a)
S. 77 repealed by Superannuation Act 1972 (c. 11), s. 29(4), Sch. 8
S. 78 repealed by Local Government Act 1985 (c. 51, SIF 81:1), ss. 1, 102, Sch. 17
S. 79 repealed by Local Land Charges Act 1975 (c. 76, SIF 98:2), s. 19(1), Sch. 2
S. 80 repealed (1.4.1998) by 1997 c. 2, s. 4(2), Sch. 2 Pt. I; S.I. 1997/3036, art. 2(3)
S. 81(1)–(8) repealed (but not so as to alter the charity trustees of any charity) by Education Act 1973 (c. 16), s. 1(4), Sch. 2 Pt. I
S. 81(9)(a) repealed by Education Reform Act 1988 (c. 40, SIF 41:1), ss. 231(7), 235(6), 237(2), Sch. 13 Pt. I
s. 81(9)(b) and (c) repealed (1.8.1993) by 1993 c. 33, ss. 98(2), 99(1), Sch.7.
S. 81(10) repealed by Education Act 1973 (c. 16), Sch. 2 Pt. I
S. 82 repealed by Local Government Act 1985 (c. 51, SIF 81:1), ss. 1, 102, Sch. 17
S. 83 extended by Building Act 1984 (c. 55, SIF 15), s. 132, Sch. 5 para. 3(c)
Words repealed by Local Government Act 1985 (c. 51, SIF 81:1), ss. 1, 102, Sch. 17
Words repealed by Education Reform Act 1988 (c. 40, SIF 41:1), ss. 231(7), 235(6), 237(2), Sch. 13 Pt. I
S. 84 extended by Public Health (Control of Disease) Act 1984 (c. 22, SIF 100:1), ss. 77, 79, Sch. 1, para. 5 and by Building Act 1984 (c.55, SIF 15), s. 132, Sch. 5 para. 3(c)
1933 c. 51.
Words substituted by Reserve Forces Act 1980 (c.9, SIF 7:2), s. 157(1), Sch. 9 para. 8(a)(b)
1933 c. 51.
S. 84(6) repealed by Administration of Justice Act 1964 (c. 42), Sch. 5
Words repealed by Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70), Sch. 30
Words repealed by Planning (Consequential Provisions) Act 1990 (c. 11, SIF 123:1, 2), s.3, Sch. 1 Pt. I, Sch. 3 paras. 1, 2, 4, 6
S. 85(4) amended by Pensions (Increase) Act 1971 (c. 56), s. 5(1), Sch. 2 paras. 23, 33, 52, 55
S. 85(5) repealed by Local Government Act 1985 (c. 51, SIF 81:1), ss. 1, 102, Sch. 17
S. 86 repealed by Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70), Sch. 30
S. 87(2)–(7) repealed by Local Government Act 1985 (c. 51, SIF 81:1), ss. 1, 102, Sch. 17
S. 87(8)(a) amended by Greater London Council (General Powers) Act 1967 (c. xx), s. 13
1933 c. 51.
Functions of Board of Trade now exercisable by Secretary of State concurrently with Board of Trade: S.I. 1970/1537
Functions of Minister of Housing and Local Government now exercisable by Secretary of State: S.I. 1970/1681
Definition repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1976 (c. 16), s. 1, Sch. 1 Pt. IX
Definition repealed by Local Government Act 1985 (c. 51, SIF 81:1), ss. 1, 102, Sch. 17 and by Education Reform Act 1988 (c. 40, SIF 41:1), ss. 231(7), 235(6), 237(2), Sch. 13 Pt. I
Definition of “metropolitan road” repealed by Transport (London) Act 1969 (c. 35), Sch. 6
Words added by City of London (Various Powers) Act 1965 (c. xxxix), s. 31
1949 c. 66.
S. 90 extended by Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1982 (c. 30, SIF 81:1), s. 42(4)
S. 92 repealed by House of Commons Disqualification Act 1975 (c. 24), Sch. 3 and Northern Ireland Assembly Disqualification Act 1975 (c. 25), s. 5(2), Sch. 3 Pt. I
S. 93(1) repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1974 (c. 22), Sch. Pt. XI
1889 c. 63.
Words repealed by Gas Act 1972 (c. 60), Sch. 8
1947 c. 54.
Words repealed by House of Commons Disqualification Act 1975 (c. 24), Sch. 3 and Northern Ireland Assembly Disqualification Act 1975 (c. 25), s. 5(2), Sch. 3 Pt. I
1956 c. 60.
Words in s. 75(4) substituted (31.1.2017 for specified purposes, 1.4.2018 in so far as not already in force) by Policing and Crime Act 2017 (c. 3), s. 183(1)(5)(e), Sch. 2 para. 25; S.I. 2018/227, reg. 4(c)