
1 
This order may be cited
as the London Authorities (Staff) Order 1965 and shall come into operation
on 30th January 1965.
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 Act” means 
the London Government Act 1963;

 “borough functions”,
in relation to any area, means functions exercisable
on and after 1st April 1965 by the council of the London borough constituting
or including the area or the Common Council, as the case may be;

 “the City” means the City of London;
 “the Common Council”
means the Common Council of the City of London;

 “county functions” means functions exercisable on and after 1st April 1965 by the county
council of Hertfordshire or Surrey, as the case may be;
 “Greater London functions”
 means functions exercisable in Greater
London on and after 1st April 1965 by the Greater London Council;

 “inner London borough”
means the London borough of Camden, Green wich, Hackney,
Hammersmith, Islington, Kensington and Chelsea, Lambeth, Lewisham, Southwark,
Tower Hamlets, Wandsworth or West minster;
 “officer” includes
the holder of any place, situation or employment; and
 “outer London borough”
means a London borough which is not an inner London
borough.
(3) In this order, any
provision for the transfer of an officer to the Greater London Council shall,
in relation to any such officer who would be employed by such council solely
for the purposes of their functions as a local education authority, be construed
as a reference to the Inner London Education Authority.
(4) In this order, unless
the context otherwise requires, references to any enactment shall be construed
as references to that enactment as amended, extended or applied by or under
any other enactment or by this order.
(5) Any reference in
this order to a numbered article or schedule shall, unless the reference is
to an article or schedule of a specified order, be construed as a reference
to the article or schedule bearing that number in this order.
(6) Any reference in
any article of this order to a numbered paragraph shall, unless the reference
is to a paragraph of a specified article, be construed as a reference to the
paragraph bearing that number in the first-mentioned article.
3 
This order shall have
effect subject to the express provision of any other order made (whether before
or after this order) under section 84
of the Act.
4 
Any provision in this
order for the transfer of officers of any authority applies to any officer
who on 31st March 1965 is in the employment of such authority, but in the
case of a person not in the whole-time employment of the authority the transfer
effected by such provision in its application to the authority is limited
to employment with the authority.
5 

(1) Any officer of an
authority named in column (1) of Schedule 1
employed in the manner specified in respect of such authority in column (2)
and—
(a) being so employed
wholly or mainly in premises which are to be used, after 31st March 1965,
for the purposes of the discharge of the functions so specified by the authority
so specified in column (3); or
(b) operating wholly
or mainly from such premises; or
(c) being otherwise
so employed wholly or substantially so,shall be transferred on 1st April 1965 to the employment of the
authority so specified in column (3).
(2) Any officer of an
authority named in column (1) of Schedule 2
employed in a manner specified in respect of such authority in column (2)
and—
(a) being so employed
wholly or mainly in premises, not being excepted premises, which are to be
used, after 31st March 1965, for the purposes of the discharge of the functions
so specified by the authority so specified in column (3); or
(b) operating wholly
or mainly from such premises,shall be transferred on 1st April 1965 to the employment of the
authority so specified in column (3).In this paragraph “excepted premises” , in relation to any council, means any premises held under section 125
of the Local
Government Act 1933 or section 155
of the London
Government Act 1939 other than any accommodation
therein to the continued use (or the use) of which any other authority will
be entitled on 1st April 1965 under article 4(2)
of the London Authorities (Property etc.)
Order 1964.
(3) The council of the
London boroughs of Lambeth and Wandswort shall in consultation with the councils
of the metropolitan boroughs of Batter sea, Lambeth and Wandsworth make a
scheme for the transfer to the employment of the said councils of London boroughs
on 1st April 1965 of the officer of the said councils of metropolitan boroughs
not transferred by paragraph (1) and (2)
(4) The councils of the
London boroughs of Bexley and Bromley shall consultation with the urban district
council of Chislehurst and Sidcup make a scheme for the transfer to the employment
of the said councils of London boroughs on 1st April 1965 of the officers
of the said urban district council no transferred by paragraphs (1) and (2).

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(1) Any officer of the
London County Council to whom this paragraph applies shall be transferred
on 1st April 1965 to the employment of the council (being a London borough
council or the Common Council) in whose area is wholly or mainly employed
and of the Inner London Education Authority jointly.This paragraph applies to officers of the following grades—

