Local Government Act 1985

• Citation: 1985 c. 51
• Sections: 325

Section 1 Abolition of GLC and metropolitan county councils.

(1) On the date on which this subsection comes into force—

(a) the Greater London Council; and

(b) the metropolitan county councils,

shall cease to exist.

(2) The date on which subsection (1) above comes into force is in this Act referred to as the “ abolition date ” and shall be 1st April 1986.

Section 2 Commencement of Part II.

Except so far as otherwise provided the following provisions of this Part of this Act shall have effect from the abolition date.

Section 3 Local planning authorities.

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(5) In paragraph 55(1) of Schedule 16 to the Local Government Act 1972 after the words “Elsewhere than in Greater London” there shall be inserted the words “, a metropolitan county”.

Section 6 Listed buildings, conservation areas and ancient monuments.

Schedule 2 to this Act shall have effect for amending the law relating to listed buildings, conservation areas, ancient monuments and certain related subjects, the principal purpose of the amendments being—

(a) to transfer functions relating to those matters from the Greater London Council to the Historic Buildings and Monuments Commission for England; and

(b) to make, in the enactments relating to those functions, amendments consequential on section 3(1) above.

Section 7 National Parks and countryside functions.

(1) Schedule 3 to this Act shall have effect for transferring functions relating to National Parks and the countryside from—

(a) the Greater London Council to London borough councils and the Common Council; and

(b) from metropolitan county councils to metropolitan district councils.

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Section 8 Highways and road traffic functions.

(1) Schedule 4 to this Act shall have effect for amending the law relating to highways, streets and bridges, and Part I of Schedule 5 to this Act for amending certain enactments relating to road traffic, the principal purpose of the amendments being to transfer functions relating to those matters—

(a) from the Greater London Council to London borough councils and the Common Council; and

(b) from metropolitan county councils to metropolitan district councils.

(2) The supplementary provisions in Part II of Schedule 5 to this Act shall have effect in relation to the regulation of road traffic in Greater London and the metropolitan counties.

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Section 9 Waste regulation and disposal functions.

Schedule 6 to this Act shall have effect for transferring functions relating to waste regulation and disposal—

(a) from the Greater London Council to London borough councils and the Common Council; and

(b) from metropolitan county councils to metropolitan district councils.

Section 10 Joint arrangements for waste disposal functions.

(1) If it appears to the Secretary of State in the case of Greater London or of any metropolitan county—

(a) that all or any of the councils by which functions to which this section applies will be exercisable in that area from the abolition date could with advantage make joint arrangements for the discharge of all or any of those functions from that date but have not made any or any satisfactory arrangements for that purpose before 15th November 1985; or

(b) that satisfactory arrangements for that purpose have ceased or will cease to be in operation at any time after the abolition date,

he shall by order establish for the whole or any part of that area a single authority to discharge from that date or, as the case may be, from any subsequent time all those functions or such of them as are specified in the order.

(2) For the purposes of subsection (1) above the Secretary of State shall have particular regard to the need for satisfactory arrangements in respect of hazardous waste.

(3) No person shall be a member of an authority established by an order under subsection (1) above unless he is a member of one of the councils for whose areas the authority is established; and any such order may make provision for enabling the Secretary of State to require the authority established by the order to submit to him a scheme for the winding up of the authority and the transfer to those councils of its functions, property, staff, rights and liabilities.

(4) This section applies to any functions conferred by section 74 or 76 of the Public Health Act 1936, Part II of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 , the Refuse Disposal (Amenity) Act 1978 or section 5 or 6 of the Litter Act 1983.

(5) The Secretary of State may by order dissolve any authority established under this section or provide for excluding any functions, or any functions in any area, from those for which the authority was established.

(6) An order under this section may contain such supplementary and transitional provisions as the Secretary of State thinks necessary or expedient, including provisions for the transfer of property, staff, rights and liabilities and provisions amending any enactment or any instrument made under any enactment.

(7) An order may be made by virtue of subsection (1)(a) above at any time before the abolition date.

Section 11 Land drainage and flood prevention functions.

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(2) The Secretary of State may by an order made before and taking effect on the abolition date make provision for the exercise on and after that date of the functions which by virtue of Schedule 5 to that Act are exercisable by the Greater London Council in the London excluded area and for that purpose may make such consequential amendments in that Act and the Water Act 1973 as appear to him to be required.

(3) In section 2(1) of the Reservoirs Act 1975 (local authorities for the purposes of that Act) for the words “the Greater London Council and county councils” there shall be substituted the words “the councils of counties, metropolitan districts and London boroughs”.

