The London Government Act 1963 was an Act of the UK parliament which led to the official recognition of the conurbation known as Greater London. In Westminster System parliaments, an Act of Parliament is a part of the law passed by the Parliament. ... The Houses of Parliament, seen over Westminster Bridge The Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the supreme legislative institution in the United Kingdom and British overseas territories (it alone has parliamentary sovereignty). ... Greater London is the top level administrative subdivision covering London, England. ...
The act abolished the former administrative counties of Middlesex and London, and absorbed parts of Kent, Essex, Surrey and Hertfordshire plus the whole of the City of London, within the county of Greater London. The new authorities came into their powers in 1965, although elections had been conducted beforehand. The division into counties is one of the larger divisions of England. ... Middlesex is an area of south-eastern England, it is traditionally regarded as one of the 39 historic counties of England. ... The County of London (in red), super imposed upon todays Greater London area, to show the difference in size with post-1965 Borough boundaries The County of London was an administrative county of England from 1888 to 1965. ... Kent is a county in England, south-east of London. ... Essex is a county in the East of England. ... Surrey is a county in southern England, part of the South East England region and one of the Home Counties. ... Hertfordshire (pronounced Hartfordshire and abbreviated as Herts) is an inland county in the United Kingdom, officially part of the East of England Government region. ... The eastern side of the City of London viewed from St. ... 1965 (MCMLXV) was a common year starting on Friday (link goes to calendar). ...
The act set up a two-tier local government system, with powers divided between the newly formed Greater London Council (GLC) and the 32 Borough Councils and the City. Arms of the Greater London Council The Greater London Council (GLC) was the top-tier local government administrative body for Greater London from 1965 to 1986. ... The administrative area of Greater London contains 32 London Boroughs, of which twelve (plus the City of London) make up Inner London and twenty Outer London. ...
The act was eventually superseded by the Local Government Act 1985, which abolished the GLC, devolving its functions to the boroughs and to central government. The Local Government Act 1985 was an Act of Parliament in the United Kingdom. ...
In section 75 of the LondonGovernmentAct1963 (compensation for injury to, or death of, officers) in subsection (4) (application of section to the bodies there specified) for "London Fire and Civil Defence Authority" there shall be substituted "London Fire and Emergency Planning Authority".
In section 11 of the Local GovernmentAct 1966 (grants for expenditure due to ethnic minority population) in subsection (2) (application of section to the bodies there specified) after "shall apply to" there shall be inserted "the London Fire and Emergency Planning Authority".
In section 38 of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1985 (minor definitions) in the definition of "local authority" after "a joint authority established by Part IV of the Local GovernmentAct 1985" there shall be inserted "and the London Fire and Emergency Planning Authority".
For example, the area that was to become the seven boroughs of the metropolitan county of West Midlands, local government was split between four administrative counties (Herefordshire, Staffordshire, Warwickshire, and Worcestershire), and eight county boroughs (Birmingham, Coventry, Dudley, Solihull, Walsall, Warley, West Bromwich, and Wolverhampton).
Despite assurances that the Act was not attempting to amend historic loyalties, it nonetheless used the term 'county' instead of 'administrative county' and redefined the ceremonial counties used for purposes such as Lieutenancy to these.
In England, the county councils of the metropolitan counties (and the Greater London Council) were abolished in 1986 by Margaret Thatcher's government, effectively re-establishing county borough status for the metropolitan boroughs.
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