 Medical staff
 Health visitors: Nursing officers: Centre superintendents:
School nurses: School nursing sisters: Clinic nurses
 Social workers (school health services)
 Dental officers: Dental auxiliarieswho are liable to employment by the London County Council wholly
or mainly in the divisional school health services.
(2) The London County
Council may after consultation with the council of the inner London boroughs
and the London borough of Newham and the Common Council make a scheme for
the transfer to any such council on 1st April 1965 of any officer of the council
employed wholly or substantially so in the divisional school health services
and not transferred by paragraph(1)
(3) Any officer of the
London County Council or the county council of Middlesex employed in the discharge
of borough functions (not being, in the case of the London County Council,
an officer transferred by or under paragraph (1) or (2)) and—
(a) being so employed
wholly or mainly in premises which are to be used after 31st March 1965, for
the purposes of the discharge of such functions by a London borough council
or the Common Council; or
(b) operating wholly
or mainly from such premises,shall be transferred on 1st April 1965 to the employment of the
London borough council or the Common Council, as the case may be:Provided that the London
County Council or the county Middlesex may except any officer from this paragraph
if they are satisfied that he would be more appropriately dealt with under
paragraph (7).
(4) Any officer of the
county council of Middlesex employed in the discharge of county functions
and—
(a) being so employed
wholly or mainly in premises which are to be used after 31st March 1965, for
the purposes of the discharge of such functions by the county council of Hertfordshire
or Surrey, as the case may be; or
(b) operating wholly
or mainly from such premises,shall be transferred on 1st April 1965 to the employment of such
county council.
(5) Any person employed
by the county council of Middlesex in the making, maintenance and repair of
roads and—
(a) being so employed
wholly or mainly in premises which are on 1st April 1965 transferred to the
urban district council of Potters Bar, Staines or Sunbury-on-Thames; or
(b) operating wholly
or mainly from such premises,shall be transferred on 1st April 1965 to the employment of such
council.
(6) Any officer of the
London County Council or the county council of Middlesex employed in or operating
wholly or mainly from premises which are on 1st April 1965 transferred to
the council of any county (except, in relation to the county council of Middlesex,
the counties of Hertfordshire and Surrey), county borough or county district
shall be transferred on such date to the employment of such council.
(7) The London County
Council and the county council of Middlesex shall in consultation with the
specified councils make schemes for the distribution among the specified councils
on 1st April 1965 of the officers of the respective councils not transferred
by paragraphs (1) to (6) employed wholly or substantially so in the discharge
of functions exercisable on and after 1st April 1965 by the specified councils:
Provided that the London
County Council or the county council of Middlesex may—
(a) after
such consultation, except any officer from such scheme if upon consideration
of his salary scale and the salary scales or likely salary scales of posts
in the services of the specified councils they are satisfied that he should
not be transferred to the employment of any specified council;
(b) 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 not be transferred to the employment
of any specified council.In this paragraph, “specified councils”
means— in relation to the London County Council,
the councils of the inner London boroughs and the London borough of Newham
and the Common Council; in relation to the county council of Middlesex, the
councils of the London boroughs of Barnet, Brent, Ealing, Enfield, Haringey,
Harrow, Hillingdon, Hounslow and Richmond upon Thames and the county councils
of Hertfordshire and Surrey.
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(1) Any officer of the
county council of Essex, Hertfordshire, Kent or Surrey employed in the discharge
of Greater London functions and—
(a) being so employed
wholly or mainly in premises which are to be used after 31st March 1965 for
the purposes of the discharge of such functions by the Greater London Council;
or
(b) operating wholly
or mainly from such premises,shall be transferred on 1st April 1965 to the employment of the
Greater London Council.
(2) Any officer of the
county council of Essex, Hertfordshire, Kent or Surrey employed in the discharge
of borough functions and—
(a) being so employed
wholly or mainly in premises which are to be used after 31st March 1965 for
the purposes of the discharge of such functions by a London borough council;
or
(b) operating wholly
or mainly from such premises,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.
(3) 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.
(4) 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.
8 
Subject to the provisions
of articles 5 and 6,
any officer of an authority named in column (1) of Schedule 3
shall be transferred to the employment of the authority specified in respect
of such authority in column (2).
9 
Nothing in articles 5 to 8 applies—

(a) to any person who
will by virtue of any agreement entered into between him and any authority
before 1st April 1965 enter into the employment of that authority on that
date; or
(b) to any officer of
the council of the borough of Richmond who will by virtue of any order under
the Water Act 1945
enter into the employment of the Metropolitan Water Board on 1st April 1965;
or
(c) to any member of
any fire brigade; or
(d) to any person as
regards any employment which, otherwise than by virtue of the abolition of
authorities effected by the Act, is to be terminated on 31st March 1965.
10 

(1) Where on 31st March
1965 any officer has not taken up the duties of his employment he shall be
deemed, in the application of articles 5 to 8,
to be employed in, or to be operating from, the premises in which he would
be employed or from which he would be operating if he had taken up such duties.

(2) Where any officer
is on 31st March 1965 absent from his normal duties for the purpose of undergoing
training articles 5 to 8
shall apply—
(a) if it was part
of the arrangements under which he is so absent that at the completion of
such training he should be employed in a place, situation or employment different
from the place, situation or employment which he occupied prior to the commencement
of the training, as if he was, on 31st March 1965, occupying such different
place, situation or employment;
(b) otherwise as
if he was, on 31st March 1965, occupying the place, situation or employment
which he occupied immediately prior to the commencement of such training.

(3) Where any officer
is on 31st March 1965 absent from his normal duties otherwise than for the
purpose of undergoing training he shall be deemed, in the application of articles 5 to 8, to be discharging
such duties, and to be discharging them in, or from, the premises in, or from,
which he normally discharges them.
(4) No officer of the
county council of Essex, Hertfordshire, Kent or Surrey employed for relief
duties shall, in the application of articles 5 to 8,
be transferred from the employment of such council by reason of his discharge
of duties on 31st March 1965 in premises in Greater London.
(5) Where by virtue
of any arrangements made by the Greater London Council, a London borough council
or the Common Council, or two or more such councils, functions exercised before
1st April 1965 in any premises will after 31st March 1965 be carried out in
other premises both such premises shall in the application of 
articles 5 to 7 be deemed to be the same premises.

