13.—(1) The following provisions of the 1989 Act apply in relation to a Corporation as if it were a local authority—
(a)section 1 (disqualification and political restriction of certain officers and staff)(1), and
(b)sections 2 and 3A (politically restricted posts and exemptions from restriction)(2) so far as they have effect for the purposes of that section.
(2) Section 5 of the 1989 Act (designation and reports of monitoring officer)(3) applies in relation to the Combined Authority as if a Corporation were a committee of the Combined Authority.
(3) Section 32 of the 2003 Act applies in relation to expenditure of a Corporation but as if—
(a)each reference to a functional body were a reference to a Corporation;
(b)each reference to the Greater London Authority were a reference to the Combined Authority;
(c)each reference to the Mayor of London were a reference to the Mayor; and
(d)subsection (7) were omitted.
Section 1 was amended by section 80 of the Local Government Act 1972 , Part 3 of Schedule 1 to the House of Commons Disqualification Act 1975 (c. 24), paragraphs 199 and 200 of Part 2 of Schedule 16 to the Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011 and by section 123 of and paragraph 61 of Schedule 1 to the Policing and Crime Act 2017 (c. 3).
Section 3A was inserted by section 202(2) of the Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007 and amended by Part 1 of Schedule 7 to the 2009 Act and paragraph 4 of Part 1 of Schedule 25 to the 2011 Act.
Section 5 was amended by Part 1 of Schedule 4 to the Police and Magistrates’ Courts Act 1994 (c. 29), paragraph 1 of Schedule 7 to the Police Act 1996 (c. 16), section 132 of the 1999 Act, paragraph 24 of Schedule 5 to the Local Government Act 2000 (c. 22), paragraph 14 of Part 2 to Schedule 12 and Part 14 of Schedule 18 to the Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007, paragraphs 12 and 13 of Schedule 14 and Part 4 of Schedule 22 to the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 (c. 23), paragraphs 199 and 202 of Part 3 of Schedule 16 to the Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011, sections 6 and 9 of and paragraph 63 of Schedule 1 and paragraph 88 of Schedule 2 to the Policing and Crime Act 2017 and articles 1(2), 2(l) and 23(1)(a) to (f) of SI 2001/2237.