Article 7

Any officer of the county council of Essex, Hertfordshire, Kent or Surrey employed in the discharge of Greater London functions and—

shall be transferred on 1st April 1965 to the employment of the Greater London Council.

Any officer of the county council of Essex, Hertfordshire, Kent or Surrey employed in the discharge of borough functions and—

shall be transferred on 1st April 1965 to the employment of the London borough council:

Provided that the county council of Essex, Hertfordshire, Kent or Surrey may except from this paragraph any officer who is not employed in the discharge of borough functions wholly or mainly in relation to the area of the London borough council if they are satisfied that he should not be transferred to the employment of the London borough council.

Such officers (other than police cadets) of the county council of Essex or the standing joint committee for the county employed for police purposes, including the purposes of section 2 of the Road Traffic and Roads Improvement Act 1960 in the London borough of Havering as before 1st April 1965 shall have been determined by agreement (subject to the approval of the Secretary of State) between the county council or the standing joint committee, as the case may be, and the Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis and the Receiver for the Metropolitan Police District or in default of agreement by the Secretary of State shall on 1st April 1965 be transferred to the employment of the said Commissioner or Receiver.

Nothing in article 12 or 13(2) or (4) shall apply to any officer to whom this paragraph applies.

The county council of Essex, Hertfordshire, Kent or Surrey shall consider with the specified councils the officers required for the discharge of the functions both of themselves and of the specified councils and following such consideration shall make schemes for the transfer to the employment of the specified councils on 1st April 1965 of such officers of the county council not transferred by paragraphs (1) to (3) as they think appropriate:

Provided that any such county council may with the agreement of a London borough council other than a specified council provide in the scheme for the transfer of any officer to the employment of such council on 1st April 1965 if upon consideration of the personal circumstances of the officer they are satisfied that he should neither be transferred to the employment of any specified council nor retained in their own employment.

In this paragraph, “specified councils” means the Greater London Council and—

• in relation to the county council of Essex, the councils of the London boroughs of Barking, Havering, Newham, Redbridge and Waltham Fores;

• in relation to the county council of Hertfordshire, the council of the London borough of Barnet;

• in relation to the county council of Kent, the councils of the London boroughs of Bexley and Bromley;

• in relation to the county council of Surrey the councils of the London boroughs of Croydon, Kingston upon Thames, Merton, Richmond upon Thames and Sutton.