
2001 No. 3719
LONDON GOVERNMENT
The Greater London Authority (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 2) Order 2001
Made 19th November 2001
Coming into force 20th November 2001
The Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by sections 405, 406 and 420(3) of the Greater London Authority Act 1999, and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order, a draft of which has been laid before, and approved by a resolution of, each House of Parliament.
Citation and commencement
1 
This Order may be cited as the Greater London Authority (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 2) Order 2001 and shall come into force on the day after the day on which it is made.
Amendment of enactments
2 
The amendments of the enactments indicated in the Schedule to this Order shall have effect.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions
Nick Raynsford
Minister of State,
Department for Transport, Local Government and the Regions

SCHEDULE
AMENDMENTS OF ENACTMENTS
Article 2
The Local Government Act 1972
1 
The Local Government Act 1972 shall be amended in accordance with paragraphs 2 to 4.
2 
In section 223(2) (appearance of local authorities in legal proceedings), after “a joint authority” there shall be inserted “, the Greater London Authority”.
3 

(1) Section 236 (procedure, etc., for byelaws) shall be amended as follows.
(2) In subsection (3), for “The” there shall be substituted “Subject to subsection (3A) below, the”.
(3) After subsection (3), there shall be inserted—“
(3A) Byelaws made by the Greater London Authority shall be made under the hand of the Mayor and shall not have effect until they are confirmed by the confirming authority.”.
4 
In section 238 (evidence of byelaws), after “purporting to be made by a local authority” there shall be inserted “, the Greater London Authority”.
The European Communities (Amendment) Act 1993
5 
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The Environment Act 1995
6 

(1) Section 85 of the Environment Act 1995 (reserve powers of the Secretary of State or the Scottish Environment Protection Agency) shall be amended as follows.
(2) In subsection (4B) after “or (4) above” there shall be inserted “or (5A) below”.
(3) After section 85(5) there shall be inserted—“
(5A) The Mayor of London shall also have the same power to give directions to local authorities in Greater London as the Secretary of State has under subsection (5) above in relation to other local authorities.”.
The Greater London Authority Act 1999
7 
In section 385(1) of the Greater London Authority Act 1999, after “The Authority may make” there shall be inserted “and enforce”.