Section 14 Local valuation panels.

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Section 16 Miscellaneous functions.

Schedule 8 to this Act shall have effect for transferring functions under the enactments there mentioned—

(a) from the Greater London Council to London borough councils and the Common Council; and

(b) from metropolitan county councils to metropolitan district councils.

Section 17 Functions under local statutory provisions.

(1) Subject to the foregoing provisions of this Part of this Act and to any other provision made by or under this Act or any other enactment—

(a) any functions conferred by a local statutory provision which immediately before the abolition date are exercisable by the Greater London Council in or for the benefit of the whole of Greater London shall on and after that date be exercisable in or for the benefit of each London borough or the City by the council of that borough or the Common Council, as the case may be; and

(b) any functions conferred by a local statutory provision which immediately before that date are exercisable by the council of a metropolitan county in or for the benefit of the whole of that county shall on and after that date be exercisable in or for the benefit of each district in the county by the council of that district.

(2) In this section “ local statutory provision ” means a provision of a local Act (including an Act confirming a provisional order) or a provision of an instrument made under any such local Act or of an instrument in the nature of a local enactment made under any other Act.

Section 23 Preliminary.

In this Part of this Act “ the appointed day ”, in relation to the establishment of the authorities mentioned in the following provisions (in this Act referred to as “ joint authorities ”), means such day before the abolition date as the Secretary of State may by order appoint, and different days may be appointed for different authorities.

Section 26 Metropolitan county fire and civil defence authorities.

(1) On the appointed day there shall be established for each metropolitan county a body corporate to be known by the name of that county with the addition of the words “Fire and Civil Defence Authority”.

(2) The authorities established by this section shall be known as metropolitan county fire and civil defence authorities.

(3) Subject to subsection (5), each metropolitan county fire and civil defence authority shall consist of members of the constituent councils appointed by them to be members of the authority.

(4) The constituent councils in relation to a metropolitan county fire and civil defence authority shall be the councils of the metropolitan districts comprised in the county.

(5) A metropolitan county fire and rescue authority may appoint a relevant police and crime commissioner to be a member of the authority.

(6) An appointment under subsection (5) may only be made in response to a request by the relevant police and crime commissioner.

(7) If a request under subsection (6) is made to a metropolitan county fire and rescue authority, the authority must—

(a) consider the request,

(b) give reasons for their decision to agree to or refuse the request, and

(c) publish those reasons in such manner as they think appropriate.

(8) In this section “ relevant police and crime commissioner ”, in relation to a metropolitan county fire and rescue authority, means a police and crime commissioner—

(a) whose area is the same as, or contains all of, the area of the authority, or

(b) all or part of whose area falls within the area of the authority.

Section 28 Integrated Transport Authorities

(1) On the appointed day there shall be established for each metropolitan county a body corporate to be known by the name of that county with the addition of the words “ Integrated Transport Authority ” .

(2) The authorities established by this section shall be known as Integrated Transport Authorities .

(3) Each Integrated Transport Authority established under this section shall consist of members of the constituent councils appointed by them to be members of the authority.

(4) The constituent councils in relation to an Integrated Transport Authority established under this section shall be the councils of the metropolitan districts comprised in the county.

Section 29 Number of members.

(1) The number of members to be appointed to a joint authority by a constituent council . . . shall be the number specified for that council . . . in relation to that authority in Schedule 10 to this Act.

(2) Subject to subsection (3) below, the Secretary of State may by order make alterations in the numbers for the time being specified in that Schedule, including alterations resulting in an increase or decrease in the total number of members of any joint authority.

(3) In making any alternation in the number of members to be appointed to a joint authority by any of its constituent councils the Secretary of State shall have regard to the number of local government electors in the areas of those councils respectively; . . ..

(4) The Secretary of State shall consult a joint authority’s constituent councils before making any order in respect of that authority under subsection (2) above.

Section 30 First appointments.

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Section 31 Replacement of members.

(1) A constituent council may at any time terminate the appointment of a person appointed by it to a joint authority and appoint another member of the council in his place.

(2) Where a constituent council exercises its powers under this section—

(a) it shall give notice of the new appointment and of the termination of the previous appointment to the authority to which those appointments were made; and

(b) subject to subsection (3) below and to section 32(5) below, the new appointment shall take effect, and the previous appointment shall terminate, at the end of one month from the date on which the notice is given.

