- Latest available (Revised)
- Original (As enacted)
Greater London Authority Act 1999, Paragraph 7 is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 18 August 2024. There are changes that may be brought into force at a future date. Changes that have been made appear in the content and are referenced with annotations.
Revised legislation carried on this site may not be fully up to date. Changes and effects are recorded by our editorial team in lists which can be found in the ‘Changes to Legislation’ area. Where those effects have yet to be applied to the text of the legislation by the editorial team they are also listed alongside the legislation in the affected provisions. Use the ‘more’ link to open the changes and effects relevant to the provision you are viewing.
Whole provisions yet to be inserted into this Act (including any effects on those provisions):
7(1)Section 252 shall be amended as follows.U.K.
(2)In subsection (1) (requirement to publicise proposals in certain newspapers)—
(a)after “Secretary of State” in the first place where it occurs there shall be inserted “ or, as the case may be, the council of a London borough ”, and
(b)after “Secretary of State” in the second place where it occurs there shall be inserted “ or, as the case may be, the council of the London borough ”.
(3)In subsection (2) (requirement to serve details of proposals on certain local and other authorities) after “Secretary of State” there shall be inserted “ or, as the case may be, the council of the London borough ”.
(4)In subsection (3) (requirement to display details of proposals at highway concerned) after “Secretary of State” there shall be inserted “ or, as the case may be, the council of the London borough ”.
(5)In subsection (4) (requirement to hold local inquiry if objection made)—
(a)after “Secretary of State” in the first place where it occurs there shall be inserted “ or, as the case may be, the council of the London borough, ”
(b)for “him” there shall be substituted “ to the Secretary of State or, as the case may be, the council ”, and
(c)for “unless subsection (5) applies the Secretary of State shall cause a local inquiry to be held” there shall be substituted—
“(a)in a case where the Secretary of State is proposing to make an order, he shall cause a local inquiry to be held unless subsection (5) applies, or
(b)in a case where the council of a London borough is proposing to make an order, it shall notify the Mayor of London of the objections and shall cause a local inquiry to be held unless subsection (5A) applies.”
(6)In subsection (5) (power to dispense with local inquiry in certain circumstances) after “where” there shall be inserted “ the Secretary of State is proposing to make an order and ”.
(7)After subsection (5) there shall be inserted—
“(5A)In a case where—
(a)the council of a London borough is proposing to make the order,
(b)the council has under subsection (4)(b) notified the Mayor of London of the objections, and
(c)none of the objections notified is made by such a local authority or undertakers or transporter as are mentioned in that subsection,
the Mayor of London shall decide whether, in the special circumstances of the case, the holding of such an inquiry is unnecessary, and if he decides that it is unnecessary he shall so notify the council which may dispense with the inquiry.”
(8)In subsection (6) (application of other statutory provisions to local inquiry held under section 252) after “Secretary of State” there shall be inserted “ or the council of a London borough ”.
(9)After subsection (6) there shall be inserted—
“(6A)In their application to an inquiry caused to be held by the council of a London borough—
(a)subsection (4) of section 250 of the Local Government Act 1972 shall be treated as if—
(i)for the reference to a Minister there were substituted a reference to the council of a London borough,
(ii)for the reference to him there were substituted a reference to the council,
(iii)for the reference to he there were substituted a reference to the council acting with the consent of the Mayor of London, and
(iv)for the references to the Minister there were substituted references to the council of the London borough, and
(b)subsection (5) of that section shall be treated as if—
(i)for the reference to the Minister there were substituted a reference to the council of a London borough, and
(ii)the power to make an order as to the costs of parties were subject to a requirement to act with the consent of the Mayor of London.”
(10)In subsection (8) (making of order) before “After” there shall be inserted “ Where the Secretary of State is proposing to make an order, ”.
(11)After subsection (8) there shall be inserted—
“(8A)Where the council of a London borough is proposing to make an order, after—
(a)considering any objections to the order which are not withdrawn, and
(b)where a local inquiry is held—
(i)considering the report of the person who held the inquiry, and
(ii)obtaining the consent of the Mayor of London to the making of the order,
the council may, subject to subsection (9), make the order either without modification or subject to such modification as it thinks fit.”
(12)In subsection (10) (requirement to publicise making of order) after “Secretary of State” there shall be inserted “ or, as the case may be, the council of the London borough ”.
(13)After subsection (10) there shall be inserted—
“(10A)Nothing in subsection (2) shall require the council of a London borough to serve anything on itself.”
The Whole Act you have selected contains over 200 provisions and might take some time to download. You may also experience some issues with your browser, such as an alert box that a script is taking a long time to run.
Would you like to continue?
The Whole Act you have selected contains over 200 provisions and might take some time to download.
Would you like to continue?
The Whole Act you have selected contains over 200 provisions and might take some time to download. You may also experience some issues with your browser, such as an alert box that a script is taking a long time to run.
Would you like to continue?
The Whole Act without Schedules you have selected contains over 200 provisions and might take some time to download. You may also experience some issues with your browser, such as an alert box that a script is taking a long time to run.
Would you like to continue?
The Schedules you have selected contains over 200 provisions and might take some time to download. You may also experience some issues with your browser, such as an alert box that a script is taking a long time to run.
Would you like to continue?
Latest Available (revised):The latest available updated version of the legislation incorporating changes made by subsequent legislation and applied by our editorial team. Changes we have not yet applied to the text, can be found in the ‘Changes to Legislation’ area.
Original (As Enacted or Made): The original version of the legislation as it stood when it was enacted or made. No changes have been applied to the text.
Geographical Extent: Indicates the geographical area that this provision applies to. For further information see ‘Frequently Asked Questions’.
Show Timeline of Changes: See how this legislation has or could change over time. Turning this feature on will show extra navigation options to go to these specific points in time. Return to the latest available version by using the controls above in the What Version box.
Text created by the government department responsible for the subject matter of the Act to explain what the Act sets out to achieve and to make the Act accessible to readers who are not legally qualified. Explanatory Notes were introduced in 1999 and accompany all Public Acts except Appropriation, Consolidated Fund, Finance and Consolidation Acts.
Access essential accompanying documents and information for this legislation item from this tab. Dependent on the legislation item being viewed this may include:
This timeline shows the different points in time where a change occurred. The dates will coincide with the earliest date on which the change (e.g an insertion, a repeal or a substitution) that was applied came into force. The first date in the timeline will usually be the earliest date when the provision came into force. In some cases the first date is 01/02/1991 (or for Northern Ireland legislation 01/01/2006). This date is our basedate. No versions before this date are available. For further information see the Editorial Practice Guide and Glossary under Help.
Use this menu to access essential accompanying documents and information for this legislation item. Dependent on the legislation item being viewed this may include:
Click 'View More' or select 'More Resources' tab for additional information including: