Part 9Culture, media and sport

Miscellaneous

I150The Mayor's culture strategy: consultation

1

Section 376 of the GLA Act 1999 (the Mayor's culture strategy) is amended as follows.

2

After subsection (4) (power of Cultural Strategy Group for London to submit proposed revisions) insert—

4A

Before submitting any proposed revisions under subsection (4) above, the Cultural Strategy Group for London must consult each of the designated consultative bodies (see subsection (10)).

3

In subsection (8) (consultation etc on revisions otherwise than in response to proposals under subsection (4))—

a

in paragraph (a) (bodies and persons to be consulted under section 42(1)) for “subsection (1) of section 42” substitute “ section 42(1)(b) ”;

b

in paragraph (b) (expansion of references in section 42(5)) for “to the Assembly and the functional bodies” substitute “ to the functional bodies ”.

4

After subsection (8) insert—

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Where, by virtue of subsection (8)(a) above, the Mayor consults the Cultural Strategy Group for London, the Cultural Strategy Group for London must consult the designated consultative bodies before submitting any comments in response to the Mayor.

5

After subsection (9) insert—

10

For the purposes of this section, the “designated consultative bodies” are the following—

  • Archives, Libraries and Museums London

  • the Arts Council of England

  • the Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment

  • the English Sports Council

  • the Historic Buildings and Monuments Commission for England

  • the Museums, Libraries and Archives Council

  • the UK Film Council.

11

The Secretary of State may by order amend subsection (10) above—

a

by adding or removing bodies, or

b

by amending names of bodies,

but not so as to include any body that does not have functions relating to sport, culture or the arts.

6

In section 420 of the GLA Act 1999 (regulations and orders) in subsection (8) (orders requiring negative resolution Parliamentary procedure) insert at the appropriate place— “ section 376(11); ”.

I251The Mayor's duty to exercise certain powers of appointment

1

After section 377 of the GLA Act 1999 (assistance by Mayor for museums, galleries etc) insert—

377AThe Mayor's duty to exercise certain powers of appointment

1

Subsection (2) below applies where any power to make an appointment of a prescribed description in the case of a prescribed body is exercisable by the Mayor.

2

If the body requests the Mayor to exercise the power, he must do so as soon as reasonably practicable after the making of the request.

3

Any request under subsection (2) above must be in writing.

4

Where—

a

an instrument of any description states that an appointment of a particular description is to be made by the Mayor, and

b

the circumstances are such that an appointment of that description falls to be made,

the power to make the appointment is to be taken for the purposes of this section to be a power exercisable by the Mayor.

5

In this section “prescribed” means specified in, or determined in accordance with, an order made by the Secretary of State.

6

Different descriptions (and different numbers) of appointments may be prescribed under this section in the case of different bodies.

7

The only bodies that may be prescribed under this section are bodies that have functions relating to sport, culture or the arts.

2

In section 380 of the GLA Act 1999 (delegation of Authority's functions under Part 10) in subsection (6) (exceptions) for the word “or” at the end of paragraph (a) substitute the following paragraph—

aa

in relation to any function of making an appointment in a case where section 377A above applies; or

3

In section 420 of the GLA Act 1999 (regulations and orders) in subsection (8) (orders requiring negative resolution Parliamentary procedure) insert at the appropriate place— “ section 377A(5); ”.