(3) Where a constituent council exercises its powers under this section to replace a person who has continued to be a member of a joint authority by virtue of section 32(1A) below and notice is given not later than seven days after the council’s annual meeting next following his retirement and re-election, his appointment shall terminate and the new appointment shall take effect upon the notice being given.

Section 32 Filling of vacancies.

(1) The appointment of a person to a joint authority by a constituent council shall terminate if he ceases to be a member of the council; and where a person’s appointment terminates by virtue of this subsection the constituent council shall as soon as practicable give notice of that fact to the authority to which he was appointed.

(1A) For the purposes of this section a person shall not be treated as ceasing to be a member of a constituent council where he retires by virtue of—

(a) section 7(3) of the Local Government Act 1972 (retirement of metropolitan district councillors), or

(b) paragraph 6(3) of Schedule 2 to that Act (retirement of London borough councillors),

and is re-elected to membership of the council not later than the day of his retirement.

(2) Where a vacancy among the persons appointed to a joint authority by a constituent council occurs for any reason other than that mentioned in subsection (1) above, the joint authority shall give notice of that fact to the constituent council—

(a) in a case where the authority declares the office to be vacant, immediately after the declaration;

(b) in a case where the High Court declares the office to be vacant, as soon as practicable after the date of the declaration; and

(c) in the case of resignation, as soon as practicable after the date of receipt of the notice of resignation by the officer to whom it is required to be delivered.

(3) Where a vacancy occurs among the persons appointed to a joint authority by a constituent council, that council shall not later than one month after the relevant date—

(a) appoint another member of the council to fill the vacancy; and

(b) give notice of that appointment to the joint authority;

and any appointment made under this subsection shall take effect when notice of the appointment is given as aforesaid.

(4) In subsection (3) above “ the relevant date ” means, in a case within subsection (1) above, the date on which the person in question ceased to be a member of the constituent council and, in a case within subsection (2) above, the date on which notice of the vacancy is given to the constituent council under that subsection.

(5) So much of subsection (2)(b) of section 31 above as provides that the previous appointment shall terminate at the end of the period there mentioned shall not be construed as precluding its earlier termination by virtue of subsection (1) above or for any other reason; but in that event—

(a) the new appointment and the notice of it given under that section shall be treated as a sufficient compliance with subsection (3) above; and

(b) the new appointment shall take effect on the termination of the previous appointment or on the giving of that notice, whichever is the later.

(6) For the purposes of subsection (5)(b) above an appointment which terminates by virtue of subsection (1) above shall be treated as terminating when notice of that fact is given in accordance with that subsection.

(7) Where a person is appointed to a joint authority by a constituent council and before his appointment takes effect he—

(a) ceases to be a member of that council; or

(b) otherwise becomes disqualified for appointment,

that council shall as soon as practicable replace his appointment by a further appointment and give notice of it to the joint authority; and the further appointment shall take effect when the original appointment would have taken effect or on the giving of that notice, whichever is the later.

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Section 34 Chairman, vice-chairman, and clerk.

(1) A joint authority shall in each year appoint a chairman and vice-chairman from among its members.

(2) The appointments under subsection (1) above shall be the first business transacted at the annual meeting of the authority.

(3) Subject to any standing orders made by the authority, anything authorised or required to be done by or in relation to the chairman may be done by or in relation to the vice-chairman.

(4) The authority may pay to the chairman and vice-chairman for the purpose of enabling him to meet the expenses of his office such allowance as the authority thinks reasonable.

(5) In the case of an equality of votes in respect of the appointment of a chairman the person presiding at the meeting shall give a casting vote in addition to any other vote he may have.

(6) On a casual vacancy occurring in the office of chairman, an appointment to fill the vacancy shall be made at the next ordinary meeting of the authority held after the date on which the vacancy occurs, or if that meeting is held within fourteen days after that date then not later than the next following meeting; and any such meeting may be convened by the proper officer of the authority.

(7) For the purposes of subsection (6) above the vacancy shall be deemed to have occurred—

(a) if the chairman has ceased to be a member of the authority by reason of section 31 above, at the time specified in subsection (2)(b) of that section;

(b) if the chairman has ceased to be a member by reason of section 32(1) above, when notice thereof is given to the authority under that provision;

(ba) if the chairman is a police and crime commissioner and the authority and the commissioner have agreed that the commissioner should cease to be a member of the authority, the date agreed by the authority and the commissioner as the date on which the commissioner's membership should cease; and

(c) in any other case, on the date of the declaration or of receipt of the notice of resignation mentioned in section 32(2) above.

