Version Superseded: 29/03/2011
Point in time view as at 01/04/2010. This version of this provision has been superseded.
Greater London Authority Act 1999, Section 354 is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 10 March 2025. 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.
(1)Where the Secretary of State considers that either of the conditions specified in subsection (2) below is satisfied, he may give the Mayor a direction about the content of the municipal waste management strategy.
(2)The conditions mentioned in subsection (1) above are—
(a)that the municipal waste management strategy or its implementation is likely to be detrimental to any area outside Greater London, or
(b)that a direction about the content of the municipal waste management strategy is required for the purposes of the implementation of the policies contained in the strategy prepared by the Secretary of State in accordance with section 44A of the M1Environmental Protection Act 1990 (national waste strategy) [F1 or of the policies contained in the strategy required by section 17 of the Waste and Emissions Trading Act 2003 (landfill strategy for England) ] .
(3)The power of the Secretary of State to give a direction to the Mayor under subsection (1) above—
(a)may be exercised either generally or specially, and
(b)may only be exercised after consultation with the Mayor.
(4)Where the Secretary of State gives the Mayor a direction under subsection (1) above, the Mayor shall comply with the direction.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in s. 354(2)(b) inserted (E.W.) (20.7.2004) by Waste and Emissions Trading Act 2003 (c. 33), ss. 17(9), 40(1); S.I. 2004/1874, art. 2
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