http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1999/29/section/310/2000-07-03Greater London Authority Act 1999An Act to establish and make provision about the Greater London Authority, the Mayor of London and the London Assembly; to make provision in relation to London borough councils and the Common Council of the City of London with respect to matters consequential on the establishment of the Greater London Authority; to make provision with respect to the functions of other local authorities and statutory bodies exercising functions in Greater London; to make provision about transport and road traffic in and around Greater London; to make provision about policing in Greater London and to make an adjustment of the metropolitan police district; and for connected purposes.1999-11-23texttext/xmlenStatute Law Database2026-05-012000-07-03 Part VI Police and Probation Services The Metropolitan Police Authority and its police force Establishment, membership and duty to maintain police force.3101After section 5 of the Police Act 1996 there shall be inserted— The metropolitan police force Maintenance of the metropolitan police force.5AA police force shall be maintained for the metropolitan police district. Establishment of the Metropolitan Police Authority.5B1There shall be a police authority for the metropolitan police district.2The police authority established under this section shall be a body corporate to be known as the Metropolitan Police Authority. Membership <Abbreviation Expansion="Et cetera" xml:lang="la">etc</Abbreviation> of the Metropolitan Police Authority.5C1The Metropolitan Police Authority shall consist of twenty three members (subject to subsection (2)).2The Secretary of State may by order provide that the number of members of the Metropolitan Police Authority shall be a specified odd number not less than seventeen.3Before making an order under subsection (2) which reduces the number of members of the Metropolitan Police Authority, the Secretary of State shall consult—athe Greater London Authority;bthe Metropolitan Police Authority; andcthe person or body responsible for the appointment of members of the Greater London Magistrates’ Courts Authority under regulations made under section 30B of the Justices of the Peace Act 1997 (which, by virtue of paragraph 5(b) of Schedule 2A to this Act, appoints magistrates to be members of the Metropolitan Police Authority).4An order under subsection (2) which reduces the number of members of the Metropolitan Police Authority may include provision as to the termination of the appointment of the existing members of the Metropolitan Police Authority and the making of new appointments or re-appointments.5A statutory instrument containing an order under subsection (2) shall be laid before Parliament after being made.6Schedules 2A and 3 shall have effect in relation to the Metropolitan Police Authority and the appointment of its members. The metropolitan police and forces outside London.2After Schedule 2 to the Police Act 1996 there shall be inserted the Schedule 2A set out in Schedule 26 to this Act.S. 310 wholly in force at 3.7.2000: by virtue of s. 425(2), s. 310 in force at Royal Assent so far as it confers any power on a Minister of the Crown to make regulations or an order; s. 310 in force for certain purposes at 1.1.2000 by S.I. 1999/3271, art. 3(a); s. 310 in force for specified purposes on "the operative date" (as defined in S.I. 2000/1095, art. 1) and in so far as not already in force at 3.7.2000 by S.I. 2000/1095, art. 4(2)(a) (with arts. 5, 6)1996 c. 16. 1997 c. 25. 1996 c. 16.