Schedule 3 TRANSFER OF SPECIFIED CLASSES OF PROPERTY ETC

In this Schedule—

• “Greater London matters” means—

  1. (i)

     in the case of property, property held for the purposes of functions exercisable in Greater London on and after 1st April 1965 by the Greater London Council otherwise than—

     1. (a)

        as the highway authority for metropolitan roads;

     2. (b)

        by virtue of section 21 of the Act (Housing powers in Greater London); or

     3. (c)

        by virtue of section 58 of the Act (Parks and open spaces);

  2. (ii)

     in the case of liabilities, liabilities incurred in relation to such functions;

  3. (iii)

     in the case of contracts, deeds, bonds, agreements and other instruments, and notices, such instruments subsisting and notices given in relation to such functions;

  4. (iv)

     in the case of actions and proceedings and causes of action or proceeding, such actions and proceedings pending or causes existing in relation to such functions,

  but if specified as such matters in relation to any area, include only—

  1. (i)

     in the case of property, sited property situated in, and other property held exclusively in respect of, the area;

  2. (ii)

     in the case of liabilities, liabilities incurred exclusively in respect of the area;

  3. (iii)

     in the case of contracts, deeds, bonds, agreements and other instruments, and notices, such instruments subsisting and notices given exclusively in respect of the area;

  4. (iv)

     in the case of actions and proceedings and causes of action or proceeding, such actions and proceedings pending or causes existing exclusively in respect of the area,

  and for the purposes of this definition places provided by an authority named in column (1) of Part I of this Schedule for the deposit of refuse, whether for the initial deposit of refuse removed by the authority or for the final deposit of refuse, shall be deemed to be held for the purposes of functions exercisable as aforesaid;

• “borough matters”, “police matters” and “local matters”, in relation to any area, mean—

  1. (i)

     in the case of property, sited property situated in, and other property held exclusively in respect of, the area, being in either case property held for the purposes of the relevant functions;

  2. (ii)

     in the case of liabilities, liabilities incurred in relation to the relevant functions and exclusively in respect of the area;

  3. (iii)

     in the case of contracts, deeds, bonds, agreements and other instruments, and notices, such instruments subsisting and notices given in relation to the relevant functions and exclusively in respect of the area;

  4. (iv)

     in the case of actions and proceedings and causes of action or proceeding, such actions and proceedings pending or causes existing in relation to the relevant functions and exclusively in respect of the area;

  and for the purposes of the foregoing definitions—

• “the relevant functions” means—

  1. (a)

     in the case of borough matters, functions exercisable on and after 1st April 1965 by the council of the London borough constituting or including the area in respect of which the matters in question are specified or the Common Council, as the case may be;

  2. (b)

     in the case of police matters, functions exercisable for police purposes including the purposes of section 2 of the Road Traffic and Roads Improvement Act 1960;

  3. (c)

     in the case of local matters, functions exercisable on and after 1st April 1965 by the county council of Hertfordshire or Surrey, as the case may be; and

• “sited property” means—

  • land;

  • buildings;

  • in the case of borough matters and outside the Inner London Education Area, and in the case of local matters, fittings, furniture, equipment and stores supplied in respect of a voluntary school;

  • in the case of Greater London matters, signs for indicating speed restrictions;

  • in the case of borough matters, lamps, lamp posts and other apparatus for public lighting;

  • in the case of borough matters, parking meters.