Greater London Authority Act 2007

Part 11 E+W Supplementary provisions

53 Orders E+W

(1) Any power conferred on the Secretary of State by this Act to make an order includes—

(a) power to make different provision for different cases, and

(b) power to make incidental, consequential, supplemental, or transitional provision or savings.

(2) The power conferred by subsection (1)(b) above includes power to amend any enactment passed or made before this Act for the purpose of making any such provision or savings.

(3) Any power conferred on the Secretary of State by this Act to make an order is exercisable by statutory instrument.

(4) A statutory instrument—

(a) which contains (whether alone or with other provisions) an order which makes provision by virtue of subsection (2), and

(b) which is not subject to any requirement that a draft of the instrument be laid before, and approved by a resolution of, each House of Parliament,

is subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.

54 Directions E+W

(1) Any directions given under this Act must be in writing.

(2) Any power conferred by this Act to give a direction includes power to vary or revoke the direction.

55 Financial provisions E+W

There shall be paid out of money provided by Parliament—

(a) any expenditure incurred by a Minister of the Crown or government department under or by virtue of this Act, and

(b) any increase attributable to this Act in the sums payable out of money so provided under any other Act.

56 Transitional provision relating to consultation E+W

(1) In the case of any strategy referred to in a provision mentioned in column A of the Table in subsection (2), any consultation undertaken by the Mayor—

(a) after the day on which this Act is passed, but

(b) before the coming into force of that provision,

is to be as effective for the purposes of the corresponding provision in column C of that Table as if it had been undertaken after the provision in column A had come into force.

Column B of the Table identifies the provision of this Act which inserts the corresponding provision mentioned in column A.

(2) The provisions are—

Column A:	Column B:	Column C:
Provision inserted into GLA Act 1999	Provision of this Act	Provision of GLA Act 1999 for which consultation is effective
Section 41(1)(bb) (section 41 to apply to health inequalities strategy)	Section 24(2)	Section 42(1)
Section 41(1)(bc) (section 41 to apply to London housing strategy)	Section 28(2)	Section 42(1)
Section 41(1)(ee) (section 41 to apply to London climate change mitigation and energy strategy)	Section 43(1)	Section 42(1)
Section 41(1)(ef) (section 41 to apply to adaptation to climate change strategy for London)	Section 44(1)	Section 42(1)
Section 309G(4) (consultation with relevant bodies or persons for purposes of health inequalities strategy)	Section 22(1)	Section 309G(4)
Section 361B(9) (consultation with certain bodies for purposes of London climate change mitigation and energy strategy)	Section 43(2)	Section 361B(9)

(3) Any consultation carried out by the Mayor with the Regional Director of Public Health for London—

(a) after the day on which this Act is passed, but

(b) before the coming into force of sections 309A and 309B of the GLA Act 1999 (Regional Director to be Health Adviser to GLA),

is to be as effective for the purposes of section 309G(4) of the GLA Act 1999 as if it had been carried out with the Health Adviser.

Sections 309A and 309B of the GLA Act 1999 are inserted by section 21(1) of this Act.

57 Repeals E+W

Schedule 2 contains repeals.

Commencement Information

I1 S. 57 in force at 30.10.2007 for specified purposes by S.I. 2007/3107, art. 2(c)

I2 S. 57 in force at 21.1.2008 for specified purposes by S.I. 2008/113, art. 2(m)

I3 S. 57 in force at 6.4.2008 in so far as not already in force by S.I. 2008/582, art. 2(e)

58 Interpretation E+W

In this Act—

• “the GLA Act 1999” means the Greater London Authority Act 1999 (c. 29);

• “PCPA 2004” means the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 (c. 5);

• “TCPA 1990” means the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (c. 8).

59 Short title, citation, commencement and extent E+W

(1) This Act may be cited as the Greater London Authority Act 2007.

(2) This Act and the GLA Act 1999 may be cited together as the Greater London Authority Acts 1999 and 2007.

(3) This Act does not extend to Scotland or Northern Ireland.

(4) The following provisions of this Act come into force on the day on which this Act is passed—

(a) this Part, other than section 57 and Schedule 2,

(b) any power under or by virtue of this Act to make regulations or an order.

(5) Sections 28 and 46 come into force at the end of the period of 2 months beginning with the day on which this Act is passed.

(6) Sections 12 to 14 have effect in relation to financial years beginning on or after an appointed day.

(7) Subject to subsection (8), the other provisions of this Act come into force on an appointed day.

(8) Any repeal in Schedule 2 (and section 57 so far as relating to the repeal) comes into force in the same way as the provisions of this Act to which the repeal relates.

(9) In this section “appointed day” means such day or days as the Secretary of State may by order appoint; and different days may be so appointed for different purposes.