2000 No. 1095 (C. 34)
LONDON GOVERNMENT
POLICE
The Greater London Authority Act 1999 (Commencement No. 6 and Preliminary Arrangements for the Metropolitan Police Authority) Order 2000
Made 16th April 2000
Laid before Parliament 19th April 2000
Coming into force 10th May 2000

In exercise of the powers conferred upon him by sections 406, 420 and 425 of the Greater London Authority Act 1999, the Secretary of State hereby makes the following Order:
1999 c. 29.

1 Citation and interpretation
1 This Order may be cited as the Greater London Authority Act 1999 (Commencement No. 6 and Preliminary Arrangements for the Metropolitan Police Authority) Order 2000, and shall come into force on 10th May 2000.
2 In this Order—
(a) “the 1999 Act” means the Greater London Authority Act 1999;
(b) “the 1996 Act” means the Police Act 1996; and
1996 c. 16.
(c) “the operative date” means the date on which appointments to the Metropolitan Police Authority are first made under paragraph 3(3) of Schedule 2A to the 1996 Act (appointment of independent members).
Schedule 2A is inserted by section 310(2) of and Schedule 26 to the 1999 Act.

2 Preliminary financial arrangements
1 Arrangements in relation to the Metropolitan Police Authority as to any matter specified in the Schedule to this Order made before 3rd July 2000 by the chief finance officer shall have effect on and after that date as if made by that Authority until replaced or altered by that Authority.
2 In this article “chief finance officer” means the person who is, by virtue of his appointment under section 407 of the 1999 Act, for the time being the chief finance officer of the Metropolitan Police Authority.

3 Preliminary standing orders
1 Standing orders for the first meeting of the Metropolitan Police Authority shall be prepared by the clerk to that Authority.
2 The standing orders prepared in accordance with paragraph (1) shall provide for:
(a) giving notice of the meeting;
(b) preparation of the agenda for the meeting;
(c) election of a chairman of the Metropolitan Police Authority;
(d) declaration of the result of that election;
(e) the meeting to be chaired by the clerk to that Authority until that result has been declared; and
(f) preparation of minutes of the meeting.
3 Standing orders for the regulation of any business of the Metropolitan Police Authority which, by reason of the urgency of that business, the clerk to that Authority considers it to be necessary or expedient to transact on or before the date of the first meeting of that Authority shall be prepared by the clerk to that Authority.
4 In this article “the clerk to that Authority” means the person who is, by virtue of his appointment under section 407 of the 1999 Act, for the time being clerk to the Metropolitan Police Authority.

4 Commencement
1 Section 127 of the 1999 Act in its application to the Metropolitan Police Authority shall come into force on the operative date for the purposes only of articles 5 and 6 below.
Section 127 was commenced in its application to the Greater London Authority on 8th May 2000 and in so far as not already in force on 3rd July 2000 by S.I.1999/3434.
2 The following provisions of the 1999 Act, in so far as they are not already in force, shall come into force on the operative date for the purposes only of articles 5 and 6 below and for all other purposes shall come into force on 3rd July 2000:
(a) section 310;
Section 310 was commenced for certain purposes only on 1st January 2000 by S.I.1999/3271.
(b) Schedule 26; and
Schedule 26 was commenced for certain purposes only on 1st January 2000 by S.I.1999/3271.
(c) paragraphs 62, 75 and 76 of Schedule 27.

5 First meeting of the Metropolitan Police Authority
1 The first meeting of the Metropolitan Police Authority may take place at any time after the operative date.
2 For the purposes of paragraph 6(1) of Schedule 2A to the 1996 Act and notwithstanding paragraph 6A of Schedule 12 to the Local Government Act 1972 the first meeting of the Metropolitan Police Authority shall be regarded as that Authority’s annual meeting.
1972 c. 70.
3 If the first meeting takes place before 3rd July 2000, the provisions of article 6 below shall apply.

6 First meeting held before 3rd July 2000
1 Arrangements shall be made by the clerk to the Metropolitan Police Authority for the public and the press to be admitted to the meeting.
2 No business shall be transacted at the meeting unless at least one quarter of the whole number of members of the Metropolitan Police Authority are present.
3 Arrangements may be made by the clerk to the Metropolitan Police Authority for the exclusion of a member of that Authority from the meeting while any contract, proposed contract, or other matter in which he has a pecuniary interest, direct or indirect, is under consideration.
4 Arrangements may be made at the meeting as to the matters specified in the Schedule to this Order.
5 In addition to the matters specified in the Schedule to this Order the following powers may be exercised at the first meeting:
(a) the designation of a monitoring officer for the Metropolitan Police Authority in accordance with section 5(1) of the Local Government and Housing Act 1989;
1989 c. 42; section 5(1) is amended by paragraph 62 of Schedule 27 to the 1999 Act.
(b) the appointment of a clerk to the Metropolitan Police Authority in accordance with section 16 of the 1996 Act;
Section 16 is amended by paragraph 75 of Schedule 27 to the 1999 Act.
(c) the appointment of a chief finance officer to the Metropolitan Police Authority in accordance with section 127(2) of the 1999 Act;
(d) the making of standing orders in accordance with paragraph 42 of Schedule 12 to the Local Government Act 1972;
(e) the making of delegations in accordance with section 101 of the Local Government Act 1972.
6 Arrangements made or powers exercised in pursuance of this article shall be regarded as being made or exercised by the Metropolitan Police Authority.
7 In paragraphs (1) and (3) of this article “the clerk to the Metropolitan Police Authority” means the person who is, by virtue of his appointment under section 407 of the 1999 Act, for the time being the clerk to that Authority.

7 Payment of expenses and allowances
The Metropolitan Police Authority may make payments by way of reimbursement of expenses and allowances to members in accordance with paragraph 20 of Schedule 2A to the 1996 Act from the date of their appointment.

8 Term of appointment
In determining the period of a term of years for the purposes of paragraph 11 of Schedule 2A to the 1996 Act (term of appointment), any period prior to 3rd July 2000 shall be disregarded.
Jack Straw One of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State Home Office 16th April 2000

SCHEDULE MATTERS FOR WHICH THE CHIEF FINANCE OFFICER OR FIRST MEETING MAY MAKE PRELIMINARY ARRANGEMENTS
Articles 2 and 6
1 The allocation and delegation of financial functions to persons appointed for the purposes of the Metropolitan Police Authority—
(a) in pursuance of section 407 of the 1999 Act, or
(b) on or after the operative date.
2 Access to records of the Metropolitan Police Authority.
3 The preparation of capital and revenue budgets for the Metropolitan Police Authority and arrangements for monitoring and control of budgeted expenditure.
4 The treatment of any income for the time being receivable for the purposes of any functions of the Metropolitan Police Authority.
5 Arrangements for the Metropolitan Police Authority’s bank accounts.
6 Arrangements for ordering goods and services, and for making payment accordingly.
7 Arrangements for securing tenders for contracts.
8 The treatment of any payments to members of the Metropolitan Police Authority’s staff, and of any deductions from such payments.
9 The handling of, and recording of, physical assets held for the purposes of the Metropolitan Police Authority and the disposal of such assets or other assets.
10 The taking of decisions to write off debts.
11 Day to day management, accounting and investment of surplus funds of the Metropolitan Police Authority.
12 Arrangements for internal audit.
13 The treatment of financial irregularities.
14 The payment of expenses and allowances to members.

(This note is not part of the Order)
The Metropolitan Police Authority, a functional body under the Greater London Authority Act 1999, will assume its functions on 3rd July 2000.
Article 2 of this Order provides for arrangements made in respect of the matters specified in the Schedule by the person appointed before that date by the Secretary of State under section 407 of the Act as chief finance officer to have effect until replaced or altered by the Metropolitan Police Authority.
Article 3 makes provision for the arrangements for and conduct of the first meeting of the Authority to be in accordance with standing orders made by the person appointed by the Secretary of State as clerk to the Metropolitan Police Authority, and for the preparation by him of Standing Orders relating to urgent business.
Article 4 commences various provisions as from the date when the final appointments to the Metropolitan Police Authority are made for the purposes of arrangements and appointments which may be made at a first meeting of that Authority. For other purposes, they are commenced from 3rd July 2000.
Article 5 makes provision as to the first meeting and article 6 makes provision as to the arrangements that can be made and powers that can be exercised at a meeting held before 3rd July 2000.
Article 7 provides for the payment of expenses and allowances.
Article 8 provides for any period before 3rd July 2000 to be disregarded in calculating the term of appointment of members.
(This note is not part of the Order)
The following provisions of the Greater London Authority Act 1999 have been brought into force by commencement order made before the date of this Order:
Provision	Date of commencement	S.I.No.
Part I	14th December 1999	1999/3376
Section 30 (in part)	8th May 2000	2000/801
(in part)	3rd July 2000	2000/801
Section 31	3rd July 2000	2000/801
Sections 32 and 33	3rd July 2000	2000/801
Sections 34 to 36	8th May 2000	2000/801
Section 37	8th May 2000	2000/801
Sections 38 to 40	8th May 2000	2000/801
Sections 41 to 44	3rd July 2000	2000/801
Section 45	8th May 2000	2000/801
Sections 46 to 48	3rd July 2000	2000/801
Sections 49 to 59	8th May 2000	2000/801
Sections 60 to 62	3rd July 2000	2000/801
Sections 64 and 65	3rd July 2000	2000/801
Sections 66 to 75	8th May 2000	2000/801
Sections 76 to 79	3rd July 2000	2000/801
Section 80	8th May 2000	2000/801
Sections 81 to 83	12th January 2000	1999/3434
Section 84	3rd July 2000	1999/3434
Sections 85 and 86	12th January 2000	1999/3434
Section 87	3rd July 2000	1999/3434
Sections 88 and 89 (in part)	12th January 2000	1999/3434
Sections 90 to 93	12th January 2000	1999/3434
Sections 94 to 96	3rd July 2000	1999/3434
Section 97	12th January 2000 and 3rd July 2000	1999/3434
Section 98	3rd July 2000	1999/3434
Section 99	12th January 2000	1999/3434
Section 100	12th January 2000 and 3rd July 2000	1999/3434
Section 101	12th January 2000	1999/3434
Section 102	12th January 2000 and 3rd July 2000	1999/3434
Sections 103 and 104	3rd July 2000	1999/3434
Sections 105 to 107	12th January 2000	1999/3434
Sections 108 to 110	3rd July 2000	1999/3434
Sections 111 and 112 (in part)	8th May 2000	2000/801
(in part)	3rd July 2000	2000/801
Section 113 (in part)	8th May 2000	2000/801
(in part)	3rd July 2000	2000/801
Section 114	8th May 2000	2000/801
Section 115 (in part)	3rd July 2000	2000/801
Section 116	3rd July 2000	2000/801
Section 117	8th May 2000	2000/801
Section 118	3rd July 2000	2000/801
Section 119	3rd July 2000	2000/801
Sections 120 and 121	3rd July 2000	2000/801
Sections 122 to 124 (in part)	3rd July 2000	2000/801
Section 125	3rd July 2000	2000/801
Section 126	8th May 2000	2000/801
Sections 127 to 133	8th May 2000 and 3rd July 2000	1999/3434
Section 134	8th May 2000	1999/3434
Section 135	3rd July 2000	1999/3434
Section 136	12th January 2000 and 3rd July 2000	1999/3434
Section 137	8th May 2000	1999/3434
Sections 138 to 140	3rd July 2000	1999/3434
Part IV Chapter 1	3rd July 2000	2000/801
Section 154 (in part)	8th May 2000	2000/801
(in part)	3rd July 2000	2000/801
Sections 155 to 169	3rd July 2000	2000/801
Sections 170 to 172	12th January 2000	1999/3434
Part IV Chapters IV and V	3rd July 2000	2000/801
Sections 196 to 198	3rd July 2000	2000/801
Sections 200 to 209	3rd July 2000	2000/801
Sections 210 to 216	12th January 2000	1999/3434
Sections 218 and 219	12th January 2000	1999/3434
Sections 225 to 239	12th January 2000	1999/3434
Part IV Chapters VIII to X (in part)	3rd July 2000	2000/801
