{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/greater-london-authority-act-1999/section-13",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/greater-london-authority-act-1999/section-13.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1999/29",
  "legislation_title": "Greater London Authority Act 1999",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/greater-london-authority-act-1999",
  "path": "section/13",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "13",
  "heading": "Failure to attend meetings.",
  "text": "(1) If the Mayor fails on six consecutive occasions to attend meetings of the Assembly held pursuant to section 52(3) below, he shall cease to be the Mayor.\n(2) Any meeting of the Assembly which the Mayor is unable to attend because he is suspended or partially suspended under section 66, ... 73, 78 ... or 79 of the Local Government Act 2000 , or suspended under section 31(4) of the Elections Act 2022, shall be disregarded for the purposes of subsection (1) above.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 13 renumbered as s. 13(1) (19.12.2000 for E. 19.12.2000 for W.(in relation to police anthorities) and otherwise 28.7.2001) by 2000 c. 22, ss. 107(1), 108(4), Sch. 5 para. 32; S.I. 2000/3335, art. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "S. 13(2) inserted (E.W.) (19.12.2000 for E. and 19.12.2000 for W.(in relation to police authorities) and otherwise 28.7.2001) by 2000 c. 22, ss. 107(1), 108(4), Sch. 5 para. 32; S.I. 2000/3335, art. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in s. 13(2) repealed (1.7.2012 for specified purposes, 22.11.2012 in so far as not already in force) by Localism Act 2011 (c. 20), s. 240(2), Sch. 25 Pt. 5; S.I. 2012/1463, art. 5(d) (with arts. 6, 7) (as amended (3.7.2012) by S.I. 2012/1714, art. 2); S.I. 2012/2913, arts. 1(2), 2(b)(c) (with arts. 3-6)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in s. 13(2) substituted (1.4.2008) by Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007 (c. 28), ss. 201(6), 245(5) (with s. 201); S.I. 2008/172, art. 4(l)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Words in s. 13(2) inserted (1.11.2023) by Elections Act 2022 (c. 37), s. 67(1), Sch. 10 para. 6(5); S.I. 2023/1145, reg. 3(k)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1999/29/section/13",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:21:45.840103+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}