11 
In the application
of articles 5 to 8 any
facilities granted to any council under article 11(6)
or (7)
of the London
Authorities (Property etc.) Order 1964 or secured
by agreement shall be disregarded.
12 

(1) Any question specified
in an item numbered (i) to (xvii) in paragraph 2 of Schedule 4
shall be determined by a referee or board of referees appointed by the Minister
of Labour after consultation with the Lord Chancellor, and the provisions
of paragraphs 3 and 4 of Schedule 4
shall apply on such references. Such reference may be made in relation to
an officer at any time before 1st April 1965 or where the officer is informed
of his treatment under articles 5 to 8
as provided in paragraph (2) after 4th March 1965 before the 28th day following
such information.
(2) Any council named
in column (1) of Schedule 3,
the council of the metropolitan borough of Battersea, Lambeth or Wandsworth
or the urban district council of Chislehurst and Sidcup shall ensure that
any officer is informed as to—
(a) the provisions
of articles 5, 6 and 8
which are applicable to such council;
(b) the treatment
of the officer under any of the said provisions;
(c) the authority
to whom the officer would be transferred on such treatment;
(d) the provision
made by this article which is applicable to such council;
(e) the person and
address to whom any question should be referred.The Common Council, the county council of Essex, Hertfordshire,
Kent or Surrey or the urban district council of Chigwell shall ensure that
any officer who would on the application of articles 5
and 7
be transferred to the employment of any other authority is informed as to—

(a) the provisions
of such articles which are applicable to such council;
(b) the treatment
of the officer under any of the said provisions;
(c) the authority
to whom the officer would be transferred on such treatment;
(d) the provision
made by this article which is applicable to such council;
(e) the person
and address to whom any question should be referred.
13 

(1) Every officer transferred
by or under articles 5 to 8, 12 or 21
to the employment of any authority shall, so long as he continues in that
employment by virtue of the transfer and until he is served with a statement
in writing of new terms and conditions of employment, enjoy terms and conditions
of employment not less favourable than those he enjoyed immediately before
1st April 1965. The said new terms and conditions shall be such that—

(a) so long as the
officer is engaged in duties reasonably comparable to those in which he was
engaged immediately before 1st April 1965, the scale of his salary or remuneration,
and
(b) the other terms
and conditions of his employment,are not less favourable than those he enjoyed immediately before
1st April 1965, and any question whether duties are reasonably comparable
as aforesaid shall be determined by a referee or board of referees appointed
by the Minister of Labour after consultation with the Lord Chancellor. The
statement of new terms and conditions of employment shall contain information
that any question shall be so determined and as to the person and address
to whom any question should be referred.
(2) A statement of new
terms and conditions of employment shall not be served—
(a) in the case
of any officer who has appealed on grounds of hardship to an appeal committee
established by the staff commission established under section 85(5) of the Act or of
any officer in respect of whom a question has been referred under article 12—
(i) if an appeal
on grounds of hardship is allowed, until— an alternative transfer has
been arrangedif no alternative transfer is arranged, the expiration of 3 months
from the decision of the committee or 30th September 1965, whichever is the
later;
(ii) in any
other case, until the decision on the appeal or question has been notified;

(b) in the case
of an officer to whom article 10(2)(a)
applies, unless such officer otherwise agrees, until he has been occupying
the different place, situation or employment therein referred to for one month.

(3) Subject to paragraph
(2), a statement of new terms and conditions of employment may be served before
1st April 1965.
(4) If after service
of a statement of new terms and conditions of employment upon him (whether
before 1st April 1965 or otherwise) an officer appeals on grounds of hardship
as aforesaid or a question is referred in respect of him under article 12, the statement shall
cease to have effect, paragraph (1) shall have effect as if the statement
had not been served, and a new statement shall be served only in accordance
with paragraph (2)(a).
(5) In this article, 
“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.

(6) A written statement
given in accordance with section 4(1)
of the Contracts
of Employment Act 1963shall not be regarded
as a statement of new terms and conditions of employment for the purposes
of this article unless the statement so indicates.
14 
Any officer transferred
by or under articles 5 to 8
or 12
to the employment of any authority may before 1st July 1965 (or if no statement
in writing of new terms and conditions of employment under article 13 is then in force before
the service of such a statement) be transferred by the said authority, with
the agreement of any one of the following authorities, namely the Greater
London Council, the London borough councils, the Common Council and the county
councils of Essex, Hertfordshire, Kent and Surrey, and of the officer, to
the employment of that authority, and article 13
shall thereupon apply to such officer as it applies to officers transferred
by the article first mentioned.
15 
Any arrangements
under which any officer transferred by or under articles 5 to 8, 12 or 14
underwent training which have not been discharged before 1st April 1965 shall
continue to apply with the substitution, for the authority in whose employment
the officer was prior to the commencement of the training, of the authority
to whose employment he has been transferred as aforesaid.
16 
Any dispensation
from the requirements of any regulation granted to the authority from whom
any officer is transferred by or under articles 5 to 12
or 14
shall have effect, in relation to such officer, as if it had been granted
to the authority to whose employment he has been transferred as aforesaid.

