Greater London Authority Act 2007

25 Membership

(1) In Schedule 28 to the GLA Act 1999 (the London Fire and Emergency Planning Authority) paragraph 1 (membership) is amended as follows.

(2) In sub-paragraph (1) (membership of seventeen, made up as there described)—

(a) in paragraph (a) (the nine Assembly representatives) for “nine” substitute “8”,

(b) for the words from “and” at the end of paragraph (a) to “the remainder” in paragraph (b) (the eight borough representatives) substitute—

“(b) 7”,

(c) after paragraph (b) insert “,

(c) 2 (“the Mayoral representatives”) shall be persons appointed by the Mayor on his own nomination”,

(d) in consequence, in the opening words of the sub-paragraph, “seventeen” accordingly becomes “17”.

(3) In sub-paragraph (2) (appointments under sub-paragraph (1)(a) to reflect balance of parties in the Assembly)—

(a) for “sub-paragraph (1)(a)” substitute “paragraph (a) of sub-paragraph (1)”,

(b) after “for whose appointment he is responsible” insert “under that paragraph”.

(4) In paragraph 8 of that Schedule (filling of vacancies) after sub-paragraph (3) insert—

“(4) Where a Mayoral representative ceases to be a member of the Fire etc Authority, the Mayor shall, as soon as reasonably practicable after the occurrence of the vacancy, exercise his power under sub-paragraph 1(1)(c) above to fill the vacancy.”.