
1 
This order may be cited
as the London Authorities (Interim Action) Order 1964, and shall come into
operation on 15th May 1964.
2 

(1) The Interpretation Act 1889
applies to the interpretation of this order as it applies to the interpretation
of an Act of Parliament.
(2) In this order, “the
Common Council” means the Common
Council of the City of London.
3 
For the purposes of
the appointment of any officer or the taking of any other action, and the
incurring of any expenditure in relation thereto, by the Greater London Council,
a London borough council or the Common Council to ensure their effective operation
as from 1st April 1965 the provisions of the London Government Act 1963
which do not, under section 94(2)
thereof, come into force until that date shall be deemed to have come into
force at the passing of the said Act.
4 

(1) 
Where the Greater London Council, a London borough council or the Common Council
(hereinafter referred to as “the new employing authority”
) before 1st April 1965 appoint to hold any place, situation
or employment before or as from that date any person (hereinafter referred
to as 
“the officer”) who is in the employment of any
other of the following authorities, namely the councils abolished by section 3(1)(b) of the London Government Act 1963,
the Common Council, the county councils of Essex, Hertfordshire, Kent and
Surrey and the urban district council of Chigwell (hereinafter referred to
as “the existing employing authority”)
the appointment shall be on such terms and conditions that—
(i) so long as the officer is engaged in duties
reasonably comparable to those in which he was engaged immediately before
the appointment, the scale of his salary or remuneration; and
(ii) the
other terms and conditions of his employment, are not less favourable than those he enjoyed immediately before the
appointment.In this paragraph, “terms and conditions of employment”
 includes any restriction arising under
any Act or any instrument made under any Act on the termination of the employment
of any officer.
(2) The appointment of
an officer as aforesaid to hold a place, situation or employment before 1st
April 1965 shall not result in his employment by the new employing authority
until that date, and his employment by the existing employing authority shall
continue to that date unless determined otherwise than by reason of the said
appointment, and
(a) the existing
employing authority shall place the services of the officer at the disposal
of the new employing authority to such extent as may be agreed between the
said authorities;
(b) the salary or
remuneration payable by the existing employing authority to the officer at
any time shall be the aggregate of the following amounts, namely—
(i) the amount
of the salary or remuneration which would have been payable by the existing
employing authority apart from their action under (
a) hereof which is for the time being agreed between the existing
employing authority and the officer to be appropriate having regard to such
action; and
(ii) the amount
for the time being agreed between the new employing authority and the officer
in respect of the place, situation of employment;
(c) the new employing
authority shall reimburse to the existing employing authority—
(i) the amounts
described in (b)(ii) hereof paid by the
existing employing authority; and
(ii) such proportion
of all other payments to or in respect of the officer as may be agreed between
the said authorities or, failing such agreement, as may be determined by an
arbitrator appointed by agreement between them or, in default of agreement,
by the Minister of Housing and Local Government:Provided that
the said authorities may, in any particular case, agree that no reimbursement
shall be made.
(3) Paragraphs (1) and
(2) of this article shall apply, where the officer is in the employment of
two or more of the following authorities, namely the councils abolished by section 3(1)(b) of the London Government Act 1963,
the Common Council, the county councils of Essex, Hertfordshire Kent and Surrey
and the urban district council of Chigwell, and paragraph (1) of this article
shall apply, where the officer is in two or more employments of one such authority,
as if he were only in the employment respect of which there is paid to him
the highest salary, or if two or more salaries are equal such employment as
the new employing authority shall determine.
5 
If the Greater London
Council propose to appoint as the first chief education officer of the Inner
London Education Authority the person who is chief education officer of the
London County Council, so much section 88 of the Education Act 1944
(which is applied to the appointment of such officer by section 30(4) of the London Government Act 1963)
as requires consultation with the Secretary of State for Education and Science
shall not have effect.
6 

(1) Paragraph 2(2) of Schedule 6
to the Representation
of the People Act 1948 (which applies to the
London borough councils by virtue of paragraph 21 of Schedule 3
to the London
Government Act 1963) shall have effect in relation
to such councils in 1964 with the substitution for the words 
“the date of the annual meeting shall be the eleventh day after the
day of election of borough councillors, or such other day within the following
seven days as the borough council may fix” of the words “the date of the annual meeting of the council of a London
borough shall be the date fixed by the Charter granted by Her Majesty incorporating
the inhabitants of the borough for the first meeting of the council”
.
(2) In relation to London
borough councils, until 1st April 1965, the following provision shall be substituted
for paragraph 1(2) of Part II of Schedule
3 to the Local Government Act 1933—
“
The annual meeting shall be held at
the time fixed by the Charter granted by Her Majesty incorporating the inhabitants
of the borough for the first meeting of the council, and the other meetings
shall be held at such hour on such other days as the council at the annual
meeting or at the first following meeting decide, or by standing order determine
”.

Given under the official seal of the Minister of Housing and
Local Government on 11th May 1964.
Keith Joseph
Minister of Housing and Local Government
