London Government Act 1963

Part VII E+W Functions as to Health and Welfare Services and other matters

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(1),(2). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F1

(3). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F2

(4). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F3

(5). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F4

X1(6)In section 79(1) of the said Act of 1946, in the definition of “local authority”, for the words “metropolitan borough” there shall be substituted the words “London borough, the Greater London Council”; . . . F5

(7). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F6

46 Accommodation and welfare of disabled and old persons, etc.E+W

(1),(2). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F7

(3). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F8

(4)The functions of the council of a [F9London borough] under section 47 of the said Act of 1948 (which relates to the removal to suitable premises of persons in need of care and attention) . . . F10 shall, as respects the Inner Temple and the Middle Temple, be exercisable by the Sub-Treasurer and the Under-Treasurer thereof respectively, and those persons shall be included among the appropriate authorities specified in sections 47 (12) . . . F10 of that Act.

(5)—(8). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F11

47 Children authorities.E+W

(1). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F12

(2)Section 96 (4) of the M1Children and Young Persons Act 1933 shall not apply to expenses incurred by the Common Council . . . F13

(3). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F12

(4). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F14

48 Fire authorities.E+W

(1),(2). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F15

(3)The M2Metropolitan Fire Brigade Act 1865 shall have effect as if references to the Metropolitan Board of Works were . . . F16 references to the metropolis were references to Greater London other than the outer London boroughs.

49. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F17E+W

50 Explosives and petroleum-spirit.E+W

(1)Subject to subsection (3) of this section, the council of a London borough shall be the local authority for the borough for the purposes of the M3Explosives Acts 1875 M4 and 1923 and the M5Fireworks Act 1951.

(2). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F18

(3)Subsections (1) . . . F19 of this section shall not affect the jurisdiction exercisable in any harbour wholly or partly in Greater London by a harbour authority within the meaning of the Explosives Act 1875 or, as the case may be, the Petroleum (Consolidation) Act 1928.

51 Shops, etc.E+W

(1)The council of a London borough shall as respects the borough, and the Common Council shall as respects the City, be the local authority for the purposes of the M6Offices, Shops and Railway Premises Act 1963, . . . F20; and accordingly—

(a)in the definition of “local authority” in section 90(1) of that Act, for the words “or a county district, the council of a metropolitan borough” there shall be substituted the words “a London borough or a county district”; . . . F21

(b). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F21

(2)The said Act of 1963 shall be further amended as follows—

(a)in section 41(1) for the words “administrative county of London” there shall be substituted the word “inner London boroughs, the City of London, the Inner Temple and the Middle Temple”;

(b)in section 41(3) for the words “administrative county of London” there shall be substituted the words “inner London boroughs, the City of London, the inner Temple or the Middle Temple”;

(c)in section 52(3)(a) after the word “ county” there shall be inserted the words “ or the Greater London Council” ;

(d)in section 52(5) for the words “ administrative county of London” there shall be substituted the word “ Greater London” .

(3)No order shall be made under section 54 of the M7Shops Act 1950 other than an order revoking, either generally or as respects a specified area, a previous order under that section; and, in relation to any area outside the City and the Temples, the power of making such an order under that section shall be exercisable by the council of the London borough in which that area falls, and references in subsections (2) to (4) of that section and in any order made thereunder to the London county council shall be construed as references to that borough council.

(4)Until finally repealed as respects all classes of premises and for all purposes by the said Act of 1963—

(a)section 72(2) of the Shops Act 1950 shall have effect throughout Greater London as originally enacted and not as amended by section 18 of the M8London County Council (General Powers) Act 1958;

(b)the definition of “sanitary authority” in section 74(1) of the Shops Act 1950 shall have effect as if for the words from “means” onwards there were substituted the words “means the council of a borough or an urban or rural district or, as respects the City of London, the Common Council”.

52X2Licensing of theatres, public entertainments etc.E+W

(1). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F22

(2). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F23

(3)Schedule 12 to this Act shall have effect with respect to the licensing of the public entertainments referred to in that Schedule in Greater London . . . F24

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(1). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F25

(2),(3). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F26

54 Food, drugs, markets and animals.E+W

(1). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F27

(2). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F28

(3)For the purposes of the [F29Animal Health Act 1981]—

(a)subject to paragraph (b) of this subsection, the council of a London borough shall be the local authority for the borough;

(b)for the purpose of the provisions of that Act relating to imported animals, the Common Council shall be the local authority in and for the whole of Greater London.

