Valid from 03/07/2000
(1)Section 3 of the M1London Docklands Railway (Lewisham) (No. 2) Act 1993 (transfer of functions relating to the Docklands Light Railway) shall be amended in accordance with subsections (2) to (7) below.
(2)In subsection (1) (which confers a power on the Secretary of State to make orders transferring functions relating to the Docklands Light Railway) for Secretary of State there shall be substituted “ Mayor of London ”.
(3)Subsection (3) (which confers a power to specify in a transfer order circumstances in which the order shall cease to have effect) shall cease to have effect.
(4)After subsection (3) there shall be inserted—
“(3A)The power to make a transfer order under subsection (1) above includes a power to revoke, amend or re-enact any transfer order made under that subsection.
(3B)Without prejudice to subsection (3A) above, a transfer order may specify circumstances in which the order shall cease to have effect before the expiry of any period specified in any such order.”
(5)In subsection (4) (which confers a power to include in a transfer order supplementary etc provision) for Secretary of State there shall be substituted “ Mayor of London. ”
(6)Subsection (6) (which provides that the power to make a transfer order is to be exercisable by statutory instrument) shall cease to have effect.
(7)After subsection (6) there shall be inserted—
“(7)The Mayor of London shall secure that any transfer order made under subsection (1) above (and any order revoking, amending or re-enacting any such order) is printed and published.
(8)A fee may be charged for the sale of an order printed and published under subsection (7) above.”
(8)Any transfer order—
(a)made by the Secretary of State under section 3(1) of the M2London Docklands Railway (Lewisham) (No. 2) Act 1993, and
(b)in force immediately before the coming into force of subsection (3) above,
shall have effect as from the coming into force of that subsection as if it were a transfer order made by the Mayor of London.