
1 

(1) This Order may be cited as the Greater London Authority Act 1999 (Commencement No. 1 Order 1999.
(2) In this Order, “the 1999 Act” means the Greater London Authority Act 1999 and “the 1996 Act” means the Police Act 1996.
2 
Section 324 of the 1999 Act (secondments) shall come into force on 1st January 2000.
3 
The following provisions of the 1999 Act shall come into force on 1st January 2000 for the purposes only of giving effect to those parts of Schedules 2A and 3 to the 1996 Act which relate to the appointment of members of the Metropolitan Police Authority:
(a) section 310;
(b) section 325 to the extent that it relates to paragraph 106 of Schedule 27;
(c) Schedule 26; and
(d) paragraph 106 of Schedule 27.
4 
The following provisions of the 1999 Act shall come into force on 1st April 2000:
(a) section 323 (alteration of the metropolitan police district);
(b) section 325 to the extent that it relates to paragraphs 69, 84(1) and (3) and 105 of Schedule 27 (further amendments relating to metropolitan police);
(c) paragraphs 69, 84(1) and (3) and 105 of Schedule 27 (amendments consequential on alteration of metropolitan police district); and
(d) the entries in Part VII of Schedule 34 which relate to sections 1(3) and 32(5) of and Schedule 2 to the 1996 Act (repeals consequential on alteration of metropolitan police district).
Lord Steve Bassam
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State
Home Office
8th December 1999