(8) Each joint authority shall appoint a person to be the clerk to the authority and in making the appointment the authority shall have regard to the desirability of that person being the chief officer of a constituent council of the authority.

Section 35 Disqualification.

(1) A person shall be disqualified for being appointed or being a member of a joint authority if he holds any paid office or employment (other than the office of chairman or vice-chairman or, in the case of a local authority which are operating executive arrangements which involve a leader and cabinet executive, the office of executive leader or member of the executive ) appointments or elections to which are or may be made or confirmed by the authority or any committee or sub-committee of the authority or by a joint committee on which the authority is represented or by any person holding any such office or employment or by an elected mayor .

(2) A paid officer of a joint authority who is employed under the direction of—

(a) a committee or sub-committee of the joint authority any member of which is appointed on the nomination of another joint authority or of a local authority; or

(b) a joint committee on which the joint authority is represented and any member of which is so appointed,

shall be disqualified for being appointed or being a member of that other joint authority or for being elected or being a member of the local authority, as the case may be.

(3) A person who is for the time being a member, officer or servant of, or an officer or servant of a subsidiary (within the meaning of the Transport Act 1962) of, the Passenger Transport Executive for an area which is or was coterminous with the area of a metropolitan county shall be disqualified for being appointed or being a member of the Integrated Transport Authority for that county.

(4) In this section, “elected mayor”, “executive”, “executive arrangements”, and executive leader have the same meaning as in Part II of the Local Government Act 2000.

(5) In this section “ leader and cabinet executive ” means—

(a) in relation to England: a leader and cabinet executive (England);

(b) in relation to Wales: a leader and cabinet executive (Wales);

and for this purpose “ leader and cabinet executive (England) ” and “ leader and cabinet executive (Wales) ” have the same meanings as in Part 2 of the Local Government Act 2000.

Section 36 Notices.

As soon as practicable after receiving notice from a constituent council . . . that it has made an appointment, or . . . that it has terminated an appointment, under this Part of this Act, the authority to which the appointment was made shall give public notice of the fact that the appointment has been made or terminated and of the name of the person concerned.

Section 37 Police and fire services.

Schedule 11 to this Act shall have effect, as from the abolition date, for vesting functions relating to . . . fire services and certain related matters in the police authorities and fire and civil defence authorities established by this Part of this Act.

Section 38 Civil defence.

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Section 39 Passenger transport.

(1) Schedule 12 to this Act shall have effect for transferring functions relating to passenger transport to the metropolitan county passenger transport authorities and for making provision with respect to the exercise of those functions.

(2) In that Schedule paragraph 3 shall have effect from the abolition date and paragraph 5 shall have effect as provided in sub-paragraph (5) of that paragraph.

Section 40 Airports.

(1) If, in the case of any airport in respect of which a metropolitan county council has property, rights or liabilities, the Secretary of State is satisfied that the councils of the districts comprised in the county have agreed on—

(a) the operation of the airport from the abolition date by a committee consisting of or including members appointed by all or any of those councils; and

(b) the transfer or division of the property, rights and liabilities of the metropolitan county council to or among all or any of those councils,

he may, by an order coming into force on that date, provide for the transfer or division of that property and those rights and liabilities in accordance with the agreement.

(2) If, in the case of any such airport, the Secretary of State is not satisfied as aforesaid he may by an order coming into force on the abolition date provide for the transfer of the property, rights and liabilities of the metropolitan county council in respect of the airport to the metropolitan county passenger transport authority.

(3) In sections 30 , 31, 35 and 88(10) of the Civil Aviation Act 1982 (airport functions of local authorities) references to a local authority shall include references to an Integrated Transport Authority for an integrated transport area in England ; and before making any order under subsection (1) or (2) above the Secretary of State shall satisfy himself that any necessary consent under section 30 of that Act has been or will be obtained.

Section 41 Questions on discharge of functions.

Arrangements shall be made (whether by standing orders or otherwise) for enabling questions on the discharge of the functions of a joint authority to be put in the course of the proceedings of any constituent council by members of that council for answer by a member of it who is also a member of the authority and is nominated by the authority for that purpose.

Section 42 Reorganisation of functions.

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(d) ..., the transfer to the council of a metropolitan district or London borough or to the Common Council in respect of its area of any functions that would otherwise be exercisable in respect of that area by a joint authority or, in the case of the council of a metropolitan district, by a Passenger Transport Executive.

