Transitional provision in relation to the appointment of the Deputy Mayor for Policing and Crime
6.—(1) This article applies on the first occasion when the power to appoint a Deputy Mayor for Policing and Crime under section 19(1)(a) is exercised.
(2) Sections 19(12) and 20 of the 2011 Act do not apply to the appointment, if and only if—
(a)the person that the Mayor’s Office for Policing and Crime proposes to appoint holds the office of chairman of the Metropolitan Police Authority at the time when that authority is abolished under section 3(12) of the 2011 Act; and
(b)a confirmation hearing was held under Schedule 4A to the Greater London Authority Act 1999(1) in relation to the person’s appointment to the office of chairman of the Metropolitan Police Authority.
1999 c. 29. Schedule 4A was inserted by Schedule 1 to the Greater London Authority Act 2007 (c. 24).