Greater London Authority Act 1999

[F1 60A Confirmation hearings etc for certain appointments by the Mayor [F2 or Mayor's Office for Policing and Crime] E+W

(1) Schedule 4A to this Act (confirmation hearings etc) has effect in any case where this section applies.

(2) This section applies in any case where the Mayor proposes to make an appointment to any of the offices specified in subsection (3) below.

(3) The offices are—

• [F3 London Fire Commissioner (see section 327A);]

• [F3 person appointed by the Mayor under section 67(1)(b) as the Deputy Mayor for Fire;]

• chairman, or deputy chairman, of Transport for London (see section 154 and paragraph 3 of Schedule 10);

• F4 ...

• F5 ...

• F6 ...

• [F7 person appointed to chair a Mayoral development corporation (see paragraph 1 of Schedule 21 to the Localism Act 2011);]

• [F8 Mayor’s representative as chair of the London Waste and Recycling Board (see section 356A below and article 4 of the London Waste and Recycling Board Order 2008);]

• chair of the Cultural Strategy Group (see section 375 and paragraph 3 of Schedule 30);

• chairman, or deputy chairman, of the London Pensions Fund Authority (see section 403).

[F9 (4) This section also applies in any case where the Mayor's Office for Policing and Crime proposes to make an appointment, under section 19 of the Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011, of a person to be the Deputy Mayor for Policing and Crime.]

[F10 (4A) This section also applies in any case where the Mayor proposes to designate as the Deputy Mayor for Fire a person appointed under section 67(1)(b).

(4B) References in section 327H and Schedule 4A to appointment of a person as the Deputy Mayor for Fire (however expressed) include such a designation.]

(5) The Secretary of State may by order amend this section for the purpose of specifying further offices in subsection (3) above.

(6) The Secretary of State must consult—

(a) the Mayor, and

(b) the Assembly,

before making an order under subsection (5) above.]

Textual Amendments

F1 S. 60A inserted (E.W.) (23.10.2007 for specified purposes, 21.1.2008 in so far as not already in force) by Greater London Authority Act 2007 (c. 24), ss. 4(1), 59(4)(b); S.I. 2008/113, art. 2(a)

F2 Words in s. 60A title inserted (16.1.2012) by Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011 (c. 13), ss. 20(2)(a), 157(1); S.I. 2011/3019, art. 3, Sch. 1 (with art. 6)

F3 Words in s. 60A(3) inserted (E.W.) (31.1.2017 for specified purposes, 1.3.2018 in so far as not already in force) by Policing and Crime Act 2017 (c. 3), s. 183(1)(5)(e), Sch. 2 para. 5(2)(a); S.I. 2018/227, art. 2(b)(i)

F4 S. 60A(3) entry repealed (31.3.2012) by Localism Act 2011 (c. 20), s. 240(2), Sch. 25 Pt. 32; S.I. 2012/628, art. 4(d)

F5 Words in s. 60A(3) omitted (16.1.2012) by virtue of Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011 (c. 13), ss. 20(2)(b), 157(1); S.I. 2011/3019, art. 3, Sch. 1 (with art. 6)

F6 Words in s. 60A(3) omitted (E.W.) (31.1.2017 for specified purposes, 1.3.2018 in so far as not already in force) by virtue of Policing and Crime Act 2017 (c. 3), s. 183(1)(5)(e), Sch. 2 para. 5(2)(b); S.I. 2018/227, art. 2(b)(i)

F7 Words in s. 60A(3) inserted (15.1.2012) by Localism Act 2011 (c. 20), s. 240(1)(l), Sch. 22 para. 47

F8 Words in s. 60A(3) added (24.7.2008) by The London Waste and Recycling Board Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/2038), arts. 1(b), 21(2)

F9 S. 60A(4) substituted (16.1.2012) by Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011 (c. 13), ss. 20(2)(c), 157(1); S.I. 2011/3019, art. 3, Sch. 1 (with art. 6)

F10 S. 60A(4A)(4B) inserted (E.W.) (31.1.2017 for specified purposes, 1.3.2018 in so far as not already in force) by Policing and Crime Act 2017 (c. 3), s. 183(1)(5)(e), Sch. 2 para. 5(3); S.I. 2018/227, art. 2(b)(i)