(1)Section 61 of the GLA Act 1999 (power to require attendance at Assembly meetings) is amended as follows.
(2)In each of the provisions specified in subsection (3) below (which describe persons who may be required to attend, and which mention a period of three years prior to the date of the requirement) for “three years” substitute “8 years”.
(3)The provisions are—
(a)subsection (2)(c) (chairman or member of functional body within that period);
(b)subsection (3)(a) and (b) (persons, or members or staff of bodies, that had contractual relationships with the Authority within that period);
(c)subsection (4)(a) and (b) (persons, or members or staff of bodies, that received grants from the Authority within that period);
(d)subsection (5)(b) and (c) (persons who have been Assembly members or Mayor within that period).