105 Component budgets: anticipation of certain levies.
(1) Section 74 of the Local Government Finance Act 1988 (levies) shall be amended as follows.
(2) In subsection (4) (which enables regulations to include provision permitting anticipation of levies under the section in the making of certain calculations) after paragraph (b) there shall be inserted—
(bb) that the Greater London Authority in making calculations in accordance with sections 85 and 86 of the Greater London Authority Act 1999 (originally or by way of substitute) in the case of any constituent body (within the meaning of those sections), except the Metropolitan Police Authority (for which separate provision is made), may anticipate a levy;
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(1) Section 91 of the Local Government Finance Act 1988 (general funds) shall be amended as follows.
(2) In subsection (1) (which specifies the relevant authorities) after paragraph (aa) there shall be inserted—
(ab) the Greater London Authority,
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(3) In subsection (3) (general fund to be established on 1 April 1990, subject to subsection (3A)) for subsection (3A) there shall be substituted “ subsections (3A) and (3C) ”.
(4) After subsection (3B) there shall be inserted—
(3C) In the case of the Greater London Authority, the general fund must be established on a date specified in regulations.
(5) In section 143 of the Local Government Finance Act 1988 (regulations and orders) in subsection (5) (exceptions from Parliamentary procedure) after regulations under section 75 there shall be inserted “ , 91(3C) ”.
(1) Section 66 of the Local Government Finance Act 1992 (matters which are not to be questioned except on judicial review) shall be amended as follows.
(2) In subsection (2) (which specifies the matters) after paragraph (c) there shall be inserted—
(cc) a calculation made in accordance with any of sections 85 to 90 of the Greater London Authority Act 1999;
(cd) a substitute calculation made in accordance with any of sections 85, 86 and 88 to 90 of, and Schedule 7 to, that Act;
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108 Functions to be discharged only by certain authorities.
(1) Section 67 of the Local Government Finance Act 1992 (functions to be discharged only by the authority) shall be amended as follows.
(2) In subsection (1) (functions to be discharged only by authority, subject to subsection (3)) for subsection (3) there shall be substituted “subsections (3) and (3A)”.
(3) In subsection (2) (which specifies the functions) after paragraph (b) there shall be inserted—
(bb) making a calculation in accordance with any of sections 85 to 90 of the Greater London Authority Act 1999;
(bc) making a substitute calculation in accordance with any of sections 85, 86 and 88 to 90 of, and Schedule 7 to, that Act;
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(4) In subsection (3) (functions which may be exercised by a committee) at the beginning there shall be inserted “ Subject to subsection (3B) below, ”.
(5) After subsection (3) there shall be inserted—
(3A) In the case of the Greater London Authority, the functions mentioned in subsection (2) above shall be discharged on behalf of the Authority in accordance with the provisions of the Greater London Authority Act 1999 but only by the Mayor of London, the London Assembly or the Mayor and Assembly acting jointly.
(3B) Subsection (3) above does not apply in relation to the Greater London Authority, but where Schedule 6 to the Greater London Authority Act 1999 makes provision enabling a function to be discharged by a committee or other representatives of the London Assembly, the function may be discharged by such a committee or representatives in accordance with the provisions of that Schedule.
(1) In section 168 of the Local Government Act 1972 (local financial returns) in subsection (5) (which defines local authority for the purposes of the section) the word and at the end of paragraph (b) shall be omitted and after paragraph (c) there shall be added
; and
(d) a functional body, within the meaning of the Greater London Authority Act 1999.
(2) In section 139A of the Local Government Finance Act 1988 (information) in subsection (5) (which defines the relevant authorities) after paragraph (b) there shall be inserted—
(c) a functional body, within the meaning of the Greater London Authority Act 1999.
(3) Section 68 of the Local Government Finance Act 1992 (information required for purposes of Part I of that Act by Secretary of State from relevant authority or relevant officer) shall be amended as follows.
(4) In subsection (1)(b), after this Part there shall be inserted “ or Part III of the Greater London Authority Act 1999 ”.