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(3) Before making an order under this section the Secretary of State shall consult each of the following bodies which appears to him to be affected by the order, that is to say, ...... the council of a county, district or London borough and the Common Council.

(4) An order under this section may contain such supplementary and transitional provisions as the Secretary of State thinks necessary or expedient, including provisions for the transfer of property, staff, rights and liabilities and provisions amending any other provision of this Act, any other enactment or any instrument made under any enactment.

Section 43 Museum of London.

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(3) In sections 9(1) and (3), 14(1) and (2) and 15(1) and (2) of that Act (functions of Corporation and Greater London Council) for the words “the Corporation and the Greater London Council”, wherever they occur, there shall be substituted the words “and the Corporation”.

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(5) In paragraph 4 of the Schedule to that Act (resignation and vacation of office)—

(a) in sub-paragraph (1) for the words “or (c) thereof, to the body by whom he was appointed” there shall be substituted the words “thereof, to the Corporation”;

(b) in sub-paragraph (2) for the words from “or (c)” to “was appointed” there shall be substituted the words “of this Act who is, at the time of his appointment, a member of the Common Council of the City of London”.

(6) Subsections (3) to (5) above shall have effect from the abolition date.

Section 44 Historic House Museums.

The Historic House Museums, that is to say, Kenwood House, Marble Hill House and Ranger’s House, together with such land of the Greater London Council adjacent to Kenwood House and such other property of that Council as may be specified by an order made by the Secretary of State, shall on the abolition date vest in the Historic Buildings and Monuments Commission for England; and the functions of the Greater London Council by virtue of—

(a) the Iveagh Bequest (Kenwood) Act 1929;

(b) Part IV of the London County Council (General Powers) Act 1902 (which relates to the Marble Hill Estate); and

(c) section 21 of the London County Council (General Powers) Act 1900, section 22 of the London County Council (General Powers) Act 1952 and section 6 of the Greater London Council (General Powers) ( No. 2) Act 1978 (which relate to Ranger’s House),

shall on that date become functions of the Commission.

Section 45 Horniman and Geffrye museums.

The Horniman and Geffrye museum, together with such adjacent land and other property of the Greater London Council as may be specified by an order made by the Secretary of State, shall on the abolition date vest in the Authority established by section 18 above; and the functions of the Greater London Council by virtue of—

(a) section 46 of the London County Council (General Powers) Act 1901 (which relates to the Horniman museum); and

(b) section 29 of the London County Council (General Powers) Act 1959 (which relates to the Geffrye museum),

shall on that date become functions of that Authority.

Section 46 Metropolitan county museums.

(1) If it appears to the Secretary of State that any collection of works of art or of objects of historical or scientific interest belonging to a metropolitan county council is of such national importance that on the abolition date it should be vested in a body of trustees appointed by him and supported by moneys provided by Parliament he may make a recommendation to that effect to Her Majesty in Council and Her Majesty may then by Order in Council constitute such a body and make such further provision as appears to Her Majesty to be necessary or expedient for giving effect to the recommendation.

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Section 47 The South Bank

(1) The Royal Festival Hall, the Queen Elizabeth Hall, the Purcell Room, the National Theatre, the National Film Theatre and the Hayward Gallery, together with such adjacent land and other property of the Greater London Council as may be specified by an order made by the Secretary of State, shall on the abolition date vest in the Arts Council of Great Britain.

(2) The Council shall furnish the Secretary of State with such information relating to the property vested in them by or under this section and the manner in which they are discharging or intend to discharge their responsibilities in respect of it as he may require and shall make to him, as soon as may be after 31st March in each year following that in which the abolition date falls, a report on their discharge of those responsibilities since the abolition date or, as the case may be, since the end of the period covered by their last report under this subsection; and each report shall include particulars of so much of the Council’s accounts for the period covered by the report as relates to that property.

(3) The Secretary of State shall lay before Parliament a copy of each report made to him under subsection (2) above.

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Section 48 Grants to voluntary organisations.

(1) A scheme for the making of grants to eligible voluntary organisations may be made for Greater London or a metropolitan county by the constituent councils, that is to say—

(a) in relation to Greater London, the London borough councils and the Common Council; and

(b) in relation to a metropolitan county, the councils of the metropolitan districts comprised in the county.

(2) Any such scheme shall provide—

(a) for the grants to be made by one of the constituent councils designated for that purpose by the scheme; and

(b) for the other constituent councils to contribute as provided by subsection (3) below to the expenditure incurred by the designated council in making the grants or otherwise in discharging its functions under the scheme.

