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the manner laid down in the London County Council (General Powers)
Act, 1951. The classes of premises which are exempted are as follows:
(а) those in respect of which a licence is in force under the
Disorderly Houses, Act, 1751, or the Cinematograph Acts, 1909 and
1952;
(б) premises licensed for the consumption of intoxicating liquor
on the premises;
(c) premises licensed for the public performance of stage plays;
(d) premises forming part of railway stations.
It was not necessary for any notices to be served under this section
during 1962.
The omission of the power to require the provision of washing
facilities was considered by the Standing Joint Committee to be most
unsatisfactory, and recently, with the concurrence of the constituent
councils, the London County Council has been asked to make a further
approach to Parliament.
London County Council (General Powers) Act, 1962
(a) Discharge of Trade Effluent into Sewers
Part II of the Act amends and extends Pant II of the London County
Council (General Powers) Act, 1953, which enables the London County
Council, the Metropolitan Borough Councils and the City Corporation to
regulate the admission of trade effluents into sewers under their control
from premises in the County.
Section 5 enables the County Council to require occupiers of trade
premises from which trade effluents are discharged into public sewers
to pay charges for the use of sewers and sewerage works and treatment
and disposal of trade effluent. Such charges may be apportioned between
the County Council, the local sewer authorities (including the City Council)
and external sewerage authorities.
Section 6 requires the local sewer authorities and the County Council
to keep separate registers of all trade premises from which any trade
effluent is discharged directly into any sewer vested in them. The local
sewer authorities are required to transmit information from their registers
to the County Council every six months. A local sewer authority may
authorise the County Council to act on its behalf for the purposes of this
Section and the following Section 7.
Section 7 empowers the County Council and the local sewer authorities
to impose conditions on the discharge of trade effluents into their respective
sewers. These conditions may include the employment of apparatus for
measuring the quantity, rate of flow and composition of effluents, the