(5) In subsection (3) (failure of authority or officer to comply) after this Part there shall be inserted “ or Part III of the Greater London Authority Act 1999 ”.
(6) In subsection (5), in the definition of relevant authority after means there shall be inserted “ (a) ” and after precepting authority; there shall be inserted
or
(b) a functional body, within the meaning of the Greater London Authority Act 1999) (see section 424(1) of that Act);
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110 Provision of information by functional bodies to Mayor or Assembly.
(1) A functional body shall, at the request of the Mayor or the Assembly, provide the Authority with such information relating to the financial affairs of the body as may be specified or described in the request.
(2) The information shall be provided in such form and manner, and within such time, as may be specified in the request.
(3) The information that may be requested under subsection (1) above is such information as may be required for the purpose of any functions exercisable by the Mayor or the Assembly.
(4) The information that may be requested under subsection (1) above from a functional body includes—
(a) information which the body has or can reasonably obtain; and
(b) information about the body’s plans or proposals relating to the finances or expenditure of the body or of any company in which the body has an interest.
119 Power to redistribute capital receipts of functional bodies.
(1) The Secretary of State may make regulations for and in connection with conferring on the Mayor power to direct any functional body to pay to the Authority such percentage as may be specified in the direction of so much of ... the body’s capital receipts as may be so specified.
(2) The power conferred on the Mayor must be exercisable only for the purpose of enabling the amount paid under such a direction (the relevant amount) to be applied towards meeting capital expenditure of another functional body or of the Authority (the assisted body).
(3) The provision that may be made by regulations under subsection (1) above includes provision—
(a) with respect to the percentage or maximum percentage that may be specified in a direction;
(b) with respect to the portion of ... a functional body’s capital receipts in respect of which a direction may be issued;
(c) requiring a direction to be complied with before the expiration of a prescribed period;
(d) requiring the Mayor, within such time or in such manner as may be prescribed, to notify the functional bodies of decisions taken with respect to the exercise of powers conferred by the regulations;
(e) for and in connection with enabling the Mayor to permit the relevant amount to be applied towards meeting capital expenditure of the assisted body generally or to require it to be applied towards meeting only such expenditure of a particular description;
(f) for and in connection with treating the whole or a prescribed part of the relevant amount as added to the capital receipts of the assisted body, for the purposes of Chapter 1 of Part 1 of the Local Government Act 2003 (capital finance);
(g) for and in connection with requiring an assisted body to apply the relevant amount only for the purposes for which it was paid to the body.
(4) In this section prescribed means prescribed by regulations.
120 Capital grants between Authority and functional bodies.
(1) The Authority may pay grants towards meeting capital expenditure incurred or to be incurred by a functional body for the purposes of, or in connection with, the discharge of the functions of that body.
(2) A functional body may, with the consent of the Mayor, pay a grant towards meeting capital expenditure incurred or to be incurred by another functional body, or by the Authority, for the purposes of, or in connection with, the discharge of the functions of the body to which the grant is made.
(3) A grant under this section must not be made subject to any limitation in respect of the capital expenditure which it may be applied towards meeting.
(4) A grant under this section must be applied by the recipient body solely towards meeting capital expenditure incurred or to be incurred by that body for the purposes of, or in connection with, the discharge of its functions.
121 Revenue grants between Authority and functional bodies.
(1) The Authority may pay grants towards meeting expenditure, other than capital expenditure, incurred or to be incurred by a functional body for the purposes of, or in connection with, the discharge of the functions of that body.
(2) A functional body may, with the consent of the Mayor, pay a grant towards meeting expenditure, other than capital expenditure, incurred or to be incurred by another functional body, or by the Authority, for the purposes of, or in connection with, the discharge of the functions of the body to which the grant is made.
(3) A grant under this section must not be made subject to any limitation in respect of the expenditure which it may be applied towards meeting (other than that the expenditure must not be capital expenditure).
