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  PART X
  CULTURE, MEDIA AND SPORT
The Cultural Strategy Group for London.     261. - (1) There shall be an unincorporated body of persons to be known as the Cultural Strategy Group for London.
 
      (2) The Cultural Strategy Group for London shall have-
 
 
    (a) the function of providing advice to the Mayor on the contents and implementation of the culture strategy under section 262 below; and
 
    (b) such other functions as may be conferred or imposed on, or made exercisable by, them by or under any other enactment, whenever passed or made.
      (3) Schedule 20 to this Act shall have effect with respect to the Cultural Strategy Group for London.
 
The Mayor's culture strategy.     262. - (1) The Cultural Strategy Group for London shall formulate and submit to the Mayor a draft strategy containing proposed policies with respect to culture, media and sport in Greater London.
 
      (2) As soon as reasonably practicable after the draft strategy has been submitted to the Mayor, the Mayor shall prepare and publish a document to be known as the "culture strategy".
 
      (3) The culture strategy published under subsection (2) above shall be the draft strategy submitted to the Mayor under subsection (1) above, with such modifications (if any) as the Mayor considers appropriate.
 
      (4) The Cultural Strategy Group for London shall keep the culture strategy under review and may submit proposed revisions of it to the Mayor.
 
      (5) The policies that may be contained in the culture strategy include policies with respect to each of the following matters-
 
 
    (a) the arts, tourism and sport;
 
    (b) ancient monuments and sites;
 
    (c) buildings and other structures which are of historical or architectural interest or which otherwise form part of the heritage of Greater London;
 
    (d) museums and galleries;
 
    (e) library services;
 
    (f) treasure, and antiquities of a movable nature;
 
    (g) broadcasting, film production and other media of communication.
      (6) The bodies and persons whom the Mayor must consult in accordance with section 34 above in preparing or revising the culture strategy shall include the Cultural Strategy Group for London.
 
 
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