{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/greater-london-authority-act-1999/section-164",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/greater-london-authority-act-1999/section-164.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1999/29",
  "legislation_title": "Greater London Authority Act 1999",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/greater-london-authority-act-1999",
  "path": "section/164",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "164",
  "heading": "Control of subsidiaries.",
  "text": "The powers of the Authority and the powers of Transport for London shall be exercised so as to ensure that a subsidiary of Transport for London—\n(a) does not do anything which Transport for London has no power to do (including anything which Transport for London has no power to do because the consent of the Secretary of State or Mayor has not been obtained),\n(b) does not do anything which the Mayor has directed Transport for London not to do, and\n(c) does not, except with the consent of the Mayor, raise money by the issue of shares or stock to any person other than Transport for London or any other subsidiary of Transport for London.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s. 164(a) inserted (29.4.2026 for specified purposes, 29.6.2026 in so far as not already in force) by English Devolution and Community Empowerment Act 2026 (c. 23), ss. 28(8), 108(1)(5) (with s. 102)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "S. 164(a) excluded (coming into force in accordance with s. 3 of the amending Act) by Transport for London Act 2016 (c. i), ss. 1(2), 4(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1999/29/section/164",
    "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."
}