(3) The constituent councils shall be required to contribute to any expenditure of the designated council which has been incurred with the approval of at least two-thirds of the constituent councils; and the amounts of the contributions shall be determined so that the expenditure in respect of which they are payable is borne by the constituent councils in proportion to the populations of their respective areas.

(4) For the purposes of subsection (3) above the population of any area shall be taken to be the number estimated by the Registrar General and certified by him to the Secretary of State by reference to such date as the Secretary of State may from time to time determine.

(4A) The Secretary of State may by order provide that if—

(a) a scheme requires the total expenditure to be incurred under the scheme in any financial year—

(i) in the making of grants; and

(ii) in the discharging by the designated council of its functions under the scheme,

to be approved in accordance with the scheme by some or all of the constituent councils; and

(b) the total expenditure to be incurred in any financial year is not approved as required by the scheme before such date as may be specified in relation to that financial year in the order,

the constituent councils shall be deemed, subject to any order which has been or may be made under subsection (5) below, all to have given their approval for that financial year to total expenditure of an amount equal to the amount that was approved or, as the case may be, deemed to have been approved for the preceding financial year.

(5) The total expenditure incurred under a scheme by a designated council in Greater London or a metropolitan county in any financial year (including the amounts recoverable under the scheme from other councils) shall not exceed such amount as is for the time being prescribed for that area by an order made by the Secretary of State.

(6) A scheme shall not provide for the making of grants before the beginning of the financial year after that in which the scheme is made and shall continue in force until the end of at least two financial years after that in which it is made.

(7) A scheme may, in the absence of agreement between all the constituent councils, be made by a majority of those councils so as to be binding on all of them; but a council shall not be designated by a scheme except with its consent.

(8) A scheme may contain such supplementary provisions as the councils making the scheme think necessary or expedient and, subject to subsection (6) above, may be revoked by those councils (or, in the absence of agreement between all of them, by a majority of those councils) with effect from the end of any financial year after that in which the decision to revoke the scheme is made.

(9) The council designated by a scheme may by giving not less than twelve months notice to the other constituent councils withdraw its consent to act as designated council with effect from the end of any financial year not earlier than the second financial year after that in which the scheme was made; and in that event the scheme shall terminate when the withdrawal takes effect.

(10) Each constituent council in Greater London or a metropolitan county shall exercise its functions under this section, and under any scheme made under this section, with due regard to the needs of the whole of Greater London or that county, as the case may be, and each scheme shall provide for those needs to be kept under review.

(11) In this section “ voluntary organisation ” means a body the activities of which are carried on otherwise than for profit but does not include any public or local authority and “ eligible voluntary organisation ” means, in relation to Greater London or a metropolitan county, a voluntary organisation whose activities will directly or indirectly benefit either the whole of Greater London or that county or any part of it extending beyond the area of any particular constituent council.

(12) The powers conferred by this section shall not be regarded as restricting those conferred by section 137 of the principal Act (power to incur expenditure for purposes not authorised by any other enactment) and accordingly the reference to any other enactment in subsection (1) of that section shall not include a reference to this section.

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Section 49 Grants by residuary bodies.

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Section 50 Functions of staff commission.

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Section 51 Remuneration of employees.

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Section 52 Power to transfer staff.

(1) This section applies to any person who—

(a) immediately before the abolition date is in the service of the Greater London Council or a metropolitan county council (in this section referred to as his “employing council”) under a contract of employment which would have continued but for the abolition of that council; and

(b) is designated for the purposes of this section by an order made by the Secretary of State.

(2) The contract of employment between a person to whom this section applies and his employing council shall not be terminated by the abolition of that council but shall have effect from the abolition date as if originally made between him and such successor authority (“the new employer”) as may be specified in relation to that person by the order designating him for the purposes of this section.

(3) Without prejudice to subsection (2) above—

(a) all the employing council’s rights, powers, duties and liabilities under or in connection with a contract to which that subsection applies shall by virtue of this section be transferred on the abolition date to the new employer; and

(b) anything done before the abolition date by or in relation to the employing council in respect of that contract or the employee shall be deemed from that date to have been done by or in relation to the new employer.

(4) Subsections (2) and (3) above are without prejudice to any right of an employee to terminate his contract of employment if a substantial change is made to his detriment in his working conditions but no such right shall arise by reason only of the change of employer effected by this section.

(5) An order under this section may designate a person either individually or as a member of a class or description of employees.

