(1)Subsection (2) below applies where any power to make an appointment of a prescribed description in the case of a prescribed body is exercisable by the Mayor.
(2)If the body requests the Mayor to exercise the power, he must do so as soon as reasonably practicable after the making of the request.
(3)Any request under subsection (2) above must be in writing.
(4)Where—
(a)an instrument of any description states that an appointment of a particular description is to be made by the Mayor, and
(b)the circumstances are such that an appointment of that description falls to be made,
the power to make the appointment is to be taken for the purposes of this section to be a power exercisable by the Mayor.
(5)In this section “prescribed” means specified in, or determined in accordance with, an order made by the Secretary of State.
(6)Different descriptions (and different numbers) of appointments may be prescribed under this section in the case of different bodies.
(7)The only bodies that may be prescribed under this section are bodies that have functions relating to sport, culture or the arts.]
Textual Amendments
F1S. 377A inserted (23.10.2007 for specified purposes, 6.4.2008 in so far as not already in force) by Greater London Authority Act 2007 (c. 24), ss. 51(1), 59(4)(b); S.I. 2008/582, art. 2(d)