The London Authorities (Property etc.) Order 1964

8.  Section 58(2) of the Act (which applies to any land which immediately before 1st April 1965 is vested in the London County Council or the county council of Middlesex and used as a park or open space) shall also apply to any land (not being land to which section 57(2) or 59(1) of the Act applies) which immediately before such date is vested in either such council for the purposes of parks and open spaces but is not used for such purposes, and

(i)all liabilities attaching to any authority in respect of any such land shall by virtue of this order be transferred to and attach to the Greater London Council;

(ii)all contracts, deeds, bonds, agreements and other instruments sub-sisting in favour of, or against, and all notices in force which were given by, or to, any authority in respect of such land or liabilities shall be of full force and effect in favour of, or against, the Greater London Council; and

(iii)any action or proceeding or any cause of action or proceeding, pending or existing at 1st April 1965, by, or against, any authority in respect of such land or liabilities shall not be prejudicially affected by reason of the Act, and may be continued, prosecuted and enforced by, or against, the Greater London Council.