(4) A grant under this section must be applied by the recipient body solely towards meeting expenditure incurred or to be incurred by that body for the purposes of, or in connection with, the discharge of its functions, other than capital expenditure.
(1) The Mayor shall, in accordance with the following provisions of this section and sections 123 and 124 below, prepare for each financial year a capital spending plan for the functional bodies.
(2) A capital spending plan shall consist of the sections described in subsections (3) to (6) below.
(3) Section A of a capital spending plan shall consist of a statement for each functional body of the Mayor’s estimates of the following amounts—
(a) the total amount of capital grants likely to be paid to the body during the year by any person other than the Authority;
(b) the amount, at the beginning of the year, of ... the body’s capital receipts; and
(c) the amount by which the body’s capital receipts are likely to be increased by capital receipts which it appears to the Mayor the functional body might reasonably be expected to receive, or is likely to receive, during the year.
(4) Section B of a capital spending plan shall consist of a statement for each functional body of the following amounts—
(a) if the Mayor has decided a minimum amount of grant which the Authority is to pay to the body for the year under section 120(1) above, that minimum amount;
(b) the total of the amounts which the Mayor expects the body—
(i) to borrow in the year, or
(ii) to be treated as borrowing in the year because of section 8(2) of the Local Government Act 2003 (under which entry into, or variation of, a credit arrangement is treated as a form of borrowing).
(5) Section C of a capital spending plan shall consist of a statement for each functional body of the total of the following amounts—
(a) the total amount of capital expenditure which the Mayor expects the body to incur during the year; and
(b) the total of the amounts which the Mayor expects the body to be treated as borrowing in the year because of section 8(2) of the Local Government Act 2003;
and in this section the total of those amounts is referred to as the body’s total capital spending for the year.
(6) Section D of a capital spending plan shall consist of an analysis of each functional body’s total capital spending for the year showing—
(a) the amount which the Mayor expects the body to meet out of capital grants;
(b) the amount which he expects the body to meet out of ... its capital receipts;
(c) the amount which he expects the body to meet by borrowing or entering into or varying credit arrangements;
(d) the amount which he expects the body to meet by making a charge to a revenue account.
(1) For each financial year, the Mayor shall prepare a draft of the capital spending plan for the year.
(2) Before 15th January in the financial year preceding that to which the capital spending plan relates, the Mayor shall—
(a) send a copy of the draft to the Assembly and to each functional body; and
(b) invite them to submit their comments on the draft to him in writing within 21 days.
(3) Before finally determining the contents of the capital spending plan, the Mayor shall consider any comments submitted in accordance with the invitation under subsection (2)(b) above and make such revisions of the draft as he thinks fit, having regard to those comments.
(4) Before 28th February in the financial year preceding that to which the capital spending plan relates, the Mayor shall—
(a) send the plan to the Secretary of State; and
(b) send a copy of the plan to the Assembly and to each functional body.
(5) A copy of the capital spending plan shall be kept available for the appropriate period by the Mayor for inspection by any person on request free of charge at the principal offices of the Authority at reasonable hours.
(6) A copy of the capital spending plan, or any part of it, shall be supplied to any person on request during the appropriate period for such reasonable fee as the Mayor may determine.
(7) In this section the appropriate period in the case of a capital spending plan is the period of six years beginning with the date of publication of that plan pursuant to this section.
124 Admissible factors in preparing capital spending plan etc.
(1) In preparing a capital spending plan for any financial year, the Mayor may take account of such factors as appear to him to be appropriate.
(2) The reference in subsection (1) above to preparing a capital spending plan for a financial year includes a reference to deciding, in the case of each of the functional bodies,—
(a) the minimum amount of grant which the Authority is to pay to the body for the year under section 120 above; and
(b) the amounts to be transferred to the body under section 32(5) of the Local Government Act 2003 (Mayor’s power to transfer expenditure grant);
(3) Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (1) above, the Mayor may in particular take account of—
(a) the capital spending plans for such financial years which have ended as he may determine; and
(b) the amounts of each functional body’s total capital spending specified in section C of each of those plans which have been met as described in each of the paragraphs of subsection (4) below.