17 
Any extension of
service under section 7(1)
of the Local
Government Superannuation Act 1937 effective
on 1st April 1965 in relation to an officer transferred by or under articles 5 to 8, 12 or 14
shall continue to have effect an if it had been made by the authority to whose
employment he is transferred an aforesaid.
18 
In relation to any
person employed by the urban district council of Potters Bar, Staines or Sunbury-on-Thames—

(a) so long as he is
engaged in duties reasonably comparable to those in which he was engaged immediately
before 1st April 1965, the scale of his salary or remuneration, and
(b) the other terms
and conditions of his employment,
shall be not less favourable than those he enjoyed immediately
before 1st April 1965, and any question whether duties are reasonably comparable
as aforesaid shall be determined by a referee or board of referees appointed
by the Minister of Labour after consultation with the Lord Chancellor.
In this article, “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.
19 
On any reference
under article 12(1), 13(1) or 18
the referee or board of referees may, if he or they think fit, appoint a person
having special knowledge or experience in relation to the subject matter of
the reference to sit with him or them as assessor.
20 

(1) Subject to paragraph
(2), on 1st April 1965 such members of the Essex county police force as before
that date shall have been determined by agreement (subject to the approval
of the Secretary of State) between the chief constable of that police force
and the Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis, or in default of agreement
by the Secretary of State, shall be transferred to, and become members of,
the metropolitan police force:Provided that no member
of the Essex county police force shall be so transferred without his consent.
All persons who are transferred in pursuance of this paragraph
shall be deemed to have been appointed as members of the metropolitan police
force under section 4
of the Metropolitan
Police Act 1829and to have been duly attested
as such, and shall be transferred to that force in the same ranks respectively
as they held immediately before 1st April 1965 in the Essex county police
force.
(2) Where a report or
allegation is received before 1st April 1965 from which it appears that a
member of the Essex county police force may have committed an offence against
discipline, within the meaning of any regulations in force under the Police Act 1919
the chief constable of that police force may postpone the transfer of the
member in question for the purpose of facilitating the investigation of the
matter and any disciplinary proceedings arising therefrom, including any appeal
to the Secretary of State under the Police (Appeals) Act 1927or section 37
of the Police
Act 1964and paragraph (1) shall apply in the
case of a person whose transfer is so postponed as if for any reference therein
to 1st April 1965 there were substituted a reference to such day as may be
determined by the chief constable of the Essex police force after consultation
with the Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis.
(3) On 1st April 1965
such special constables appointed for the county of Essex as before that date
shall have been determined by agreement (subject to the approval of the Secretary
of State) between the chief constable of the Essex county police force and
the Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis, or in default of agreement by
the Secretary of State, shall become special constables for the metropolitan
police district:Provided that no person
shall so become a special constable for the metropolitan police district without
his consent.All persons who become special constables for the metropolitan
police district under this paragraph shall be deemed to have been appointed
as such under section 16
of the Police
Act 1964 and to have been duly attested as
such.
21 

(1) Subject to paragraph
(2), on 1st April 1965 the members of the fire brigades of the counties of
London and Middlesex and the county boroughs of Croydon, East Ham and West
Ham below the rank of assistant chief officer and such members of the fire
brigades of the counties of Essex, Hertfordshire, Kent and Surrey below that
rank as before that date shall have been determined by agreement between the
Greater London Council and the county council concerned or in default of agreement
by the Secretary of State shall be transferred to, and become members of,
the fire brigade for Greater London.
(2) Such members of
the fire brigade of the county of Middlesex below the rank of assistant chief
officer as shall have been determined by agreement between the Greater London
Council and the county councils of Hertfordshire and Surrey or in default
of agreement by the Secretary of State shall be transferred to, and become
members of, the fire brigade of the county of Hertfordshire or the county
of Surrey.
(3) Where a report,
complaint or other allegation is received before 1st April 1965 form which
it appears that a person transferred by paragraph (1) from the fire brigade
of the county of London or Middlesex or the county borough of Croydon, East
Ham or West Ham may have committed an offence against discipline, within the
meaning of any regulations in force under the Fire Services Act 1947any disciplinary
proceedings, including any appeal, arising there from under any such regulations
may be continued as if the alleged offence had been committed while he is
a member of the fire brigade for Greater London and, accordingly, the said
regulations shall have effect subject to any necessary modifications.
(4) Where a report,
complaint or other allegation is received before 1st April 1965 from which
it appears that a person to be transferred by paragraph (1) from the fire
brigade of the county of Essex, Hertfordshire, Kent or Surrey may have committed
an offence against discipline, within the meaning of any regulations in force
under the Fire Services Act 1947,
the chief officer of the brigade concerned may postpone the transfer of the
person in question for purpose of facilitating the investigation of the matter
and any discipline proceedings, including any appeal, arising therefrom under
any such regulations; and paragraph (1) shall apply in the case of a person
whose transfer is so postponed as if for any reference therein to 1st April
1965 there we substituted a reference to such date as may be determined by
the chief office of the fire brigade concerned after consultation with the
chief officer of the brigade for Greater London.
(5) 
(a) Where a report,
complaint or other allegation is received before 1st April 1965 from which
it appears that a person to be transferred by paragraph (2) to the fire brigade
of the county of Hertfordshire or Surrey may have committed an offence against
discipline, within the meaning of any regulation in force under the Fire Services Act 1947, the chief
officer of the fire brigade of the county of Middlesex may postpone the transfer
of the person in question for the purpose of facilitating the investigation
of the matter and any disciplinary proceedings, including any appeal, arising
therefrom under any such regulations; and paragraph (2) shall apply in the
case of a person who transfer is so postponed as if for any reference therein
to 1st April 1965 the were substituted a reference to such date as may be
determined by the chief officer of the fire brigade for Greater London after
consultation with the chief officer of the fire brigade of the county of Hertfordshire
or Surrey, as the ca may be.
(b) Any person whose
transfer is postponed by sub-paragraph (a)
of this paragraph shall, on 1st April 1965, be transferred to, and become
a member of, the fire brigade for Greater London for the purpose mentioned
in that sub-paragraph until the date determined in accordance with the said
sub-paragraph, and while he is such a member paragraph (3) shall apply to
him as it applies to a person transferred by paragraph (1) from the fire brigade
of the county of Middlesex.
(6) All persons who
are transferred by paragraph (1), (2) or (5)(b) shall be transferred in the
same ranks respectively as they held immediately before being so transferred.

