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(1)The following provisions of the M1Local Government and Housing Act 1989, namely—
(a)section 1 (disqualification and political restriction of certain officers and staff), and
(b)sections 2 [F1 and 3A ] (politically restricted posts and exemptions from restriction) so far as they have effect for the purposes of that section,
shall have effect as if each of the bodies specified in subsection (2) below were a local authority.
(2)The bodies are—
(a)the Authority;
(b)Transport for London;
[F2(ba)a Mayoral development corporation.]
F3(c). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(3)A person employed by the Authority by virtue of his appointment under section 67(1)(b) above shall not, by virtue only of subsections (1) and (2) above, be disqualified from being or becoming an unpaid member of Transport for London [F4or a Mayoral development corporation] F5....
[F6(3A)Subsections (1) and (2) above do not prevent a person appointed under section 67(1)(b) as the Deputy Mayor for Fire, or appointed under section 67(1)(b) and designated as the Deputy Mayor for Fire, from becoming or remaining a member of the Assembly or any other local authority within the meaning of sections 1, 2 and 3A of the Local Government and Housing Act 1989.]
(4)For the purposes of subsection (3) above, the unpaid members of any body are those members of the body who do not receive any remuneration (whether from the body, the Authority or any other source) which they would not receive if they were not members of the body.
(5)In section 2(3) of that Act, as it has effect in relation to the Authority by virtue of subsections (1) and (2)(a) above, any reference to the authority shall be taken to include a reference to the Mayor and a reference to the Assembly.
(6)In section 2 of that Act, so far as it has effect for the purposes of section 1 of that Act, the expression the statutory chief officers shall be taken to include a reference to the chief finance officer, within the meaning of section 127 below,—
(a)of Transport for London, [F7and
(aa)of a Mayoral development corporation,] F8...
F8(b). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
whether he is an officer, employee, member of staff or member of Transport for London [F9or, as the case may be, a Mayoral development corporation] F10....
[F11(6A)In the application of section 2 of that Act in relation to a Mayoral development corporation by virtue of subsections (1) and (2) above, any reference to the person designated under section 4 of that Act as its head of paid service is to be taken as a reference to the chief executive of the Mayoral development corporation.]
F12(7). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Textual Amendments
F1Words in s. 68(1)(b) substituted (1.4.2008) by Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007 (c. 28), ss. 203(3)(b), 245(5); S.I. 2008/172, art. 4(m)
F2S. 68(2)(ba) inserted (15.1.2012) by Localism Act 2011 (c. 20), s. 240(1)(l), Sch. 22 para. 48(2)
F3S. 68(2)(c) 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. 68(3) inserted (15.1.2012) by Localism Act 2011 (c. 20), s. 240(1)(l), Sch. 22 para. 48(3)
F5Words in s. 68(3) repealed (31.3.2012) by Localism Act 2011 (c. 20), s. 240(2), Sch. 25 Pt. 32; S.I. 2012/628, art. 4(d)
F6S. 68(3A) inserted (E.W.) (31.1.2017 for specified purposes, 1.3.2018 in so far as not already in force) by Policing and Crime Act 2017 (c. 3), s. 183(1)(5)(e), Sch. 2 para. 8; S.I. 2018/227, art. 2(b)(i)
F7S. 68(6)(aa) and word inserted (15.1.2012) by Localism Act 2011 (c. 20), s. 240(1)(l), Sch. 22 para. 48(4)(a)
F8S. 68(6)(b) and word repealed (31.3.2012) by Localism Act 2011 (c. 20), s. 240(2), Sch. 25 Pt. 32; S.I. 2012/628, art. 4(d)
F9Words in s. 68(6) inserted (15.1.2012) by Localism Act 2011 (c. 20), s. 240(1)(l), Sch. 22 para. 48(4)(b)
F10Words in s. 68(6) repealed (31.3.2012) by Localism Act 2011 (c. 20), s. 240(2), Sch. 25 Pt. 32; S.I. 2012/628, art. 4(d)
F11S. 68(6A) inserted (15.1.2012) by Localism Act 2011 (c. 20), s. 240(1)(l), Sch. 22 para. 48(5)
F12S. 68(7) repealed (31.3.2012) by Localism Act 2011 (c. 20), s. 240(2), Sch. 25 Pt. 32; S.I. 2012/628, art. 4(d)
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