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The Local Government Reorganisation (Miscellaneous Provision) (Rush Common) Order 1996

S.I. 1996/1690 · Made 25 June 1996

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LOCAL GOVERNMENT, ENGLAND AND WALES

Made 25th June 1996

Laid before Parliament 5th July 1996

Coming into force 26th July 1996

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 101 of the Local Government Act 1985f1, and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

1985 c. 51.

Contents

  1. 1Citation and commencement
  2. 2Amendment of 1988 Order
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1Citation and commencement

This Order may be cited as the Local Government Reorganisation (Miscellaneous Provision) (Rush Common) Order 1996 and shall come into force on 26th July 1996.

2Amendment of 1988 Order

Article 6 (Rush Common, Brixton) of the Local Government Reorganisation (Miscellaneous Provision) Order 1988f1 shall be amended as follows—

(a)

after “under” insert “section 8 of the London County Council (General Powers) Act 1938 (removal of building restriction and widening of Brixton Road) and”f2; and

(b)

for “sections 9 to 12 of that Act” substitute “that section and that Part”.

Signature

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State

Paul Beresford

Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State,

Department of the Environment

25th June 1996

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order makes provision consequential on the abolition of the Greater London Council by section 1 of the Local Government Act 1985.

It amends article 6 of the Local Government Reorganisation (Miscellaneous Provision) Order 1988 so as to enable Lambeth Borough Council to exercise functions in relation to an area of land forming part of Rush Common, Brixton which were formerly exercisable by the Greater London Council but not included among the functions transferred by that article.