(7) On 1st April 1965
the chief officers of the fire brigades of the counties of London and Middlesex
and the county boroughs of Croydon, East Ha and West Ham and the members of
those fire brigades holding the rank of assistant chief officer shall be transferred
to, and become members of, the fire brigade for Greater London, but any person
so transferred shall cease to be a member thereof on 30th June 1965 unless
he has then accepted and taken up an appointment therein. While any such person,
other than the person appointed to be the chief officer of the fire brigade
for Greater London is such a member by virtue only of this paragraph, he shall
hold the rank of assistant chief officer but shall be treated for the purposes
of his pay, pension and other conditions of service as if he had continued
to be chief officer of on as the case may be an assistant chief officer in
the fire brigade from which he was transferred.
(8) Without prejudice
to section 27(4) of the Fire Services Act 1947,
in relation to a member of the fire brigade for Greater London transferred
thereto by paragraph (1), (5)(b) or (7)
or of the fire brigade of the county of Hertfordshire or the county of Surrey
transferred thereto by paragraph (2) in whose case the Firemen's Pension Scheme
had effect immediately before 1st April 1965 subject to the modifications
set out in section 27(3)
of the said Act of 1947, the fire brigade for Greater London, the fire brigade
of the county of Hertfordshire or the fire brigade of the county of Surrey,
as the case may be, and the fire brigade from which he was transferred shall
be treated as one for the purposes of section 27(2)
of that Act.In this paragraph, the reference to the Firemen's Pension Scheme
is a reference to the Scheme for the time being in force under section 26 of the said Act of
1947.
(9) Section 19(3) of the Fire Services Act 1947
(as amended by section 7
of the Fire
Services Act 1959 shall have effect as respects
1965 as if it provided that the councils of the counties of Essex, Kent, Hertfordshire
and Surrey should notify the Secretary of State not later than the end of
January in that year of the establishment scheme to come into force on 1st
April 1965.
(10) Nothing in article 13(2) or (4) shall apply
to any member of any fire brigade.
Given under the official seal of the Minister of Housing and
Local Government on 26th January 1965.
R. H. S. Crossman
Minister of Housing and Local Government

SCHEDULE 1


(1) (2) (3)
The Common Council    
The council of any county borough, metropolitan borough
or county district abolished by section 3(1)(b)
of the Act. In the discharge of Greater London functions The Greater London Council
The council of the metropolitan borough of Woolwich In the discharge of borough functions wholly or mainly in
relation to the area of the metropolitan borough included in the London borough
of Newham The council of the London borough of Newham
The council of the borough of Barking In the discharge of borough functions wholly or mainly in
relation to the area of the borough included in the London borough of Newham
  
The council of the borough of Dagenham In the discharge of borough functions wholly or mainly in
relation to the area of the borough included in the London borough of Redbridge
 The council of the London borough of Redbridge
The council of the urban district of Chigwell In the discharge of borough functions wholly or mainly in
relation to the area of the urban district included in the London borough
of Redbridge  
SCHEDULE 2


(1) (2) (3)
The council of the metropolitan borough of Battersea In the discharge of functions exercisable on and after 1st
April 1965 by the council of an inner London borough The council of the London borough of Wandsworth
The council of the metropolitan borough of Wandsworth In the discharge of such functions wholly or mainly in relation
to the area of the borough included in the London borough of Wandsworth  
The council of the metropolitan borough of Wandsworth In the discharge of such functions wholly or mainly in relation
to the area of the borough included in the London borough of Lambeth The council of the London borough of Lambeth
The council of the metropolitan borough of Lambeth In the discharge of such functions  
The council of the urban district of Chislehurst and Sidcup
 In the discharge of functions exercisable on and after 1st
April 1965 by the council of an outer London borough wholly or mainly in relation
to the area of the urban district included in the London borough of Bexley
 The council of the London borough of Bexley
The council of the urban district of Chislehurst and Sidcup
 In the discharge of such functions wholly or mainly in relation
to the area of the urban district included in the London borough of Bromley
 The council of the London borough of Bromley
SCHEDULE 3


