48(1)Amend section 68 (disqualification and political restriction) as follows.E+W
(2)In subsection (2) (application of disqualification and political restriction to certain bodies) after paragraph (b) insert—
“(ba)a Mayoral development corporation.”
(3)In subsection (3) (person appointed by Mayor as a member of his staff under section 67(1) not disqualified from becoming an unpaid member of Transport for London) after “Transport for London” insert “ or a Mayoral development corporation ”.
(4)In subsection (6) (“statutory chief officer” to include chief finance officer)—
(a)after “London,” in paragraph (a) insert “and
(aa)of a Mayoral development corporation,”, and
(b)after “member of Transport for London” insert “ or, as the case may be, a Mayoral development corporation ”.
(5)After subsection (6) insert—
“(6A)In the application of section 2 of that Act in relation to a Mayoral development corporation by virtue of subsections (1) and (2) above, any reference to the person designated under section 4 of that Act as its head of paid service is to be taken as a reference to the chief executive of the Mayoral development corporation.”