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(1)The Assembly shall keep under review the exercise by the Mayor of the statutory functions exercisable by him.
(2)For the purposes of subsection (1) above, the powers of the Assembly include in particular power to investigate, and prepare reports about,—
(a)any actions and decisions of the Mayor,
(b)any actions and decisions of any member of staff of the Authority,
(c)matters relating to the principal purposes of the Authority,
(d)matters in relation to which statutory functions are exercisable by the Mayor, or
(e)any other matters which the Assembly considers to be of importance to Greater London.
(1)Where the Assembly decides to do so, the Assembly may submit a proposal to the Mayor.
(2)Section 54 above shall not apply in relation to the function of the Assembly under subsection (1) above.
(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—
chairman, or deputy chairman, of Transport for London (see section 154 and paragraph 3 of Schedule 10);
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chairman of the London Fire and Emergency Planning Authority (see section 328 and paragraph 3 of Schedule 28);
[F5person appointed to chair a Mayoral development corporation (see paragraph 1 of Schedule 21 to the Localism Act 2011);]
[F6Mayor’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).
[F7(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.]
(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
F1S. 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)
F2Words 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)
F3S. 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)
F4Words 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)
F5Words in s. 60A(3) inserted (15.1.2012) by Localism Act 2011 (c. 20), s. 240(1)(l), Sch. 22 para. 47
F6Words 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)
F7S. 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)
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