(1) (2)
The London County Council The Greater London Council
The county council of Middlesex  
The council of the metropolitan borough of Westminster,
Paddington or St. Marylebone The council of the new city of Westminster.
The council of the metropolitan borough of Hampstead, Holborn
or St. Pancras The council of the London borough of Camden
The council of the metropolitan borough of Finsbury or Islington
 The council of the London borough of Islington
The council of the metropolitan borough of Hackney, Shoreditch
or Stoke Newington The council of the London borough of Hackney
The council of the metropolitan borough of Bethnal Green,
Poplar or Stepney The council of the London borough of Tower Hamlets
The council of the metropolitan borough of Greenwich or
Woolwich The council of the London borough of Greenwich
The council of the metropolitan borough of Deptford or Lewisham
 The council of the London borough of Lewisham
The council of the metropolitan borough of Bermondsey, Camberwell
or Southwark The council of the London borough of Southwark
The council of the metropolitan borough of Fulham or Hammersmith
 The council of the London borough of Hammersmith
The council of the metropolitan borough of Chelsea or Kensington
 The council of the Royal borough of Kensington and Chelsea

The council of the borough of Chingford, Leyton or Walthamstow
 The council of the London borough of Waltham Forest
The council of the borough of Ilford or Wanstead and Woodford
 The council of the London borough of Redbridge
The council of the borough of Romford The council of the London borough of Havering
The council of the urban district of Hornchurch  
The council of the borough of Barking or Dagenham The council of the London borough of Barking
The council of the borough of East Ham or West Ham The council of the London borough of Newham
The council of the borough of Bexley or Erith The council of the London borough of Bexley
The council of the urban district of Crayford  
The council of the borough of Beckenham or Bromley The council of the London borough of Bromley
The council of the urban district of Orpington or Penge
  
The council of the existing borough of Croydon The council of the London borough of Croydon
The council of the urban district of Coulsdon and Purley
  
The council of the borough of Beddington and Wallington
or Sutton and Cheam The council of the London borough of Sutton
The council of the urban district of Carshalton  
The council of the borough of Mitcham or Wimbledon The council of the London borough of Merton
The council of the urban district of Merton and Morden  
The council of the existing borough of Kingston-upon-Thames,
Malden and Coombe or Surbiton The council of the Royal borough of Kingston upon Thames

The council of the borough of Barnes, Richmond or Twickenham
 The council of the London borough of Richmond upon Thames

The council of the borough of Brentford and Chiswick or
Heston and Isleworth The council of the London borough of Hounslow
The council of the urban district of Feltham  
The council of the borough of Uxbridge The council of the London borough of Hillingdon
The council of the urban district of Hayes and Harlington,
Ruislip-Northwood or Yiewsley and West Drayton  
The council of the borough of Acton, Ealing or Southall
 The council of the London borough of Ealing
The council of the borough of Wembley or Willesden The council of the London borough of Brent
The council of the existing borough of Harrow The council of the London borough of Harrow
The council of the borough of Finchley or Hendon The council of the London borough of Barnet
The council of the urban district of Barnet, East Barnet
or Friern Barnet  
The council of the borough of Hornsey, Tottenham or Wood
Green The council of the London borough of Haringey
The council of the borough of Edmonton, Enfield or Southgate
 The council of the London borough of Enfield
The Wandle Valley Main Drainage Authority The Greater London Council
The North Surrey Joint Sewage Board  
The Richmond Main Sewerage Board  
The Tottenham and Wood Green Burial Board The council of the London borough of Haringey
The Tottenham and Wood Green Joint Drainage Committee  
SCHEDULE 4
1 
In this Schedule—
 “the tribunal” means such a referee or board of referees as is referred to in article 12;
 “the relevant premises”,
in relation to any officer, means the premises in which
the officer was wholly or mainly employed or from which wholly or mainly operated
;
 “the specified councils”, in relation to the Greater London Councils acting in the place of
the London County Council or the county council of Middlesex has the same
meaning as in article 6
in relation to such council, and in relation to any other council has the
same meaning in article 6 or 7;

 “the specified time”,
in relation to any officer, means the expiration of
the second week following that in which the decision of the tribunal is notified
;
 “item” means 
an item numbered (i) to (xvii) in paragraph 2
of this Schedule.
2 
The questions which may be referred to a tribunal
are—
(a) in relation to an
officer of the council of the metropolitan borough of Woolwich, the borough
of Barking or Dagenham or the urban district of Chigwell employed in the discharge
of borough functions—
(i) whether he is
or was so employed wholly or mainly in relation to the area specified in respect
of such council in column (2) of Schedule 1;

