Article 1 Citation, commencement and interpretation

This Order may be cited as the London Government Reorganisation (Pipe Subways) Order 1989 and shall come into force on 1st April 1989.

In this Order–

• “the 1893 Act” means the London County Council (Subways) Act 1893^f1;

• “pipe” and“wire” have the same meaning as in section 2 of the 1893 Act;

• “subway” means an arched passage or covered way under the surface of a street which passage or way is adapted for the reception of, and affording convenient access to, pipes and wires therein; and references in the Schedule hereto–

  1. (i)

     to numbered subways are references to the subways which were known to the Greater London Council by the relevant number and are situated under the street or streets mentioned in relation thereto;

  2. (ii)

     to a part of a numbered subway are references to the part within the area of the authority mentioned in relation thereto in the first column of the Schedule; and

• “the transfer date” means 1st April 1989.