20.—(1) The following provisions of the 1989 Act apply in relation to a Corporation as if it were a local authority—
(a)section 1 (disqualification and political restriction of certain officers and staff)(1);
(b)sections 2 and 3A (politically restricted posts and exemptions from restriction)(2) so far as they have effect for the purposes of section 1.
(2) Section 5 of the 1989 Act (designation and reports of monitoring officer)(3) applies in relation to the Combined Authority as if a Corporation were a committee of the Combined Authority.
(3) Section 32 of the 2003 Act applies in relation to expenditure of a Corporation as if—
(a)each reference to a functional body were a reference to a Corporation;
(b)each reference to the Greater London Authority were a reference to the Combined Authority;
(c)each reference to the Mayor of London were a reference to the Mayor;
(d)subsection (7) were omitted.
Section 1 was amended by paragraphs 199 and 200 of Part 2 of Schedule 16 to the Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011 and by section 123 of, and paragraph 61 of Schedule 1 to and paragraph 86 of Schedule 2 to, the Policing and Crime Act 2017 (c. 3) and by S.I. 2021/1349.
Section 2 was amended by paragraph 95 of Schedule 37 to the Education Act 1996 (c. 56), section 127 of the Greater London Authority Act 1999 (c. 29), Schedule 2 to the Fire and Rescue Services Act 2004 (c. 21), paragraph 3 of Schedule 2 to the Children Act 2004 (c. 31), section 203 of the Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007 (c. 28), Part 1 of Schedule 7 to the 2009 Act, paragraph 57 of Schedule 5 to the Health and Social Care Act 2012 (c. 7) and by S.I. 2001/2237, S.I. 2010/1158, S.I. 2017/1025 and S.I. 2021/1349. Section 3A was inserted by section 202 of the Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007 (c. 28) and was amended by Schedule 7 to the 2009 Act and Part 1 of Schedule 4 to and Part 5 of Schedule 25 to the 2011 Act.
Section 5 was amended by Part 1 of Schedule 4 to the Police and Magistrates’ Courts Act 1994 (c. 29), paragraph 1 of Schedule 7 to the Police Act 1996 (c. 16), section 132 of the 1999 Act, paragraph 24 of Schedule 5 to the Local Government Act 2000 (c. 22), section 113 of the 2003 Act, paragraph 14 of Part 2 to Schedule 12 and Part 14 of Schedule 18 to the Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007, paragraphs 12 and 13 of Schedule 14 and Part 4 of Schedule 22 to the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 (c. 23), paragraphs 199 and 202 of Part 3 of Schedule 16 to the Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011, sections 6 and 9 of and paragraph 63 of Schedule 1 and paragraph 88 of Schedule 2 to the Policing and Crime Act 2017 and by S.I. 2001/2237 and 2021/1349.