(b) in relation to an
officer of any council named in column (1) of Schedule 1
employed in a manner specified in column (2)—
(ii) whether he
is or was so employed wholly or mainly in premises specified in article 5(1)(a);
(iii) whether he
does or did operate wholly or mainly from such premises;
(iv) whether he
is or was otherwise so employed wholly or substantially so;
(c) in the case of an
officer of the council of the metropolitan borough of Wandsworth employed
in the discharge of functions exercisable on and after 1st April 1965 by the
council of an inner London borough—
(v) whether he is
or was so employed wholly or mainly in relation to the area of the borough
included in the London borough of Wandsworth or Lambeth, as the case may be;

(d) in the case of an
officer of the council of the urban district of Chislehurst and Sidcup employed
in the discharge of functions exercisable on and after 1st April 1965 by the
council of an outer London borough—
(vi) whether he
is or was so employed wholly or mainly in relation to the area of the urban
district included in the London borough of Bexley or Bromley, as the case
may be;
(e) in relation to an
officer of the London County Council or the county council of Middlesex employed
in the discharge of borough functions (not being, in the case of the London
County Council, an officer transferred by or under 
article 6(1) or (2))—
(vii) whether he
is or was so employed wholly or mainly in premises specified in article 6(3)(a);
(viii) whether
he does or did operate wholly or mainly from such premises;
(f) in relation to an
officer of the county council of Middlesex employed in the discharge of county
functions—
(ix) whether he
is or was so employed wholly or mainly in premises specified in article 6(4)(a);
(x) whether he does
or did operate wholly or mainly from such premises;
(g) in relation to an
officer of the county council of Middlesex employed in the making, maintenance
and repair of roads—
(xi) whether he
is or was so employed wholly or mainly from such premises specified in article 6(3);
(xii) whether he
does or did operate wholly or mainly from such premises;
(h) in relation to an
officer of the London County Council or the county council of Middlesex—

(xiii) whether
he is or was employed wholly or substantially so in discharge of functions
exercisable on and after 1st April 1965 the specified councils;
(i) in the case of an
officer of the county council of Essex, Hertfordshire Kent or Surrey employed
in the discharge of Greater London tions—
(xiv) whether he
is or was so employed wholly or mainly in premises specified in article 7(1)(a);
(xv) whether he
does or did operate wholly or mainly from premises;
(j) in the case of an
officer of the county council of Essex, Hertfordshire Kent of Surrey employed
in the discharge of borough functions—
(xvi) whether he
is or was so employed wholly or mainly in premises specified in article 7(2)(a);
(xvii) whether
he does or did operate wholly or mainly from premises.
3 

(1) The provisions of
this paragraph shall have effect on a decision the tribunal that an officer
who has been treated as employed or as operate in a manner specified in an
item in paragraph 2 of this Schedule is not or not so employed or does not
or did not so operate.
(2) On any decision that
an officer of an authority named in column, (1) the following table is not
or was not employed or does not or did not operate specified in an item included
in respect of such authority in column (2) tribunal shall decide whether the
officer is or was employed or does or operate as specified in the items included
in respect of such first-mention item in column (3).

(1) (2) (3)
Any council named in column (1) of Schedule 1 (ii) (iii) and (iv)
  (iii) (ii) and (iv)
  (iv) (ii) and (iii)
The London County Council or the county council of Middlesex
 (vii) (viii)
  (viii) (vii)
  (ix) (x)
  (x) (ix)
  (xi) (xii)
  (xii) (xi)
The county council of Essex, Hertfordshire, Kent or Surrey
 (xiv) (xv), (xvi) and (xvii)
  (xv) (xiv), (xvi) and (xvii)
  (xvi) (xiv), (xv) and (xvii)
  (xvii) (xiv), (xv) and (xvi)
(3) On any decision notified
after 31st March 1965 that an officer council named in column (1) of Schedule 3 was not
employed as specin—
 item (i), or
 item (ii), (iii) or (iv),officer shall at the specified time be transferred to the employment
of the authority specified in respect of such council in column (2).
(4) On any decision notified
after 31st March 1965 that an officer of the Common Council or of the urban
district council of Chigwell was not employed as specified in item (ii), (iii)
or (iv), the officer shall at the specified time be transferred to the employment
of the Common Council or of the urban district council.
(5) On any decision that
an officer of the council of the metropolitan borough of Battersea, Lambeth
or Wandsworth or of the urban district of Chislehurst and Sidcup is not or
was not employed as specified in—
 item (ii), (iii) or (iv),
 item (v), or
 item (vi),the councils of the London boroughs of Lambeth and Wandsworth or
of the London boroughs of Bexley and Bromley, as the case may be, shall—

(i) if the decision
is notified before 1st April 1965, include the officer in the scheme made
by them under article 5(3) or (4);

