Greater London Authority Act 2007

Part 9 Culture, media and sport

Museum of London

45 Transfer of power of appointment of members of Board of Governors

(1) In section 1(2)(a) of the Museum of London Act 1965 (c. 17) (which provides for the Prime Minister to appoint members of the Board of Governors of the Museum of London) for “Prime Minister” substitute “Greater London Authority”.

(2) In paragraph 4(1) of the Schedule to that Act (which provides for the resignation of a member of the Board) for “Prime Minister” substitute “Greater London Authority”.

(3) Nothing in this section affects appointments made by the Prime Minister under section 1(2)(a) of that Act before this section comes into force.

46 Period of appointment of Governors to the Board

(1) In paragraph 2(1) of the Schedule to the Museum of London Act 1965 (which provides for the term of appointment of a member of the Board of Governors of the Museum) for “the period of three years” substitute “a period of not more than four years”.

(2) Any appointment made under section 1(2) of that Act before the coming into force of this section for a period of more than three years but not more than four years has effect as if the amendment made by subsection (1) had been in force at the time of the appointment.

47 The Board’s expenditure: transfer of powers and other provisions

(1) In section 14 of the Museum of London Act 1965 (application of moneys received by the Board of Governors of the Museum) in subsections (1) and (2), for “Secretary of State” substitute “Greater London Authority”.

(2) Section 15 of that Act (financing of expenditure of the Board of the Museum) is amended as follows.

(3) In subsection (1), for “Secretary of State” substitute “Greater London Authority”.

(4) In subsection (2)—

(a) for “Secretary of State” substitute “Greater London Authority”,

(b) after “Corporation” in the third place it appears insert “and the Greater London Authority”,

(c) after “as the Corporation” insert “or (as the case may be) the Greater London Authority”.

(5) For subsection (3) substitute—

“(3) Subject to subsection (4) the total of the payments made by the Greater London Authority under subsection (2) shall equal the total expended by the Corporation under that subsection.

(4) In the case of particular amounts paid in respect of particular expenses, the Corporation and the Greater London Authority may agree that subsection (3) has effect so that the proportion of expenditure paid for by the Greater London Authority is other than one-half.”.

48 Transfer of other powers relating to the Museum

(1) In section 3(4) of the Museum of London Act 1965 (c. 17) (which provides for the Board of Governors of the Museum not to dispose of land etc without consent) for “Secretary of State” in both places substitute “Greater London Authority”.

(2) In subsections (1), (3) and (4) of section 9 of that Act (which provides for employment of staff of the Museum) for “Secretary of State” in each place substitute “Greater London Authority”.

(3) Subsection (2) does not affect any appointment made before this section comes into force.

49 Repeal of section 5 of the Museum of London Act 1986

Section 5 of the Museum of London Act 1986 (c. 8) (which provides for reports about the exercise of functions of the Board of Governors of the Museum of London to be made to Parliament by the Secretary of State) shall cease to have effect.

Miscellaneous

50 The 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—

“(8A) 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);”.

51 The 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—

“377A The 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);”.