SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 5 Minor and Consequential Amendments

Greater London Authority Act 1999 (c. 29)

31

In section 6 of the Greater London Authority Act 1999 (failure to attend meeting of the Assembly), after subsection (4) there is inserted—

“(5)

Any period during which an Assembly member is suspended or partially suspended under section 66, 73, 78 or 79 of the Local Government Act 2000 shall be disregarded for the purpose of calculating the period of six consecutive months under subsection (1).”

32

Section 13 of that Act (failure of Mayor to attend meetings) is to become subsection (1) of that section and after that subsection there is inserted—

“(2)

Any meeting of the Assembly which the Mayor is unable to attend because he is suspended or partially suspended under section 66, 73, 78 or 79 of the Local Government Act 2000 shall be disregarded for the purposes of subsection (1) above.”

33

In section 31 of that Act (limits of the general power), in subsection (5), for paragraphs (a) and (b) there is substituted “ any social services function within the meaning of the Local Authority Social Services Act 1970 ”.

34

Section 66 of that Act (the Secretary of State’s guidance on ethical standards) ceases to have effect.