(4) Those amounts are—
(a) the amount met out of capital grants made to the body;
(b) the amount met out of ... the body’s capital receipts;
(c) the amount met by borrowing or entering into or varying credit arrangements;
(d) the amount met by making a charge to a revenue account.
(1) The Mayor may serve on a functional body a notice requiring the body to supply to him such information as is specified in the notice and required by him for the purpose of deciding whether to exercise his powers, and how to perform his functions, under this Chapter.
(2) If the information specified in a notice under this section is in the possession or under the control of the functional body on which the notice is served, the body shall supply the information required in such form and manner, and at such time, as is specified in the notice and, if the notice so requires, the information shall be certified (according as is specified in the notice) ...—
(a) by the chief finance officer of the body, within the meaning of section 127 below, or by such other person as may be specified in the notice; ...
(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(3) If a functional body fails to comply with subsection (2) above, the Mayor may decide—
(a) whether to exercise his powers, and how to perform his functions, under this Chapter, or
(b) whether the body has acted, or is likely to act, in accordance with this Chapter,
on the basis of such assumptions and estimates as he thinks fit.
(4) In deciding—
(a) whether to exercise his powers, and how to perform his functions, under this Chapter, or
(b) whether a functional body has acted, or is likely to act, in accordance with this Chapter,
the Mayor may also take into account any other information available to him, whatever its source and whether or not obtained under a provision contained in or made under this or any other enactment.
(1) In this Chapter—
“capital expenditure” and “capital receipt” have the same meaning as in Chapter 1 of Part 1 of the Local Government Act 2003 (capital finance);
“capital spending plan” means a capital spending plan under section 122 above.
(2) References in this Chapter to credit arrangements, or to entering into credit arrangements, shall be construed in accordance with Chapter 1 of Part 1 of the Local Government Act 2003 (see section 7 of that Act).
127 Proper financial administration and chief finance officer.
(1) In this section relevant authority means—
(a) the Authority; or
(b) a functional body.
(2) Every relevant authority—
(a) shall make arrangements for the proper administration of its financial affairs; and
(b) shall secure that one of its officers (its chief finance officer) has responsibility for the administration of those affairs.
(3) No person may be the chief finance officer of two or more relevant authorities at the same time.
(4) In subsection (2)(b) above, the reference to officers includes a reference to employees or members of staff and, in the case of Transport for London, includes a reference to its members.
(5) Section 127A below makes further provision with respect to the Authority's chief finance officer for the purposes of subsection (2)(b) above.
(6) The function of appointing the Authority’s chief finance officer under subsection (2)(b) above shall be a function of the Authority which is exercisable on behalf of the Authority by the Assembly after consultation with the Mayor.
(7) If the Mayor is a member of Transport for London, he must not be its chief finance officer.
(8) In section 2 of the Local Government and Housing Act 1989 (politically restricted posts) in subsection (6)(d) (the effect of which is that the chief finance officer appointed under certain provisions is included among the chief statutory officers for the purposes of that section) after section 112 of the Local Government Finance Act 1988 there shall be inserted “ , section 127(2) of the Greater London Authority Act 1999 ”.
(1) The Mayor and the Assembly, acting jointly, shall appoint a person to be the chief finance officer of the Authority.
(2) Any appointment under subsection (1) above is an appointment as an employee of the Authority and—
(a) section 7 of the Local Government and Housing Act 1989 (staff to be appointed on merit) shall apply in relation to any such appointment as if the Authority were a local authority;
(b) section 8 of that Act (duty to adopt standing orders with respect to staff) shall apply in relation to a person appointed under subsection (1) above as if the Authority were a relevant authority.
(3) The terms and conditions of employment of the person appointed under subsection (1) above (including conditions as to remuneration) are to be such as the Mayor and the Assembly acting jointly think fit.
(4) A person must not at the same time be both—
(a) the Authority's chief finance officer appointed under subsection (1) above, and
(b) a member of staff appointed under section 67(1) above.