(6) In this section “ successor authority ” means a London borough council, the Common Council, a metropolitan district council, a new authority and any other body to which functions or property of the Greater London Council or a metropolitan county council are transferred by or under this Act or any other enactment.

Section 53 Compensation for loss of office or diminution of emoluments.

(1) This section applies to any person who at any time after the passing of this Act is in the service of—

(a) the Greater London Council or the council of a metropolitan county, metropolitan district or London borough or the Common Council; or

(b) a new authority or a residuary body,

and suffers loss of employment or loss or diminution of emoluments which is attributable to any provision made by or under this Act.

(2) Compensation in respect of any such loss or diminution suffered by a person to whom this section applies shall, subject to subsection (3) below, be paid only in accordance with regulations made for the purposes of this section under section 24 of the Superannuation Act 1972; and accordingly none of the councils, authorities or bodies mentioned in subsection (1) above shall pay any such compensation under any other statutory provision, by virtue of any provision in a contract or otherwise.

(3) Subsection (2) above shall not preclude the making of any payment to which a person is entitled by virtue of contractual rights acquired by him before 2nd March 1984.

(4) Regulations under the said section 24 shall not provide compensation for a person to whom this section applies in respect of any such loss or diminution as is mentioned in subsection (1) above so far as attributable to the termination on or before the abolition date of a contract made after 1st March 1984 which provides for the employment of that person for a fixed term extending beyond the abolition date.

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(6) . . . nothing in this section shall be construed as affecting any entitlement to . . . any payment by virtue of any provision of the Superannuation Act 1972 other than the said section 24.

Section 54 Continuity of employment in certain cases of voluntary transfer.

(1) This section applies to a person who at any time after the passing of this Act ceases to be employed by a relevant authority (his “former employer”) if—

(a) the termination of his employment is attributable to any provision made by or under this Act;

(b) he is subsequently employed by another person (his “new employer”); and

(c) by virtue of section 84, 94 or 95 of the Employment Protection (Consolidation) Act 1978 (renewal or re-engagement) that subsequent employment precludes his receiving any redundancy payment under Part VI of that Act.

(2) Where this section applies to a person Chapter 1 of Part XIV of the Employment Rights Act 1996 (computation of period of employment for the purposes of that Act) shall have effect in relation to that person as if it included the following provisions, that is to say—

(a) the period of employment of that person with his former employer shall count as a period of employment with his new employer; and

(b) the change of employer shall not break the continuity of the period of employment.

(3) Where this section applies to a person the period of his employment with his former employer shall count as a period of employment with his new employer for the purposes of any provision of his contract of employment with his new employer which depends on his length of service with that employer.

(4) The relevant authorities for the purposes of this section are the same as those for the purposes specified in section 50(3) above.

Section 55 Offers of employment by successor authorities.

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Section 56 Information as to local government manpower.

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Section 57 Establishment of residuary bodies.

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(7) Schedule 13 to this Act shall have effect with respect to each residuary body.

Section 58 Repayment of loans.

(1) Except so far as otherwise provided by any provision made under this Act, all the rights and liabilities of the Greater London Council or a metropolitan county council on the abolition date in respect of money borrowed by that council shall on that date become rights and liabilities of the appropriate residuary body and those liabilities (both as respects principal and interest) shall be charged on the revenues of that body.

(2) For the purpose of providing a residuary body with money to discharge those liabilities each relevant authority shall on the abolition date be deemed to have borrowed from the appropriate residuary body such sum as may be specified by or determined in accordance with an order made by the Secretary of State; and that sum shall be deemed to have been borrowed on such terms as to repayment and the payment of interest as may be so specified.

(3) Without prejudice to its borrowing powers by virtue of Part VIII below, a residuary body may borrow money for the purpose of discharging any liabilities to which it is subject under subsection (1) above and a relevant authority may, during the period within which it is required to discharge its liabilities in respect of principal under subsection (2) above, borrow money for the purpose of discharging its liabilities under that subsection.

(4) In this section “ relevant authority ” means—

(a) as respects Greater London, each rating authority in Greater London and the authorities established by sections 18 and 27 above;

(b) as respects a metropolitan county, each rating authority in the county and any joint authority in relation to which such an authority is a constituent council.

(5) In subsection (1) above the reference to money borrowed by a council includes a reference to any money borrowed by any other authority whose rights and liabilities in respect of that money have been transferred to that council.

Section 59 Redundancy and compensation payments.

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Section 60 Payment of pensions.

