Title, commencement and interpretation

1.-(1) This order may be cited as the London Government (No. 2) Order 1965, and shall come into operation on 29th July 1965.

(2) Article 2 of the London Government Order 1965(1) shall apply to articles 2 to 6 as if they were contained in the said order.

Housing

2.-(1) Any resolution passed or other proceeding taken under the Small Dwellings Acquisition Act 1899 or the Housing Acts 1957 to 1964 (including orders (other than compulsory purchase orders), notices, agreements, undertakings and demands made, given or entered into under those Acts) by the London County Council shall have effect or be continued by the Greater London Council as if the resolution or proceeding had been passed or taken by them, and any reference in any such resolution or proceeding to the London County Council shall be read as a reference to the Greater London Council.

(2) This paragraph applies to any exchequer contribution which is payable in respect of any house transferred to the corporation of a London borough by any provisions of the Act or of the London Authorities (Property etc.) Order 1964(2) or of any further order made under section 84 of the Act, or provided under any arrangements which under any of the said provisions are of full force and effect in favour of, or against, the corporation of a London borough.

No exchequer contribution to which this paragraph applies nor the amount thereof shall be affected by the alteration of areas made by the Act but it shall be payable to the corporation of the London borough to whom the house is transferred or in favour of, or against, whom the arrangements are of full force and effect, as the case may be, but no county council contribution shall be payable in respect of 1965-“66 or any subsequent year in respect of any house transferred or provided as aforesaid.

(3) No contribution shall be payable by the Minister under section 13 of the House Purchase and Housing Act 1959 in respect of 1965-“66 or any subsequent year in respect of any house transferred to the Receiver for the Metropolitan Police District by the London Authorities (Property etc.) Order 1964.

(4) In this article-

"exchequer contribution" means any contribution or annual exchequer contribution payable under section 108 of the Housing Act 1936, section 2 of the Housing (Financial Provisions) Act 1938, section 3 of the Housing (Financial and Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1946 or section 46 of the Housing (Financial Provisions) Act 1958, or any contribution or annual exchequer subsidy increased under section 1 of the said Act of 1938, section 5 of the said Act of 1958 or section 5 of the Housing Act 1961;

"county council contribution" means any contribution payable by a county council under section 115 of the said Act of 1936, section 7 of the said Act of 1938, section 8 of the said Act of 1946 or section 23 of the said Act of 1958; and

"arrangements" means arrangements between a council of a county district and a housing association under section 120 of the Housing Act 1957 or between such a council and a development corporation under the said section 120 by virtue of section 125 of the said Act of 1957, or arrangements between such a council and some person other than the council for the provision of housing accommodation required for members of the agricultural population of the district by that person.

Declaration of unfitness orders

3.-(1) In this article "specified order" means an order under paragraph 2 of Schedule 2 to the Land Compensation Act 1961 made by a council abolished by section 3(1)(b) of the Act.

(2) A specified order (whether submitted for confirmation before or after the coming into operation of this order) may be confirmed by the Minister.

(3) A specified order which was not submitted to the Minister for confirmation before 1st April 1965 may be so submitted by the Greater London Council, a London borough council or the Common Council.

(4) Any action which requires to be taken, or may be taken, prior to the confirmation of a specified order which has not already been taken shall or may be taken-

(a)in the case of an order submitted by the Greater London Council, a London borough council or the Common Council, by such council; and

(b)in any other case, by such of the said councils as may be directed by the Minister.

Means of entrance and egress, etc

4. Any requirements of the provision and maintenance of means of entrance and egress and of accommodation for the loading or unloading of vehicles, or picking up and setting down of passengers, or the fuelling of vehicles, contained in a notice given under section 4 of the Restriction of Ribbon Development (Provision of Means of Entrance and Egress to Buildings) London, Order 1936(3) shall have effect as if they had been required under section 17 of the Restriction of Ribbon Development Act 1935 as conditions of the approval of plans for the erection of new buildings.

City-drainage of contiguous houses, etc

5. Paragraph 14(5) of Part III of Schedule 9 to the Act shall apply to the City and in such application, for references to an inner London borough and the council thereof, there shall be substituted references to the City and the Common Council respectively.

Industrial buildings

6. In the Thermal Insulation (Industrial Buildings) Act 1957-

(a)in section 2(3), for "outside the administrative county of London" there shall be substituted "other than the Greater London Council";

(b)in section 10, for the definition of "local authority" there shall be substituted-

"`local authority' means, as respects Greater London other than the outer London boroughs the Greater London Council, and as respects the remainder of England and Wales the council of a borough or urban or rural district.".

Amendment of London Government Order 1965

7. In the London Government Order 1965-

(a)in article 4(9), for "regulation 33(1)" there shall be substituted "regulation 32(1)";

(b)in article 35, for "Central Electricity Board" there shall be substituted "Central Electricity Generating Board";

(c)in article 37(1), "approval and" shall be omitted;

(d)in article 44, in paragraph 6, for "the council of Middlesex" there shall be substituted "the county council of Middlesex"; and

(e)in Schedule 4, for "The corporation of the London borough of Newham" there shall be substituted "The council of the London borough of Newham".

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This order makes further incidental, consequential, transitional and supplementary provision in relation to Greater London, relating to-