(ii) if the decision
is notified after 31st March 1965, determine the council to whose employment
the officer should have been transferred, and where the officer is not in
the employment of such council he shall at the specified time be transferred
thereto.
(6) On any decision that
an officer of the London County Council or the county council of Middlesex
(not being, in the case of the London County Council, an officer transferred
by or under article 6(1) or (2))
is not or was not employed or does not or did not operate as specified in—

 item (vii) or (viii),
 item (ix) or (x), or
 item (xi) or (xii),the tribunal shall decide whether the officer is or was employed
wholly or substantially so in the discharge of functions exercisable after
31st March 1965 by the specified councils.If the tribunal so decides, then—
(i) if the decision
is notified before 1st April 1965, the London County Council or the county
council of Middlesex, as the case may be, shall, after such consultation as
they consider appropriate, include the officer in the scheme made by them
under article 6(7)
or except him from such scheme in accordance with (
a) of the proviso thereto;
(ii) if the decision
is notified after 31st March 1965, the Greater London Council shall, after
such consultation as they consider appropriate, determine the specified council
to whose employment the officer should be transferred, or whether he should
be transferred to the employment of the Greater London Council or of a London
borough council other than a specified council as if the proviso to article 6(7) had applied and the
date upon which the officer should be so transferred. On such date, the officer
shall be transferred in accordance with the determination.If a decision of the tribunal that the officer was not employed
as aforesaid is notified after 31st March 1965, the officer shall at the specified
time transferred to the employment of the Greater London Council.
(7) On any decision notified
after 31st March 1965 that an officer of London County Council or the county
council of Middlesex was not employ as specified in item (xiii) the officer
shall at the specified time be transferred to the employment of the Greater
London Council.
(8) On any decision that
an officer of the county council of Essex, Hertfordshire, Kent or Surrey is
not or was not employed or does not or did operate as specified in item (xiv),
(xv), (xvi) or (xvii), then—
(i) if the decision
is notified before 1st April 1965, the county council may, after such consultation
as they consider appropriate, include the officer in the scheme made by them
under article 7(4);

(ii) if the decision
is notified after 31st March 1965, the county council may, after such consultation
as they consider appropriate, determine whether the officer should be transferred
to employment of a specified council, or to the employment of London borough
council other than a specified council, article 7(4)
had applied. If they so determine the officer shall the specified time be
transferred in accordance with the determination. If they do not so determine
the officer shall at specified time be transferred to the employment of the
county council.
(9) Subject to the provisions
of sub-paragraphs (2) to (8) of this paragraph the officer shall be transferred
by article 8.
4 

(1) The provisions of
this paragraph shall have effect on a decision the tribunal that an officer
who has not been treated as employed or operating in a manner specified in
an item in paragraph 2
of this Schedule is or was so employed or does or did so operate.
(2) On any decision that
an officer of the council of the metropol borough of Woolwich, the borough
of Barking or Dagenham or the district of Chigwell employed in the discharge
of borough functions is or so employed as specified in item (i) the tribunal
shall also decide whether officer is or was employed as specified in items
(ii), (iii) or (iv).
(3) On any decision notified
after 31st March 1965 that an officer of Common Council, the council of any
county borough, metropolitan borough or county district abolished by section 3(1) (b) of the Act or
the county council of Essex, Hertfordshire, Kent or Surrey employed in the
discharge of Great London functions was employed or did operate as specified
in item (ii), ( (iv), (xiv) or (xv), the officer shall at the specified time
be transferred to employment of the Greater London Council.
(4) On any decision notified
after 31st March 1965 that an officer of authority named in column (1) of
the following table (not being an officer the London County Council transferred
by or under article 6(1) or (2))
ployed in the manner specified in respect of such authority in column (2)
employed or did operate as specified in an item included in respect of authority
in column (2) the officer shall at the specified time be transferred the employment
of the authority so included in column (3).

(1) (2) (3) (4)
The council of the metropolitan borough of Barking. In the discharge of borough functions. (ii), (iii) or (iv) The council of the London borough of Newham.
The council of the borough of Dagenham or the urban district
of Chigwell. In the discharge of borough functions. (ii), (iii) or (iv) The council of the London borough of Redbridge.
The London County Council or the county council of Middlesex.
 In the discharge of borough functions. (vii) or (viii) The London borough council to whom the relevant premises
have been transferred.
The county council of Essex, Hertfordshire, Kent or Surrey.
 In the discharge of borough functions. (xvi) or (xvii)  
The county council of Middlesex. In the discharge of county functions. (ix) or (x) The county council to whom the relevant premises have been
transferred.
The county council of Middlesex. In the making, maintenance and repair of roads. (xi) or (xii) The urban district council to whom the relevant premises
have been transferred.
(5) On any decision notified
after 31st March 1965 that an officer of the council of the metropolitan borough
of Wandsworth employed in the discharge of functions exercisable on and after
1st April 1965 by the council of an inner London borough was employed as specified
in item (v), the officer shall at the specified time be transferred to the
employment of the council of the London borough of Wandsworth or Lambeth,
as the case may be.
(6) On any decision notified
after 31st March 1965 that an officer of the council of the urban district
of Chislehurst and Sidcup employed in the discharge of functions exercisable
on and after 1st April 1965 by the council of an outer London borough was
employed as specified in item (vi), the officer shall at the specified time
be transferred to the employment of the council of the London borough of Bexley
or Bromley, as the case may be.
(7) On any decision notified
after 31st March 1965 that an officer of the London County Council or the
county council of Middlesex was employed as specified in item (xiii), the
Greater London Council shall, after such consultation as they consider appropriate,
determine the specified council to whose employment he should be transferred,
or whether he should be transferred to the employment of the Greater London
Council or of a London borough council other than a specified council as if
the proviso to article 6(7)
had applied and the date upon which the officer should be so transferred.
On such date the officer shall be transferred in accordance with the determination.
