Explanatory note
(This note is not part of the Order)
The Greater London Authority (which consists of the Mayor of London and the London Assembly) and the London Development Agency (a functional body of the Authority) assume certain of their functions on 8th May 2000 and 3rd July respectively.
Article 2 of this Order provides for arrangements made in respect of the matters of financial management specified in the Schedule by the person appointed before that date by the Secretary of State (see section 407 of the Greater London Authority Act 1999) as each body’s chief finance officer, to have effect until replaced or altered by the body concerned.
Article 3 makes provision for arrangements for and conduct of the first meeting of the London Assembly to be in accordance with standing orders prepared by the person appointed by the Secretary of State as head of the Authority’s paid service.
Documents setting out—
the financial arrangements in the case of each body, and
the standing orders of the Assembly,
may be inspected during ordinary office hours at Romney House, Tufton Street SW1P 3RA.
Article 4 provides for specified records transferred to the Secretary of State, and for records created before 3rd July 2000 by specified staff transferred to the employment of the Secretary of State, not to be treated as public records for the purposes of the Public Records Act 1958.