Greater London Council (General Powers) Act 1969
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | 1969 c. lii |
| Year | 1969 |
Greater London Council {General Powers)
CH.
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Act
1969
ELIZABETH H
1969 CHAPTER Hi
An Act to confer further powers upon the Greater London
Council and other authorities; and for other purposes.
[25th July 1969]
T17HEREAS-
(1) It is expedient that further and better provision should be
made for the finances, improvement, public health and local
government services of Greater London and that the powers of
the Greater London Council (hereinafter called " the Council"),
the London borough councils, the Common Council of the City
of London (hereinafter called " the Common Council") and the
Merton and Sutton Joint Cemetery Board should be extended
and amended as provided in this Act:
(2) It is expedient that provision should be made for the
maintenance, regulation and protection of high level-and other
ways provided in buildings and other places for the use of the
public, over which they have a right of way or of access on foot
only, and for supplementing the powers of the Council, the
London borough councils and the Minister of Housing and
Local Government to secure the provision of such ways in
connection with the development of property in Greater London
and by other means:
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London Council
{General Powers)
Act 1969
1967
c. xlii.
1933
c. 51.
1963
c.
33.
(3) It is expedient that the provisions of this Act relating to
city walkways within the meaning of Part II of the City of
London
(Various Powers) Act, 1967, should be enacted:
(4) It is expedient that the other provisions contained in this
Act should be enacted:
(5) The purposes of this Act cannot be effected without the
authority of Parliament:
(6) In relation to the promotion of the Bill for this Act the
Council (as respects the appropriate provisions of the Bill) have
complied with the requirements of section 254 of the Local
Government Act, 1933, and the council of the City of Westminster
(as respects the provisions of the Bill relating specifically to that
council) have complied with the requirements of Part XIII of
that Act as applied by subsection (3) of section 7 of the London
Government Act, 1963:
May it therefore please Your Majesty that it may be enacted.
and be it enacted, by the Queen's most Excellent Majesty,
by and
with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal,
and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the
authority of the same, as follows, that is to say:—
Short title.
Division of
Act into
Parts.
PART I
PRELIMINARY
1.
This Act may be cited as the Greater London Council
(General Powers) Act 1969.
I,
II,
2.
This Act is divided into Parts as follows:—
-Preliminary.
-Sludge mains.
-Walkways.
-Finance.
-Documents and equipment.
-Extensions of time.
-Miscellaneous and supplemental.
Part
Part
Part III.-
Part IV.-
Part V.-
Part VI.-
Part VII.-
Interpretation. 3. In this Act, except as otherwise expressly provided or
unless the context otherwise requires—
" the Act of 1933 " means the Local Government Act, 1933;
1936
c
49.
" the Act of 1936 " means the Public Health Act, 1936;
1937
c.
68.
" the Act of 1937 " means the Local Government Super-
annuation Act, 1937;
1959
c 25. " the Act of 1959 " means the Highways Act, 1959;
Greater London Council (General Powers)
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" the Act of
1962
" means the Town and Country Planning PART I
Art
1962" —cont.
ACi,
lyoj., 1962 c 38
"the Act of 1963" means the London Government Act,
1963;
1963
c. 33.
"the Act of 1966" means the Greater London Council
(General Powers) Act, 1966;
1966
c.
xxviii.
" the Act of 1968 " means the Greater London Council
(General Powers) Act, 1968;
1968
c.
xwrix.
" apparatus" means any apparatus belonging to statutory
undertakers or for the maintenance of which they are
responsible and includes any structure for the lodging
therein of apparatus;
"borough" means a London borough, and "borough
council" means the council of a London borough;
" the city " means the City of London;
" the Common Council" means the Common Council of the
City of London;
" the Council" means the Greater London Council;
" enactment" means any enactment, whether public general
or
local,
and includes any order, byelaw, rule, regulation,
scheme or other instrument having effect by virtue of an
enactment;
" highway " has the same meaning as in the Act of 1959;
" land " and " lands" includes any interest in land and any
easement or right in, to or over land;
" the Minister" means the Minister of Housing and Local
Government;
" street" has the same meaning as in the Act of 1959;
"the Westminster Council" means the council of the
City of Westminster;
and any reference to an enactment shall be construed as a
reference to that enactment as applied, extended, amended or
varied by, or by virtue of, any subsequent enactment including
this Act.
PART
II
SLUDGE MAINS
4.
In this Part of
this
Act- Interpretation
of Part II.
" main sewer " has the meaning assigned to that expression
in paragraph (a) of subsection (1) of section 39 of the
Act of 1963;
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