Greater London Authority Act 2007

JurisdictionUK Non-devolved
Citation2007 c. 24
(1) After section 26 of the GLA Act 1999 (pensions) insert—
    (26A) Payments on ceasing to hold office
  • “(1) The Authority may establish and administer such schemes as it may from time to time determine for the making of payments to or in respect of persons on their ceasing to hold office as the Mayor or as an Assembly member.
  • (2) The power conferred by subsection (1) above includes power to make different provision for different cases.
  • (3) The Authority's functions under subsection (1) above are exercisable by the Mayor and the Assembly acting jointly on behalf of the Authority.
  • (4) The standing orders of the Assembly must include provision for the publication of every determination under this section.
  • (5) A determination under this section does not affect benefits in payment under this section before the making of the determination.
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The Authority may establish and administer such schemes as it may from time to time determine for the making of payments to or in respect of persons on their ceasing to hold office as the Mayor or as an Assembly member.The power conferred by subsection (1) above includes power to make different provision for different cases.The Authority's functions under subsection (1) above are exercisable by the Mayor and the Assembly acting jointly on behalf of the Authority.The standing orders of the Assembly must include provision for the publication of every determination under this section.A determination under this section does not affect benefits in payment under this section before the making of the determination.(2) In section 27 of the GLA Act 1999 (publication of information relating to sums paid under sections 24 and 26) for “and 26” substitute “ , 26 and 26A ”.(3) In consequence of the amendments made by this section, the italic heading preceding section 24 of the GLA Act 1999 becomes “ Salaries, expenses, pensions and other payments ”.(1) In section 42 of the GLA Act 1999 (consultation) for subsection (5) (duty to consult Assembly and functional bodies first) substitute—
  • “(5) Section 42A below supplements subsection (1) above (but see subsection (6) below) .
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Section 42A below supplements subsection (1) above (but see subsection (6) below) .(2) After section 42 of the GLA Act 1999 insert—
    (42A) Consultation: supplementary provision
  • “(1) This section supplements section 42(1) above.
  • (2) The Mayor must consult the Assembly and the functional bodies under section 42(1) (a) and (b) above before consulting other bodies or persons under section 42(1) (c) to (e) above.
  • (3) The Mayor must have regard to any comments submitted to him in response by the Assembly or any of the functional bodies.
  • (4) Before consulting under section 42(1) (c) to (e) above, the Mayor must—
  • (a) prepare a statement in accordance with the following provisions of this section, and
  • (b) submit that statement to the Chair of the Assembly.
This section supplements section 42(1) above.The Mayor must consult the Assembly and the functional bodies under section 42(1) (a) and (b) above before consulting other bodies or persons under section 42(1) (c) to (e) above.The Mayor must have regard to any comments submitted to him in response by the Assembly or any of the functional bodies.prepare a statement in accordance with the following provisions of this section, andsubmit that statement to the Chair of the Assembly.identify which of the comments submitted by the Assembly are accepted by the Mayor for implementation in the strategy, andset out the reasons why any comments so submitted are not so accepted.The statement must be in writing.(3) In section 376 of the GLA Act 1999 (the Mayor's culture strategy) in subsection (8) (b) (which refers to section 42(5) ) for “reference in subsection (5) of that section” substitute “ references in subsections (2) and (3) of section 42A above ”.

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