Greater London Authority (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 2) Order 2001

Year2001

2001 No. 3719

LONDON GOVERNMENT

The Greater London Authority (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 2) Order 2001

Made 19th November 2001

Coming into force 20th November 2001

The Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by sections 405, 406 and 420(3) of the Greater London Authority Act 19991, and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order, a draft of which has been laid before, and approved by a resolution of, each House of Parliament.

S-1 Citation and commencement

Citation and commencement

1. This Order may be cited as the Greater London Authority (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 2) Order 2001 and shall come into force on the day after the day on which it is made.

S-2 Amendment of enactments

Amendment of enactments

2. The amendments of the enactments indicated in the Schedule to this Order shall have effect.

Nick Raynsford

Minister of State,

Department for Transport, Local Government and the Regions

19th November 2001

SCHEDULE

Article 2

AMENDMENTS OF ENACTMENTS

The Local Government Act 1972

The Local Government Act 1972

SCH-1.1

1. The Local Government Act 19722shall be amended in accordance with paragraphs 2 to 4.

SCH-1.2

2. In section 223(2)3(appearance of local authorities in legal proceedings), after “a joint authority” there shall be inserted “, the Greater London Authority”.

SCH-1.3

3.—(1) Section 2364(procedure, etc., for byelaws) shall be amended as follows.

(2) In subsection (3), for “The” there shall be substituted “Subject to subsection (3A) below, the”.

(3) After subsection (3), there shall be inserted—

SCH-1.3A

“3A Byelaws made by the Greater London Authority shall be made under the hand of the Mayor and shall not have effect until they are confirmed by the confirming authority.”.

SCH-1.4

4. In section 2385(evidence of byelaws), after “purporting to be made by a local authority” there shall be inserted “, the Greater London Authority”.

The European Communities (Amendment) Act 1993

SCH-1.5

5. In section 6 of the European Communities (Amendment) Act 19936(Committee of the Regions), after “a member of the National Assembly for Wales” there shall be inserted “, the Mayor of London, a member of the London Assembly”.

The Environment Act 1995

The Environment Act 1995

SCH-1.6

6.—(1) Section 85 of the Environment Act 19957(reserve powers of the Secretary of State or the Scottish Environment Protection Agency) shall be amended as follows.

(2) In subsection (4B) after “or (4) above” there shall be inserted “or (5A) below”.

(3) After section 85(5) there shall be inserted—

SCH-1.5A

“5A The Mayor of London shall also have the same power to give directions to local authorities in Greater London as the Secretary of State has under subsection (5) above in relation to other local authorities.”.

The Greater London Authority Act 1999

SCH-1.7

7. In section 385(1) of the Greater London Authority Act 1999, after “The Authority may make” there shall be inserted “and enforce”.

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order makes incidental, consequential, and supplementary provision for the general or particular purposes of the Greater London Authority Act 1999, and for giving full effect to that Act. It does so by amending the enactments...

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