{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/greater-london-authority-act-1999/section-7",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/greater-london-authority-act-1999/section-7.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1999/29",
  "legislation_title": "Greater London Authority Act 1999",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/greater-london-authority-act-1999",
  "path": "section/7",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": "Declaration of vacancy in certain cases.",
  "text": "Where an Assembly member—\n(a) ceases to be qualified to be a member of the Assembly, or\n(b) becomes disqualified from being a member otherwise than—\n(i) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(ia) under section 34 of the Localism Act 2011,\n(ib) by virtue of an order under section 30 of the Elections Act 2022 (disqualification of offenders for holding elective office etc),\n(ii) by virtue of a conviction, or\n(iii) by virtue of a breach of any provision of Part II of the Representation of the People Act 1983, or\n(c) ceases to be a member of the Assembly by reason of failure to attend meetings of the Assembly,\nthe proper officer of the Authority shall forthwith declare the member’s office to be vacant, unless it has been declared vacant by the High Court.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 7(b)(i) omitted (1.4.2015) by virtue of Local Audit and Accountability Act 2014 (c. 2), s. 49(1), Sch. 12 para. 38; S.I. 2015/841, art. 3(x)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "S. 7(b)(ia) inserted (1.7.2012) by Localism Act 2011 (c. 20), ss. 34(13), 240(2); S.I. 2012/1463, art. 5(c) (with arts. 6, 7) (as amended (3.7.2012) by S.I. 2012/1714, art. 2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "S. 7(b)(ib) inserted (1.11.2023) by Elections Act 2022 (c. 37), s. 67(1), Sch. 10 para. 6(3); S.I. 2023/1145, reg. 3(k)"
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "1983 c. 2."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1999/29/section/7",
    "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."
}