(4). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F30

55 Smallholdings, allotments, etc.E+W

(1). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F31

(2). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F32

(3). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F33

(4)In its application to an inner London borough, section 23 of the M9Small Holdings and Allotments Act 1908 shall have effect as if—

(a)in subsection (1) for the word “shall” wherever it occurs there were substituted the word “may”; and

(b)subsection (2) were omitted;

and in section 20 of the M10Allotments Act 1922 for the words “Metropolitan borough” there shall be substituted the words “outer London borough”.

56. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F34E+W

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(1). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F35

(2). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F36

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[F37(1)The Open Spaces Act 1906, except section 14, shall have effect as if the London borough councils . . . F38 were included among the local authorities to whom it applies.]

(2),(3). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F39

59 The Green Belt.E+W

(1). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F40

(2)In the said Act of 1938—

X3(a)in section 2(1), in the definition of “the area”, for the words from “London” onwards there shall be substituted the words “and Surrey, and Greater London”;

(b). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F40

(c)the expression “contributing local authority” in relation to any land in relation to which, if this Act had not been passed, any existing council to whom section 3 (1) (b) of this Act applies would have been such an authority, shall, . . . F41, include the London borough council whose area includes the whole or any part of the area of that existing council;

(d). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F42

X3(e)in section 17(7)for the words “county or borough or district or parish” there shall be substituted the words “area”.

60 Functions under National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act 1949.E+W

(1)—(4). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F43

(5)The provisions of Part V of the said Act of 1949 with respect to access agreements and access orders and section 90 of that Act shall not apply to the inner London boroughs or the City; . . . F44

(6). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F45

61 Functions under Town Development Act 1952. X4E+W

(1),(2). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F46

(3)It shall be the duty of the Greater London Council—

(a)to implement, or complete the implementation of, any undertaking given before 1st April 1965 with the approval of the Minister—

(i)under section 4, 10(3) or 19(3) of the said Act of 1952 (including the said section 4 as extended by section 34(2) of the M11Housing Act 1961) by any council to whom section 3(1)(b) of this Act applies; or

(ii)under the said section 4 (as extended as aforesaid) by the Hertfordshire, Essex, Kent or Surrey county council in a case where the undertaking was in respect of development relieving congestion in any area falling within Greater London;

(b)to take or complete any action which was agreed to be taken by any council to whom section 3(1)(b) of this Act applies in pursuance of an agreement made before 1st April 1965, being an agreement made with the authority of the Minister under section 8(1) of the said Act of 1952 or an agreement such as is referred to in section 8(2) of that Act;

and the Greater London Council shall have the like rights under any agreement to which paragraph (b) of this subsection applies as the council whose liabilities thereunder they assume by virtue of that paragraph.

(4)References in subsection (3) of this section to an undertaking given or action agreed to be taken by any council shall be construed as including references to any undertaking or action which, having regard to the established practice of that council, should properly be deemed to have been so given or to have been so agreed to be taken; and any dispute as to the existence or extent of any duty, right or liability of the Greater London Council by virtue of the said subsection (3) or as to whether or not any particular undertaking or action should properly be deemed as aforesaid shall be referred to and determined by the Minister.

(5)Any action authorised by an order under section 9 of the said Act of 1952 to be taken by any council to whom section 3(1)(b) of this Act applies may be taken by the Greater London Council; and that Council shall have the like liabilities and rights in connection with any obligation with respect to that action imposed by the order as the council originally authorised by the order to take that action.

62 Miscellaneous local authority functions.E+W

(1)The London borough councils and (where not already so) the Common Council shall be local authorities for the purposes of the following enactments—

(a)the M12Canals Protection (London) Act 1898, which shall extend to the whole of Greater London;

(b). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F47

(c). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F48

(d). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F49

(e)the M13Riding Establishments Act 1939;

(f). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F47

(2)Schedule 14 to this Act shall have effect with respect to the discharge in Greater London and the adjoining areas of functions with respect to land drainage and flood prevention and other functions under the enactments therein mentioned.

(3). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F50

(4). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F47

(5). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F51