The London government act, 1963 / With an introduction by W. Eric Jackson and annotations reprinted from Halsbury's statutes of England (2nd edn.) interim service.

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1963
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Credit: The London government act, 1963 / With an introduction by W. Eric Jackson and annotations reprinted from Halsbury's statutes of England (2nd edn.) interim service. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    consequence of the foregoing provisions of this Part of this Act, shall have effect with respect to parliamentary and local government elections in and around Greater London; and the Representation of the People Acts shall have effect subject to the modifications specified in Parts II and III of that Schedule, being modifications consequential on the provisions of the said Part I or modifications of those Acts in their application to Greater London; and the said Schedule 3 shall be included among the enactments which may be cited together as the Representation of the People Acts. (2) The Local Government Act 1933 shall have effect subject to the modifications specified in Schedule 4 to this Act, being— (a) modifications consequential on other provisions of this Act; or (o) modifications designed to assimilate the provisions of the said Act of 1933 to provisions for corresponding purposes contained in the London Government Act 1939; or (c) modifications designed to make the said Act of 1933 apply in appro- priate cases in relation to the Greater London Council as it applies in relation to a county council or in relation to a London borough as it applies in relation to a county borough or as it applies in relation to a metropolitan borough; or (2) modifications of the said Act of 1933 in its application either to all London boroughs or to the inner London boroughs. NOTES Greater London; Greater London Council. See s. 2, ante. London borough. Sees. 1, ante. County borough. See the note tos. 4, ante. Metropolitan borough. See the note ‘‘ Metropolitan boroughs ”’ to s. 3, ante. Inner London boroughs. For meaning of “‘inner London borough”’, see s. I (1) (a), ante. Representation of the People Acts. Cf. the note tos. 4, ante. Local Government Act 1933 (c. 51). See Vol. 14, p. 353. London Government Act 1939 (c. 40). See Vol. 15, p. 1073. That Act is repealed as from 1st April 1965 by s. 93 (1) and Sch. 18, Part II, post. Part II ROAD TRAFFIC, HIGHWAYS AND MOTOR VEHICLES 9. General duty of Greater London Council with respect to road traffic and abolition of London Traffic Area and Traffic Advisory Committee.—(1) The provisions of this Part of this Act shall have effect for the purpose of redistributing functions with respect to road traffic in Greater London and assimilating the law with respect to highways in Greater London to that in force in the rest of England and Wales. (2) It shall be the duty of the Greater London Council so to exercise the functions conferred on them by or by virtue of sections 10 to 19 of this Act as, so far as practicable having due regard to— (a) the desirability of securing and maintaining reasonable access to premises; (6) the effect on the amenities of any locality affected; and (c) any other matters appearing to the Council to be relevant, to secure the expeditious, convenient and safe movement of vehicular and other traffic (including foot passengers) and the provision of suitable and