Section 253	3rd July 2000	2000/801
Section 255	1st April 2000	2000/801
Sections 256 and 257	3rd July 2000	2000/801
Section 258	12th January 2000	1999/3434
Section 259	3rd July 2000	2000/801
Section 260	12th January 2000	1999/3434
Sections 261 to 265	3rd July 2000	2000/801
Section 266 (in part)	8th May 2000	2000/801
(in part)	3rd July 2000	2000/801
Sections 267 to 270	3rd July 2000	2000/801
Section 271	3rd July 2000	2000/801
Section 272	12th January 2000	1999/3434
Sections 273 to 287	3rd July 2000	2000/801
Section 288	1st April 2000	2000/801
Sections 289 and 290	3rd July 2000	2000/801
Section 291 (in part)	8th May 2000	2000/801
(in part)	3rd July 2000	2000/801
Sections 292 to 294	3rd July 2000	2000/801
Sections 295 and 296 (in part)	8th May 2000	2000/801
(in part)	3rd July 2000	2000/801
Section 297	1st April 2000	2000/801
Section 298 (in part)	12th January 2000	1999/3434
(in part)	3rd July 2000	2000/801
Sections 299 and 300	3rd July 2000	2000/801
Section 303 (in part)	1st April 2000	2000/801
Section 304 (in part)	8th May 2000	2000/801
(in part)	3rd July 2000	2000/801
Section 305	8th May 2000	2000/801
Sections 306 to 309	3rd July 2000	2000/801
Section 310 (in part)	1st January 2000	1999/3271
Section 323	1st April 2000	1999/3271
Section 324	1st January 2000	1999/3271
Section 325 (in part)	1st January 2000	1999/3271
(in part)	1st April 2000	1999/3271
Section 328 (in part)	1st May 2000	2000/1094
(in part)	3rd July 2000	2000/1094
Sections 329 to 333	3rd July 2000	2000/1094
Sections 334 to 343	3rd July 2000	2000/801
Section 344	12th January 2000	1999/3434
Sections 345 to 348	3rd July 2000	2000/801
Section 349	1st April 2000	2000/801
Sections 350 to 373	3rd July 2000	2000/801
Section 374	1st April 2000	2000/801
Section 375 (in part)	8th May 2000	2000/801
(in part)	3rd July 2000	2000/801
Sections 376 to 379	3rd July 2000	2000/801
Section 380	8th May 2000	2000/801
Section 381	3rd July 2000	2000/801
Section 382 (in part)	8th May 2000	2000/801
(in part)	3rd July 2000	2000/801
Sections 383 and 384	1st October 2000	2000/801
Sections 385 and 386	8th May 2000	2000/801
Section 387 (in part)	8th May 2000	1999/3434
(in part)	3rd July 2000	1999/3434
(in part)	3rd July 2000	2000/801
Section 388	8th May 2000 and 3rd July 2000	1999/3434
Sections 389 and 390	12th January 2000	1999/3434
Section 391	8th May 2000	2000/801
Section 392 (in part)	8th May 2000	1999/3434
(in part)	3rd July 2000	1999/3434
Section 393	8th May 2000 and 3rd July 2000	1999/3434
Section 394	8th May 2000	2000/801
Section 395	3rd July 2000	2000/801
Section 396 (in part)	1st April 2000	2000/801
(in part)	8th May 2000	2000/801
Sections 397 to 400	8th May 2000	2000/801
Section 401	12th January 2000	1999/3434
Sections 402 and 403	3rd July 2000	2000/801
Section 404	8th May 2000	2000/801
Section 407	12th January 2000	1999/3434
Sections 409 and 410	12th January 2000	1999/3434
Section 412	12th January 2000	1999/3434
Sections 414 to 419	12th January 2000	1999/3434
Sections 421 and 422	12th January 2000	1999/3434
Section 423 (in part)	12th January 2000	1999/3434
(in part)	3rd July 2000	1999/3434
(in part)	3rd July 2000	2000/801
Section 424 (in part)	14th December 1999	1999/3376
(in part)	12th January 2000	1999/3434
Schedules 1 to 3	14th December 1999	1999/3376
Schedule 4	8th May 2000	2000/801
Schedule 5	3rd July 2000	2000/801
Schedules 6 to 9	3rd July 2000	1999/3434
Schedule 10	8th May 2000	2000/801
Schedules 11 to 13	3rd July 2000	2000/801
Schedule 16	3rd July 2000	2000/801
Schedule 17 (in part)	3rd July 2000	2000/801
Schedules 18 and 19	3rd July 2000	2000/801
Schedule 22	3rd July 2000	2000/801
Schedules 23 and 24 (in part)	8th May 2000	2000/801
Schedule 25	3rd July 2000	2000/801
Schedule 26 (in part)	1st January 2000	1999/3271
Schedule 27 paragraph 4 (as adapted)	30th March 2000	2000/801
Schedule 27 paragraphs 69, 84(1) and (3) and 105	1st April 2000	1999/3271
Schedule 28 (in part)	1st May 2000	2000/1094
(in part)	3rd July 2000	2000/1094
Schedule 29	3rd July 2000	2000/1094
Schedule 30	8th May 2000	2000/801
Schedule 31	12th January 2000	1999/3434
Schedule 33	12th January 2000	1999/3434
Schedule 34 Part II(in part)	3rd July 2000	2000/801
Schedule 34 Parts III and IV	3rd July 2000	2000/801
Schedule 34 Part V (in part)	3rd July 2000	2000/801
Schedule 34 Part VI	3rd July 2000	2000/801
Schedule 34 Part VII (in part)	1st April 2000	1999/3271
Schedule 34 Part VIII	3rd July 2000	2000/1094
Schedule 34 Part IX (in part)	3rd July 2000	2000/801