[F1351AThe London Environment StrategyU.K.
(1)The Mayor shall prepare and publish a document to be known as the “London Environment Strategy” (“the Strategy”).
(2)The Strategy must contain a general assessment by the Mayor of the environment in Greater London, so far as relevant to the functions of the Authority or of the Mayor.
(3)The Strategy must contain provisions dealing with the Mayor's policies and proposals in relation to each of the following matters in relation to Greater London—
(a)biodiversity;
(b)municipal waste management;
(c)climate change mitigation and energy;
(d)adaptation to climate change;
(e)air quality; and
(f)ambient noise.
(4)The provisions of the Strategy dealing with a matter specified in a paragraph of subsection (2) must also contain anything required to be included in them by any other provision of this Act.
(5)The Strategy may also include provisions dealing with the Mayor's policies and proposals in relation to any other matter relating to the environment in Greater London.
(6)In preparing or revising the provisions of the Strategy dealing with a matter mentioned in subsection (3), the Mayor's duty under section 42(1)(e) applies as if it were a duty to consult any person or body whom the Mayor considers it appropriate to consult in relation to those provisions (and section 42(2) applies accordingly).
(7)Where the Strategy is revised, the Mayor must publish it as revised.
(8)In this Act references to the London Environment Strategy include, unless the context otherwise requires, a reference to the Strategy as revised.]
Textual Amendments
F1Ss. 351A-351C and cross-heading inserted (3.5.2012) by Localism Act 2011 (c. 20), ss. 225(1), 240(2); S.I. 2012/1008, art. 3(c) (with arts. 7, 9-11)