128 Application of Part VIII of Local Government Finance Act 1988.
(1) Section 111 of the Local Government Finance Act 1988 (interpretation of Part VIII (financial administration)) shall be amended as follows.
(2) In subsection (2) (which specifies the bodies which are relevant authorities for the purposes of Part VIII) after paragraph (b) there shall be inserted—
(bb) the Greater London Authority;
(bc) a functional body, within the meaning of the 1999 Act;
(bd) the London Pensions Fund Authority;
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(3) In subsection (3) (meaning of 1972 Act etc) at the end there shall be added and the 1999 Act is the Greater London Authority Act 1999.
In section 113(1) of the Local Government Finance Act 1988 (requirements to be fulfilled by person having responsibility for administration of financial affairs under certain provisions) after section 73 of the 1985 Act there shall be inserted “ , section 127 of the 1999 Act ”.
130 Functions of chief finance officer as regards reports.
(1) Section 114 of the Local Government Finance Act 1988 (functions of responsible officer as regards reports) shall be amended as follows.
(2) In subsection (1) (person having responsibility for administration of financial affairs under certain provisions to have functions as regards reports) after section 73 of the 1985 Act there shall be inserted “ , section 127 of the 1999 Act ”.
(3) After subsection (3A) (preparation of report: duty to consult head of paid service and monitoring officer) there shall be inserted—
(3B) Subsection (3A) above shall have effect in relation to the London Development Agency with the substitution for paragraphs (a) and (b) of the words with the person who is for the time being appointed under paragraph 4(2) of Schedule 2 to the Regional Development Agencies Act 1998 as the chief executive of the London Development Agency.
(3C) Subsection (3A) above shall have effect in relation to Transport for London with the substitution for paragraphs (a) and (b) of the words with the person who is for the time being designated for the purpose under subsection (3D) below.
(3D) Transport for London shall designate a member of Transport for London, or a member of the staff of Transport for London, as the person who is to be consulted under subsection (3A) above.
(4) After subsection (4) (duty to send copy of report to each member of the authority etc) there shall be inserted—
(4A) The duty under subsection (4)(b) above—
(a) in a case where the relevant authority is the Greater London Authority, is to send a copy of the report to the Mayor of London and to each member of the London Assembly; and
(b) in a case where the relevant authority is a functional body, within the meaning of the 1999 Act, includes a duty to send a copy of the report to the Mayor of London and to the Chair of the Assembly, within the meaning of that Act.
131 Duties of Authority or functional body as regards reports.
(1) Section 115 of the Local Government Finance Act 1988 (authority’s duties as regards reports) shall be amended as follows.
(2) After subsection (1) there shall be inserted—
(1A) Where the report under section 114 above is a report by the chief finance officer of the Greater London Authority, section 115A below shall have effect in place of subsections (2) and (3) below.
(3) After subsection (3) there shall be inserted—
(3A) In the case of the London Development Agency or Transport for London, Part VA of the 1972 Act (access to meetings etc) shall have effect in relation to the meeting as if that authority were a principal council.
(4) After subsection (4) (which prevents delegation under section 101(2) of the Local Government Act 1972) there shall be inserted—
(4A) In the case of the London Development Agency or Transport for London, neither—
(a) paragraph 7 of Schedule 2 to the Regional Development Agencies Act 1998 (delegation by London Development Agency etc), nor
(b) paragraph 7 of Schedule 10 to the 1999 Act (delegation by Transport for London),
shall apply to the duty under subsection (2) above.
(5) After subsection (9) (the prohibition period) there shall be inserted—
(9A) In the application of this section where the report under section 114 above is a report by the chief finance officer of the Greater London Authority, subsection (9) above shall have effect with the substitution for paragraph (b) of—
“(b) ending with the first business day to fall after the day (if any) on which the Mayor makes the decisions under section 115A(6) below ”.
(6) In subsection (10) (immaterial for subsection (9)(b) that subsection (3) is not complied with) after subsection (3) above there shall be inserted “ , or, where section 115A below applies, subsection (4) or (8) of that section, ”.
