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PART XI |
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MISCELLANEOUS AND GENERAL PROVISIONS |
| The Trustee Investments Act 1961. |
263. - (1) The Trustee Investments Act 1961 shall be amended as follows.
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(2) In section 11 (local authority investment schemes) in subsection (4) (the authorities to which the section applies) in paragraph (a)-
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(a) after "England and Wales" there shall be inserted ", the Greater London Authority,"; and |
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(b) after "Common Council of the City of London" there shall be inserted ", a functional body (within the meaning of the Greater London Authority Act 1999),". |
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(3) In Schedule 1, in Part II (narrower-range investments requiring advice), in paragraph 9-
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(a) after paragraph (a) there shall be inserted- |
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"(aa) the Greater London Authority; |
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(ab) any functional body, within the meaning of the Greater London Authority Act 1999;"; and |
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(b) in paragraph (d), the words "the Receiver for the Metropolitan Police District or" shall cease to have effect. |
| The Local Authorities (Goods and Services) Act 1970. |
264. In section 1(4) of the Local Authorities (Goods and Services) Act 1970, in the definition of "local authority"-
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(a) after "London borough," there shall be inserted "the Greater London Authority,"; and |
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(b) after "any joint authority established by Part IV of the Local Government Act 1985" there shall be inserted "and the London Fire and Emergency Planning Authority, Transport for London and the London Development Agency". |
| The Race Relations Act 1976. |
265. The following bodies, namely-
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(b) the Metropolitan Police Authority, and |
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(c) the London Fire and Emergency Planning Authority, |
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shall each be treated as a local authority for the purposes of section 71 of the Race Relations Act 1976 (general statutory duty of local authorities).
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| The Stock Transfer Act 1982. |
266. - (1) In Schedule 1 to the Stock Transfer Act 1982 (specified securities) paragraph 7 (securities issued by local authorities etc) shall be amended as follows.
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(2) In sub-paragraph (1), at the end of paragraph (ba) there shall be inserted "or" and paragraph (c) (which relates to the Receiver for the Metropolitan Police District) and the word "or" immediately preceding it shall cease to have effect.
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(3) In sub-paragraph (2) (which defines "local authority") in paragraph (a)-
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(a) after "namely," there shall be inserted "the Greater London Authority,"; and |
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(b) after "Common Council of the City of London" there shall be inserted ", a functional body (within the meaning of the Greater London Authority Act 1999),". |
| Investigation of functional bodies by Commission for Local Administration. |
267. - (1) Section 25(1) of the Local Government Act 1974 (which specifies the bodies which are subject to investigation under Part III of that Act) shall be amended as follows.
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(2) After paragraph (bb) there shall be inserted-
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"(bbb) the London Development Agency;". |
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(3) After paragraph (c) there shall be inserted-
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"(cza) the London Fire and Emergency Planning Authority;". |
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(4) After paragraph (ca) (police authority established under section 3 of the Police Act 1996) there shall be inserted-
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"(caa) the Metropolitan Police Authority;" |
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(5) After paragraph (cb) there shall be inserted-
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"(cc) Transport for London; and". |
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(6) In consequence of subsection (2) above, in Schedule 2 to the Parliamentary Commissioner Act 1967, at the end of the entry relating to regional development agencies (which is inserted by paragraph 2 of Schedule 7 to the Regional Development Agencies Act 1998) there shall be added "(other than the London Development Agency)".
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| Provision of information, advice and assistance by functional bodies. |
268. - (1) Subject to subsection (2) below, the functional bodies shall provide the Mayor with such information, advice and assistance as he may by notice require.
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(2) The Secretary of State may by order-
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(a) prescribe categories of confidential information which a functional body may refuse to provide to the Mayor under subsection (1) above, |
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(b) prescribe categories of information which a functional body shall refuse to provide to the Mayor under subsection (1) above, or |
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(c) limit the purposes for which the Mayor may exercise the power under subsection (1) above to require information, advice and assistance. |
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(3) In subsection (2)(a) and (b) above, "confidential information" means information the provision of which would involve the breach of an obligation of confidence.
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| Research and collection of information: London Research Centre etc. |
269. - (1) The Authority-
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(a) may carry out, or assist in carrying out, investigations into, or the collection of information relating to, any matters concerning Greater London or any part of it; and |
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(b) may make, or assist in making, arrangements whereby any such information is, or the results of any such investigation are, made available to any government department, any local authority in Greater London, any other body or person, or the public. |
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(2) The Secretary of State may make regulations requiring the Authority to carry out, or assist in carrying out, under subsection (1)(a) above investigations into, or the collection of information relating to, such matters as may be specified in the regulations or matters of such a description as may be so specified.
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(3) Regulations under subsection (2) above may make provision requiring the Authority to make, or assist in making, arrangements whereby any such information is, or the results of any such investigation, are made available to-
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(a) government departments; |
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(b) bodies or persons specified, or of a description specified, in the regulations; or |
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(4) Any functions conferred or imposed on the Authority by or under this section shall be exercisable by the Mayor acting on behalf of the Authority.
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(5) Subsection (4) above does not apply in relation to any function expressly conferred or imposed on the Assembly by regulations under subsection (2) above.
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(6) Before making any regulations under subsection (2) above, the Secretary of State shall consult the Mayor, the Assembly, every London borough council and the Common Council.
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(7) Any scheme made for Greater London under subsection (1) of section 88 of the Local Government Act 1985 (research and collection of information) is revoked by this subsection.
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(8) In that section-
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(a) in subsection (1), the words "Greater London or", and |
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shall cease to have effect.
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(9) After subsection (13) of that section (power of London borough councils etc to exercise functions described in subsection (1)(a) and (b) of that section) there shall be inserted-
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"(13A) In the application of subsection (13) above in relation to a London borough council or the Common Council, paragraphs (a) and (b) of subsection (1) above shall have effect with the substitution of "Greater London" for "that area.""
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