The Greater London Authority Act 1999 (Commencement No. 3 and Transitional Finance Provisions) Order 1999

SCHEDULE 1 TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONSADAPTATIONS OF THE GREATER LONDON AUTHORITY ACT 1999 HAVING EFFECT IN RESPECT OF POWERS EXERCISED BEFORE 3RD JULY 2000

1.  The provisions of the Greater London Authority Act 1999 set out in column (1) of Table 1 below shall have effect in relation to–

(a) the financial year beginning on 1st April 2000, and

(b) the exercise before 3rd July 2000 of functions under any of those provisions, or under any provisions adapted by any of those provisions,

subject to the adaptations set out in column (2) of Table 1 below.

TABLE 1

(1)	(2)
Provision	Adaptation
section 81	For “Greater London Authority, subsections” substitute “Secretary of State, subsections”
section 82(2)	For “Greater London Authority” substitute “Secretary of State”
section 83	For “Greater London Authority, this section” substitute “Secretary of State, this section”
section 85(2)	For “Authority” substitute “Secretary of State”
section 85(3)	For “Authority must” substitute “Secretary of State must”
section 85(4)(a)	For section 85(4)(a) substitute the following provision: “(a) (i) the expenditure the Secretary of State estimates the body will incur in the year in performing its functions and will charge to a revenue account for the year, other than expenditure which the Secretary of State estimates will be so incurred in pursuance of regulations under section 99(3) of the 1988 Act; (ii) the expenditure the Secretary of State estimates any relevant predecessor body will incur on or after 1st April 2000 and before 3rd July 2000 in performing transferred functions, and will charge to a revenue account of that relevant predecessor body for the year (or which the predecessor body would, if it were a body to which Part IV of the Local Government and Housing Act 1989 applied, charge to a revenue account for the year), other than expenditure which the Secretary of State estimates will be so incurred in pursuance of regulations under section 99(3) of the 1988 Act;”
section 85(4)(b)	At the beginning insert “(i)” For “Authority” substitute “Secretary of State” After “for the year;” insert “and (ii) in respect of any relevant predecessor body, such allowance as the Secretary of State estimates will be appropriate for contingencies, in relation to expenditure incurred in performing transferred functions and to be charged to a revenue account for the year (or which would, if Part IV of the Local Government and Housing Act 1989 applied to that body, be charged to a revenue account for the year);”
section 85(4)(c)	For “Authority” substitute “Secretary of State”
section 85(4)(d)	For “the body's” substitute “any relevant predecessor body's” For “Authority” substitute “Secretary of State” After “revenue account deficit” insert “(or a deficit which would, if Part IV of the Local Government and Housing Act 1989 applied to that relevant predecessor body, be a revenue account deficit)” For “of the body” substitute “of that relevant predecessor body” After “financial year” insert “relating to the performance of transferred functions,”
section 85(5)	For “Authority”, on each occasion where that word appears, substitute “ Secretary of State”
section 85(5)(a)	After “the body” insert “, and to any relevant predecessor body in respect of transferred functions,” After “credited to a revenue account” insert “of the constituent body, or in the case of sums payable to a relevant predecessor body, which will be credited to a revenue account of that relevant predecessor body, (or which would, if Part IV of the Local Government and Housing Act 1989 applied to the relevant predecessor body, be credited to a revenue account)”
section 85(5)(b)	Delete “the body's” After “financial reserves” insert “of the body, or of any relevant predecessor body” After “that the body” insert “or the relevant predecessor body ”
section 85(6)(a)	For “Authority” substitute “Secretary of State”
section 85(8)	For “Authority must” substitute “Secretary of State must”
section 86(2)	For “the Authority” substitute “the Secretary of State” After “to the body” insert “or to any relevant predecessor body ”
section 86(3)	For “the Authority” substitute “the Secretary of State” For “the Metropolitan Police Authority under” substitute “the Receiver for the Metropolitan Police District under”
section 86(4)	For “Authority” on each occasion where that word appears, substitute “ Secretary of State”
section 88(2)	For “Authority shall calculate the basic amount of its council tax” substitute “Secretary of State shall calculate the basic amount of the Authority’s council tax” For “Authority” in the definition of “R” substitute “Secretary of State” For “its consolidated budget requirement” in the definition of “ R” substitute “the Authority’s consolidated budget requirement” In the definition of “P1” after “payable to the Authority” insert “ or allocated or liable to be allocated by the Secretary of State in respect of the transferred functions of predecessor bodies or payable to the predecessor bodies in respect of the transferred functions” In the definition of “T” for “Authority” on each occasion where that word appears, substitute “Secretary of State”
section 88(5)(a)	For “which the Authority estimates will be paid to it” substitute “ which the Secretary of State estimates will be paid to any predecessor body or to the Authority”
section 88(5)(b)	For “which the Authority estimates will be paid by it” substitute “ which the Secretary of State estimates will be paid by any predecessor body or by the Authority”
section 89(3)	For “Authority” substitute “Secretary of State” For “its council tax” substitute “the Authority’s council tax” For “its area” substitute “Greater London”
section 89(4)	After “payable to the Authority” insert “or allocated or liable to be allocated by the Secretary of State in respect of the transferred functions of the predecessor bodies or payable to the predecessor bodies in respect of the transferred functions” In the definition of “TP2” for “Authority” on each occasion where that word appears, substitute “Secretary of State”
section 92(2)	For “Greater London Authority, subsection” substitute “Secretary of State, subsection” For “Greater London Authority for” substitute “Secretary of State for”
section 92(3)	For “Greater London Authority, subsection” substitute “Secretary of State, subsection”
section 93(2)	For “Greater London Authority” on each occasion where those words appear, substitute “Secretary of State”
section 97(1)	For “Authority may” substitute “Secretary of State may”
section 97(1)(b)	For “Mayor” substitute “Secretary of State”
section 97(2)(a)	For “functional bodies” substitute “predecessor bodies”
section 101(3)	Delete “, after consultation with the Mayor,”
section 101(5)	Delete “after consultation with the Mayor”
section 102(1)	For “Authority to pay to each functional body,” substitute “Secretary of State to pay to each predecessor body (other than himself), and additionally on or after 8th May 2000 to pay to the Authority,” For “the amount required by that body” substitute “such amount as he may determine”
section 102	After subsection (1) insert the following subsection: “(1A) The Secretary of State shall use such amounts as he may determine of the aggregate specified in subsection (2) in performing his transferred functions as a predecessor body.”
section 102(2)	After “received” insert “or applied” For “Authority” on each occasion where that word appears, substitute “ Secretary of State”
section 102(4)	For “functional body” substitute “predecessor body, and additionally on or after 8th May 2000 to the Authority,”
section 102(6)	For “functional body” substitute “predecessor body” After “means expenditure” insert “estimated by the Secretary of State to be incurred by the predecessor body in performing its transferred functions”
section 102(7)	For “functional body”, on each occasion where those words appear, substitute “predecessor body” For “Mayor” substitute “Secretary of State”
section 105(2)	For “Greater London Authority in” substitute “Secretary of State in”