(7) In subsection (11) (nature of decisions at meeting immaterial for subsection (9)(b)) after decisions made at the meeting there shall be inserted “ , or, where section 115A below applies, by the Mayor under subsection (6) of that section, ”.
(8) After subsection (12) there shall be added—
(13) In the application of this section in relation to the Greater London Authority, the references to the authority in subsections (5) to (12) above shall be taken as references to the Greater London Authority whether acting by the Mayor, the Assembly or the Mayor and Assembly acting jointly.
(14) In this section—
the Assembly means the London Assembly;
the Mayor means the Mayor of London.
(9) After section 115 of the Local Government Finance Act 1988 there shall be inserted—
Duties of Mayor of London and London Assembly as regards reports.
115A (1) This section applies where copies of a report under section 114 above by the chief finance officer of the Greater London Authority have been sent under section 114(4) above.
(2) The Mayor shall consider the report preparatory to making the decisions under subsection (6) below.
(3) The Assembly shall consider the report at a meeting where it shall decide—
(a) whether it agrees or disagrees with the views contained in the report; and
(b) what action (if any) it recommends that the Mayor should take in consequence of it.
(4) The meeting must be held not later than the end of the period of 21 days beginning with the day on which the copies of the report are sent.
(5) The Mayor must attend the meeting.
(6) After the meeting, the Mayor shall decide—
(a) whether he agrees or disagrees with the views contained in the report; and
(b) what action (if any) he proposes to take in consequence of it.
(7) In making any decision under subsection (6) above, the Mayor shall take account of any views or recommendations of the Assembly at the meeting.
(8) The Mayor must make the decisions under subsection (6) above before the end of the period of 14 days beginning with the day on which the meeting of the Assembly concludes.
(9) Any functions of the Mayor under this section must be exercised by the Mayor personally.
(10) Section 54 of the 1999 Act (discharge of Assembly functions by committees etc) shall not apply in relation to any function of the Assembly under this section.
(11) In this section—
the Assembly means the London Assembly;
the Mayor means the Mayor of London.
132 Monitoring officer not to be chief finance officer etc.
(1) Section 5 of the Local Government and Housing Act 1989 (designation and reports of monitoring officer) shall be amended as follows.
(2) In subsection (8) (interpretation) in the definition of chief finance officerafter Local Government Finance Act 1988 there shall be inserted “ , section 127(2) of the Greater London Authority Act 1999 ”.
134 Summary statement of accounts of Authority and other bodies.
(1) For each financial year the Authority shall prepare a summary statement of accounts.
(2) The summary statement of accounts shall be in respect of the Authority, the functional bodies and the London Pensions Fund Authority.
(3) Subsection (1) above is without prejudice to any other duty of the Authority, a functional body or the London Pensions Fund Authority to prepare accounts or statements of accounts.
(4) Section 25 of the Local Audit and Accountability Act 2014 (inspection of statements of accounts etc) shall apply in relation to a summary statement of accounts required to be prepared under this section as it applies in relation to a statement of accounts prepared by the Authority under section 3(3) of that Act.
(5) Sections 26 to 31 of the Local Audit and Accountability Act 2014, and Schedule 8 to that Act (public inspection etc and action by the auditor, and prevention of unlawful expenditure) shall not apply in relation to a summary statement of accounts required to be prepared under this section.
(6) Section 32 of the Local Audit and Accountability Act 2014 (accounts and audit regulations) shall apply in relation to a summary statement of accounts required to be prepared under this section as it applies in relation to ... statements of accounts.
(1) A body to which this section applies shall, at the request of the Mayor, provide the Authority with such information relating to any accounts or statement of accounts of the body as may be specified or described in the request.
(2) The bodies to which this section applies are—
(a) each of the functional bodies; and
(b) the London Pensions Fund Authority.
(3) The information shall be provided in such form and manner, and within such time, as may be specified in the request.
(4) The information that may be requested under subsection (1) above is such information as may be required for the purpose of discharging the functions of the Authority under or by virtue of section 134 above.
137 Council tax: no Crown exemption for Authority or functional bodies.
(1) Section 19 of the Local Government Finance Act 1992 (exclusion from Crown exemption in certain cases) shall be amended as follows.
(2) In subsection (3) (which specifies the excluded bodies) after paragraph (b) there shall be inserted—
(bb) the Greater London Authority;
(bc) any functional body, within the meaning of the Greater London Authority Act 1999;
.
138 No discretionary rate relief for functional bodies.
(1) Section 47 of the Local Government Finance Act 1988 (discretionary relief) shall be amended as follows.
(2) In subsection (9) (which provides that a hereditament is an excepted hereditament, and accordingly not eligible for relief, if all or part of it is occupied by any body there mentioned) at the end of paragraph (b) (which relates to precepting authorities) there shall be added
; or
(c) a functional body, within the meaning of the Greater London Authority Act 1999
.
(1) In Schedule 4 to the National Loans Act 1968 (which specifies the bodies to which local loans may be made) in paragraph 1, in paragraph (a) of the definition of local authority, the word and immediately preceding sub-paragraph (iii) shall be omitted and after that sub-paragraph there shall be added
; and
(iv) a functional body, within the meaning of the Greater London Authority Act 1999
.
(2) In section 2 of the Public Works Loans Act 1965 (new form of local loan and automatic charge for securing it) in subsection (1) (which includes a definition of relevant authority) in paragraph (a), the word and immediately preceding sub-paragraph (iii) shall be omitted and after that sub-paragraph there shall be added
; and
(iv) a functional body, within the meaning of the Greater London Authority Act 1999
.
140 Functions of Mayor or Assembly under or by virtue of this Part.
(1) The functions conferred or imposed on the Authority under or by virtue of this Part shall be functions of the Authority which are exercisable by the Mayor acting on behalf of the Authority.
(2) Subsection (1) above does not apply in relation to any function expressly conferred or imposed on the Assembly.
(1) The Mayor shall develop and implement policies for the promotion and encouragement of safe, integrated, efficient and economic transport facilities and services to, from and within Greater London.
(2) The powers of the Authority under this Part shall be exercised for the purpose of securing the provision of the transport facilities and services mentioned in subsection (1) above.
(3) The transport facilities and services mentioned in subsection (1) above include facilities and services for pedestrians and are—
(a) those required to meet the needs of persons living or working in, or visiting, Greater London, and
(b) those required for the transportation of freight.
(1) The Mayor shall prepare and publish a document to be known as the transport strategy containing—
(a) his policies under section 141(1) above, and
(b) his proposals for discharging the duty under section 141(2) above.
(2) In addition to containing the proposals and policies required by subsection (1) above, the transport strategy—
(a) shall contain the Mayor’s proposals for the provision of transport which is accessible to persons with mobility problems,
(b) shall specify a timetable for the implementation of the proposals contained in the transport strategy by virtue of paragraph (a) above, and
(c) may contain any other proposals which he considers appropriate.
(3) Where the Mayor revises the transport strategy he shall publish it as revised.
(4) In preparing or revising the transport strategy the Mayor shall consult—
(a) the Disabled Persons Transport Advisory Committee, and
(b) such other persons or bodies which represent the interests of persons with mobility problems as he considers it appropriate to consult;
and this subsection is without prejudice to section 42 above.
(5) In this Act, references to the transport strategy include, except where the context otherwise requires, a reference to the transport strategy as revised.
(1) Where the Secretary of State considers that—
(a) the transport strategy (or any part of it) is inconsistent with national policies relating to transport, and
(b) the inconsistency is detrimental to any area outside Greater London,
he may direct the Mayor to make such revisions of the transport strategy in order to remove the inconsistency as may be specified in the direction.
(2) Where the Secretary of State gives the Mayor a direction under subsection (1) above, the Mayor shall revise the transport strategy in accordance with the direction.