(1) Except so far as otherwise provided by regulations made before the abolition date under section 7 of the Superannuation Act 1972 (local government superannuation) all the functions of the Greater London Council or a metropolitan county council as administering authority under the regulations then in force under that section shall on that date become functions of the appropriate residuary body and the superannuation fund maintained by that council, together with all rights and liabilities in respect of it, shall on that date vest in that body.

(2) Subject to subsection (3) below, all liabilities of the Greater London Council or a metropolitan county council in respect of pensions payable by it otherwise than under such regulations as aforesaid shall on the abolition date become liabilities of the appropriate residuary body.

(3) Subsection (2) above does not apply to liabilities which by virtue of any provisions made under this Act become liabilities of a police or fire and rescue authority established by Part IV of this Act.

(4) Any pension granted on or after the abolition date under paragraph 2 of Schedule 1 to the Coroners Act 1988 by a metropolitan district council shall be paid by the appropriate residuary body but the sums required for paying the pension shall be reimbursed to that body—

(a) if that council is not designated under section 13(3)(b) above, by that council; and

(b) if that council is so designated, by that and the other councils in the coroner’s district in question in such proportions as they may agree or, in default of agreement, as may be determined by the Secretary of State.

(5) In subsection (2) above references to pensions include references to allowances, grants or other benefits in respect of past service, death, injury or disease (whether of the pensioner or another person) and any such compensation as is mentioned in section 8(1)(b) of the Pensions (Increase) Act 1971.

(6) As from the abolition date section 58(2)(c) of the Justices of the Peace Act 1979 shall be amended by substituting for the words “the Greater London Council” the words “the London Residuary Body”.

Section 61 Payment of pensions increases.

(1) As from the abolition date paragraphs 48 and 49 of Schedule 2 to the Pensions (Increase) Act 1971 shall be amended by substituting for the words “the Greater London Council” the words “the London Residuary Body”.

(2) At the end of Part II of that Schedule (pensions payable out of local funds) there shall be inserted—

(64A) A pension payable by a residuary body established by the Local Government Act 1985 in respect of service ending with service with that body.

(64B) A pension payable by such a residuary body, being a pension which would fall within any of the foregoing paragraphs of this Part of this Schedule if references to a local authority had continued to include references to the authorities abolished by that Act.

(3) In paragraph 1(5) of Schedule 3 to that Act (cases where increase of pension is to be reimbursed by the last employing authority) for the words “and 63” there shall be substituted the words “, 63, 64A and, so far as relating to any pension falling within any of the foregoing paragraphs, 64B.”

(4) The appropriate residuary body shall pay—

(a) any increase which by virtue of regulations under section 5(2) of the said Act of 1971 would have been payable on or after the abolition date by the Greater London Council or a metropolitan county council; and

(b) any payment which is analogous to a pensions increase and would have been payable as aforesaid by virtue of regulations under section 13(3) of that Act.

(5) Notwithstanding subsection (3) above or anything in any such regulations as are mentioned in subsection (4)(a) above no liability to reimburse a residuary body in respect of any payment made by virtue of this section shall attach to the Secretary of State, the Arts Council of Great Britain or the Historic Buildings and Monuments Commission for England.

Section 62 Custody of residuary property etc.

(1) On the abolition date there shall vest in the appropriate residuary body all residuary property, rights and liabilities of the Greater London Council or a metropolitan county council.

(2) In subsection (1) above “ residuary property, rights and liabilities ” means any property for the vesting of which provision is not otherwise made by or under this Act or any other enactment and, subject to subsection (3) below, any rights and liabilities which are not transferred, extinguished or otherwise dealt with by any provision made as aforesaid.

(3) This section shall not be construed—

(a) as continuing in force any contract of employment made by the Greater London Council or a metropolitan county council; or

(b) as imposing any liability on a residuary body in respect of the termination of any such contract by the abolition of that council;

but the rights and liabilities to which this section applies shall include any rights and liabilities attributable to anything done or omitted under or in respect of such a contract before the abolition date except any liability to make a payment prohibited by section 53(2) above.

(4) The Secretary of State may by order confer on a residuary body any statutory functions which before the abolition date were exercisable by the Greater London Council or a metropolitan county council, being functions exercisable by that council in relation to any property, rights or liabilities which are vested in that body by this section or by any other provision made by or under this Act or any other enactment.

(5) An order under subsection (4) above may contain such supplementary and transitional provisions as the Secretary of State thinks necessary or expedient, including provisions amending any enactment or any instrument made under any enactment.

Section 63 Preparation of final accounts.

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Section 64 Commutation of smallholdings and housing payments.

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