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Commencement for London

2.—(1) Section 1 of the Regional Development Agencies Act 1998 (“the Act”), so far as it relates to the establishment of a regional development agency for London, shall come into force on 3rd July 2000.

(2) For the purposes of the London Development Agency—

(a)section 2 of the Act shall come into force on 8th May 2000 for the purpose only of enabling the Mayor to consult on the appointment of persons to be members of the Agency;

(b)section 6(1) and (2) of the Act, and section 6(6) so far as it relates to paragraph 1(1), paragraphs 2 to 10 and paragraph 13 of Schedule 3 to the Act, shall come into force on 8th May 2000; and

(c)sections 2 to 42 of the Act, in so far as they are not already in force, shall come into force on 3rd July 2000.