# English Devolution and Community Empowerment Act 2026, Paragraph 7: GLA functions

Extent: E+W

(1) Regulations may provide for a function of any of the following (the “current GLA holder”)—
(a) the GLA;
(b) the Mayor of London;
(c) a GLA functional body;
to be exercisable by another of them (the “new GLA holder”).
(2) Regulations under this paragraph may provide for the function to be exercisable by the new GLA holder—
(a) solely;
(b) concurrently or jointly with another person by which the function is already exercisable.
(3) Regulations under this paragraph which provide for a function to be exercisable jointly with another person may provide for the function to also be exercisable by the current GLA holder or other person alone.
(4) Before making regulations under this paragraph the Secretary of State must consult the following—
(a) the Mayor of London;
(b) the London Assembly;
(c) in a case where the current GLA holder or new GLA holder is a GLA functional body, that functional body;
(d) the London Borough councils;
(e) the Common Council of the City of London;
(f) any other person who exercises the function to which the regulations relate, if their power to exercise it would be affected by the regulations;
(g) any other persons that the Secretary of State considers it appropriate to consult.

---
Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2026/23/schedule/27/paragraph/7 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/english-devolution-and-community-empowerment-act-2026/schedule-27/paragraph-7
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.