{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/greater-london-authority-act-2007/section-56",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/greater-london-authority-act-2007/section-56.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2007/24",
  "legislation_title": "Greater London Authority Act 2007",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/greater-london-authority-act-2007",
  "path": "section/56",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "56",
  "heading": "Transitional provision relating to consultation",
  "text": "(1) In the case of any strategy referred to in a provision mentioned in column A of the Table in subsection (2), any consultation undertaken by the Mayor—\n(a) after the day on which this Act is passed, but\n(b) before the coming into force of that provision,\nis to be as effective for the purposes of the corresponding provision in column C of that Table as if it had been undertaken after the provision in column A had come into force.\nColumn B of the Table identifies the provision of this Act which inserts the corresponding provision mentioned in column A.\n(2) The provisions are—\nColumn A:\nColumn B:\nColumn C:\nProvision inserted into GLA Act 1999\nProvision of this Act\nProvision of GLA Act 1999 for which consultation is effective\nSection 41(1)(bb) (section 41 to apply to health inequalities strategy)\nSection 24(2)\nSection 42(1)\nSection 41(1)(bc) (section 41 to apply to London housing strategy)\nSection 28(2)\nSection 42(1)\nSection 41(1)(ee) (section 41 to apply to London climate change mitigation and energy strategy)\nSection 43(1)\nSection 42(1)\nSection 41(1)(ef) (section 41 to apply to adaptation to climate change strategy for London)\nSection 44(1)\nSection 42(1)\nSection 309G(4) (consultation with relevant bodies or persons for purposes of health inequalities strategy)\nSection 22(1)\nSection 309G(4)\nSection 361B(9) (consultation with certain bodies for purposes of London climate change mitigation and energy strategy)\nSection 43(2)\nSection 361B(9)\n(3) Any consultation carried out by the Mayor with the Regional Director of Public Health for London—\n(a) after the day on which this Act is passed, but\n(b) before the coming into force of sections 309A and 309B of the GLA Act 1999 (Regional Director to be Health Adviser to GLA),\nis to be as effective for the purposes of section 309G(4) of the GLA Act 1999 as if it had been carried out with the Health Adviser.\nSections 309A and 309B of the GLA Act 1999 are inserted by section 21(1) of this Act.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2007/24/section/56",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:12:34.401784+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."
}