{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/greater-london-authority-act-1999/section-42",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/greater-london-authority-act-1999/section-42.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1999/29",
  "legislation_title": "Greater London Authority Act 1999",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/greater-london-authority-act-1999",
  "path": "section/42",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "42",
  "heading": "Consultation.",
  "text": "(1) In preparing or revising any strategy to which this section applies the Mayor shall consult—\n(a) the Assembly,\n(b) the functional bodies,\n(c) each London borough council,\n(d) the Common Council, and\n(e) any other body or person whom he considers it appropriate to consult.\n(2) In determining what consultation (if any) is appropriate under subsection (1)(e) above, the bodies which, and persons whom, the Mayor considers consulting must include bodies of each of the descriptions specified in section 32(3) above.\n(3) The strategies to which this section applies are those mentioned in section 41(1) above, other than the spatial development strategy (for which separate provision as to consultation and other aspects of public participation is made by Part VIII below).\n(4) Subsection (1) above is without prejudice to any other duty imposed on the Mayor in relation to consultation.\n(5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(6) In any case where—\n(a) the Mayor proposes to revise any of the strategies to which this section applies, and\n(b) he considers that the proposed revisions will not materially alter the strategy in question,\nthe Mayor is not required to carry out consultation in accordance with this section.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 42(5) repealed (3.5.2012) by Localism Act 2011 (c. 20), s. 240(2), Sch. 25 Pt. 33; S.I. 2012/1008, art. 3(f) (with arts. 7, 9-11)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "S. 42 excluded (3.7.2000) by 1998 c. 45, s. 7B(6) (as inserted (3.7.2000) by 1999 c. 29, s. 307 (with Sch. 12 para. 9(1)); S.I. 2000/801, art. 2(2)(c), Sch. Pt. 3"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C2",
      "text": "S. 42(1) applied (16.1.2012) by Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011 (c. 13), ss. 6(11)(c), 157(1); S.I. 2011/3019, art. 3, Sch. 1"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C3",
      "text": "S. 42(6) applied (16.1.2012) by Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011 (c. 13), ss. 6(11)(c), 157(1); S.I. 2011/3019, art. 3, Sch. 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1999/29/section/42",
    "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."
}