This Order makes provision consequential on the Local Government Act 1985 (“the 1985 Act”), which abolished the Greater London Council and the metropolitan county councils on 1st April 1986.

Article 2 transfers functions of the Greater London Council under enactments relating to Thames embankments to the councils in whose area the embankments are situated.

Article 3 relates to the Board of Trustees of the National Museums and Galleries on Merseyside, which was constituted under section 46 of the 1985 Act. It amends Schedule 2 to the Charities Act 1960 so as to provide that not only the Board, but also its subsidiary charities, are exempt charities within the meaning of that Act. It also adds the Board to the list of bodies to which the Public Records Act 1958 applies.

Article 4 amends other enactments to apply them to certain bodies established by or under the 1985 Act.