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| 356B | Supplemental provision concerning the Board |
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| (1) | The Secretary of State may by order make provision as to— |
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| (a) | the constitution of the Board; |
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| (b) | the appointment of its members (who must not be fewer |
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| than 7 nor more than 13 in number); |
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| (c) | the payment of allowances and expenses to its members; |
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| | and such other matters in connection with its establishment and |
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| administration as the Secretary of State thinks fit. |
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| (2) | The Board shall not be regarded— |
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| (a) | as the servant or agent of the Crown, or |
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| (b) | as enjoying any status, privilege or immunity of the Crown, |
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| | and the property of the Board shall not be regarded as property of, |
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| or property held on behalf of, the Crown. |
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| (3) | The Secretary of State may make payments by way of grant to the |
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| Board towards expenditure incurred or to be incurred by it. |
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| (4) | The amount of any grant and the manner of its payment are to be |
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| such as the Secretary of State may determine. |
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| (5) | Any grant may be paid on such conditions as the Secretary of State |
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| (6) | Conditions under subsection (5) above may, in particular, |
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| (a) | provision as to the use of the grant; |
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| (b) | provision as to circumstances in which the whole or part of |
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| the grant must be repaid.”. |
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| (2) | In section 420(3) of that Act (orders subject to affirmative procedure)— |
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| (a) | after “an order under” insert “any of the following provisions”; |
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| (b) | for the word “or” at the end of paragraph (c) substitute— |
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| “(cc) | section 356B(1) above,”.” |
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18 | Page 40, line 21, leave out “so far as relating to Greater London” |
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19 | Page 40, line 27, leave out “so far as relating to Greater London” and insert “in the |
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20 | Insert the following new Clause— |
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| “General duties of the Mayor with respect to his strategies |
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| (1) | Section 41 of the GLA Act 1999 (general duties of the Mayor with respect to |
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| his strategies) is amended as follows. |
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| (2) | In subsection (4) (duty to have regard to certain matters in preparing |
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| strategies) for the word “and” at the end of paragraph (b)(ii) substitute— |
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| “(iii) | climate change, and the consequences of climate |
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| (3) | In subsection (7) (duty to include policies and proposals best calculated to |
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| achieve certain objectives)— |
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| (a) | at the end of paragraph (b) insert “, and |
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| (c) | to contribute towards the mitigation of, or |
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| adaptation to, climate change in the United |
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| (b) | in the closing words (exception where action needed by virtue of |
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| paragraph (a) or (b) is not reasonably practicable) for “or (b)” |
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| substitute “, (b) or (c)”. |
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| (4) | After subsection (11) insert— |
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| (a) | “climate change” has the same meaning as in section 361A |
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| (b) | in relation to climate change, “adaptation”, “consequences” |
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| and “mitigation” have the same meaning as in that |
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21 | Page 41, line 13, leave out “to comply with any guidance or directions” and insert |
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| “to have regard to any guidance, and comply with any directions,” |
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22 | Page 41, line 22, leave out “to comply with any guidance or directions” and insert |
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| “to have regard to any guidance, and comply with any directions,” |
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23 | Page 42, leave out lines 12 to 21 and insert— |
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| “(2) | The London climate change mitigation and energy strategy shall contain |
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| the Mayor’s proposals and policies with respect to the contribution to be |
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| made in Greater London towards each of the following— |
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| (a) | the mitigation of climate change, |
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| (b) | the achievement of any objectives specified or described in national |
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| policies relating to energy.” |
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24 | Page 42, line 24, after “dioxide” insert “and other significant greenhouse |
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25 | Page 42, line 26, after “dioxide” insert “and other significant greenhouse |
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26 | Page 42, line 32, at end insert— |
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| “( ) | In subsection (3) above “other significant greenhouse substances” means |
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| substances (other than carbon dioxide)— |
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| (a) | which contribute to climate change, and |
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| (b) | which the Mayor considers it appropriate to deal with in the |
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27 | Page 42, line 32, at end insert— |
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| “( ) | In performing the duty under subsection (3)(c) above, the Mayor must have |
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| regard to the desirability of advancing energy technologies which involve |
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| the emission of lower levels of substances which contribute to climate |
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28 | Page 42, leave out lines 35 and 36 and insert— |
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| “(b) | the levels of emissions in, or attributable to, Greater London of |
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| substances which contribute to climate change,” |
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29 | Page 43, leave out lines 4 to 11 and insert— |
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| “(6) | The strategy must not be inconsistent with— |
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| (a) | national policies relating to mitigation of climate change, or |
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| (b) | national policies relating to energy.” |
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30 | Page 49, line 20, leave out from second “in” to end of line 23 and insert “subsection |
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| (3) (orders subject to affirmative resolution Parliamentary procedure)— |
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| (a) | after “an order under” insert “any of the following provisions”; |
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| (b) | for “or” at the end of paragraph (c) substitute— |
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| “(ca) | section 401A(7),”.” |
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31 | Page 49, line 33, leave out “(whenever passed or made)” and insert “passed or |
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32 | Page 54, line 8, at end insert— |
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| “( ) | In calculating the period of 3 weeks mentioned in sub-paragraph (3) |
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| above, no regard shall be had to the period beginning with the day of the |
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| poll at an ordinary election and ending with the day on which the Chair |
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| of the Assembly and the Deputy Chair of the Assembly are elected under |
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| section 52(2) of this Act.” |
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33 | Page 55, line 24, at end insert— |
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| “(1A) | The Assembly may arrange under section 54(1)(b) of this Act for any of |
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| the following functions to be discharged on its behalf by the Chair of the |
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| (a) | its function under paragraph 6(1) above of deciding whether to |
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| hold a confirmation hearing; |
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| (b) | its function under paragraph 6(4) above of deciding whether to |
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| request the candidate to produce any documents.” |
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34 | Page 55, line 25, leave out from the beginning to “arrange” and insert “Except as |
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| provided by sub-paragraphs (1) and (1A) above, neither the Assembly nor an |
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