Whereas it appears to the Secretary of State in the case of Greater London and the metropolitan counties of Greater Manchester and Merseyside that the councils listed in each Part of Schedule 1 to this order could with advantage make joint arrangements with each other for the discharge from the abolition date(1) of the functions specified in the respective Parts of that Schedule and that no arrangements for that purpose had been made before 15th November 1985:

And whereas by section 10(1) of the Local Government Act 1985 the Secretary of State is in consequence under a duty to establish authorities for the discharge of those functions from the abolition date:

Now, therefore, the Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 10(1), (3), (6) and (7) of that Act and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, having had particular regard to the need for satisfactory arrangements in respect of hazardous waste, hereby makes the following order:—