Part 9 - Culture, Media and Sport
12.Sections 45 to 49 concern the Museum of London. Section 45 transfers from the Prime Minister to the Authority the power to appoint nine of the eighteen members of the Board of Governors, and section 46 extends the period of appointment for all Governors. Subsection (2) of section 46 gives this amendment retrospective force. This ensures that any appointment in the past of a Governor for a period of more than three years but not more than four years will be treated as having complied with the provisions of the 1965 Act. Sections 47 and 48 transfer from the Secretary of State to the Authority certain other powers in relation to the Board (including expenditure and appointment of staff).
13.Section 50 amends the current provisions relating to the consultation process for the Mayor’s culture strategy. The Cultural Strategy Group for London will be required to consult certain designated cultural bodies when proposing revisions to the strategy or when consulted by the Mayor if he makes revisions other than those proposed by the Group. The Secretary of State has power to amend the list of bodies.
14.Section 51 makes provision for cases where the Mayor has a power of appointment to certain sport, culture or arts bodies. It imposes a duty on the Mayor to make appointments to the board of such a body as soon as reasonably practicable after receiving a written request from the body. The Secretary of State is given the power to prescribe the bodies concerned (and amend the list subsequently).
