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Regulation 67 Interpretation of Part 6

Original text. Later amendments are not shown.

In this Part—

  • “Mayoral general consultation bodies” means the following—

    1. (a)

      voluntary bodies, some or all of whose activities benefit all or part of Greater Londonf1;

    2. (b)

      bodies which represent the interests of persons in Greater London who share a protected characteristic under the Equality Act 2010f2;

    3. (c)

      bodies which represent the interests of persons carrying on business in Greater London;

  • “Mayoral specific consultation bodies” means the following—

    1. (a)

      Active Travel Englandf3;

    2. (b)

      any person—

      1. (i)

        to whom the electronic communications code applies as a result of a direction given under section 106 (3) (a) of the Communications Act 2003, and

      2. (ii)

        who owns or controls electronic communications apparatus situated in Greater London;

    3. (c)

      Canal & River Trustf4;

    4. (d)

      the Civil Aviation Authorityf5;

    5. (e)

      the Coal Authorityf6;

    6. (f)

      a combined authority established under section 103 (1) of the Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Act 2009 any part of whose area is in or adjoins Greater London;

    7. (g)

      a combined county authority established under section 9 (1) of the Levelling-up and Regeneration Act 2023 any part of whose area is in or adjoins Greater London;

    8. (h)

      the English Sports Councilf7;

    9. (i)

      the Environment Agencyf8;

    10. (j)

      the Forestry Commissionf9;

    11. (k)

      a highway authority within the meaning of section 1 of the Highways Act 1980 any part of whose area is in or adjoins Greater London (including the Secretary of State, where the Secretary of State is the highways authority);

    12. (l)

      the Historic Buildings and Monuments Commission for Englandf10;

    13. (m)

      the Homes and Communities Agencyf11;

    14. (n)

      if it exercises functions in Greater London—

      1. (i)

        an integrated care board established under Chapter A3 of Part 2 of the National Health Service Act 2006,

      2. (ii)

        a person to whom a licence has been granted under section 6 (1) (b) or (c) of the Electricity Act 1989,

      3. (iii)

        a person to whom a licence has been granted under section 7 (2) of the Gas Act 1986,

      4. (iv)

        a sewerage undertaker appointed under section 6 (1) of the Water Industry Act 1991, and

      5. (v)

        a water undertaker appointed under section 6 (1) of the Water Industry Act 1991,

    15. (o)

      an Integrated Transport Authority for an integrated transport area within the meaning in section 77(1) of the Local Transport Act 2008f12 which is in or adjoins Greater London;

    16. (p)

      a local policing body any part of whose area is in or adjoins Greater London;

    17. (q)

      the Marine Management Organisationf13;

    18. (r)

      Natural Englandf14;

    19. (s)

      a neighbourhood forum any part of whose area is in or adjoins Greater London;

    20. (t)

      Network Rail Infrastructure Limitedf15;

    21. (u)

      the Office for Nuclear Regulationf16;

    22. (v)

      the Office of Rail and Roadf17;

    23. (w)

      a parish council any part of whose area is in or adjoins Greater London;

    24. (x)

      a planning authority any part of whose area adjoins Greater London;

    25. (y)

      Transport for Londonf18;

    26. (z)

      where the Mayor of London is not the responsible authority for a local nature recovery strategy that relates to all or part of Greater London, the responsible authority for the local nature recovery strategy appointed under section 105 (2) of the Environment Act 2021;

    27. (z1)

      where the persons specified in regulation 70(4)(e) and (f) are not responsible for discharging education functions in their area, the local authority with responsibility for discharging education functions.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1

See section 2 of the London Government Act 1963 (c. 33) for the definition of “Greater London”.

f2

See sections 4 to 12 of the Equality Act 2010 (c. 15).

f3

Active Travel England is an executive agency of the Department for Transport.

f4

Canal & River Trust is a company limited by guarantee (company registration number 07807276) whose registered office is at National Waterways Museum Ellesmere Port, South Pier Road, Ellesmere Port, Cheshire, CH65 4FW and a registered charity registered with the Charity Commission number 1146792.

f5

The Civil Aviation Authority was constituted as a body corporate under section 2 of the Civil Aviation Act 1982; section 2 was amended by section 95(1) of the Civil Aviation Act 2012 (c. 19).

f6

The Coal Authority was established as a body corporate under section 1 of the Coal Industry Act 1994; it operates under the name “Mining Remediation Authority”.

f7

The English Sports Council was established by Royal Charter on 19th September 1996; it operates under the name “Sport England”.

f8

The Environment Agency was established as a body corporate under section 1 of the Environment Act 1995.

f9

Section 1(1) of the Forestry Act 1967 (c. 10) provides that the Forestry Commissioners constituted under the Forestry Acts 1919 to 1945 shall continue in existence. They are referred to in the Forestry Act 1967 (c. 10) as “the Commissioners”; subsection (1A) provides that, in that Act, “the appropriate forestry authority” means, in relation to England, the Commissioners; section 1 was amended by section 4 of the Wildlife and Countryside (Amendment) Act 1985 (c. 31); S.I. 2013/755; there are other amendments to section 1 which are not relevant to these Regulations.

f10

The Historic Buildings and Monuments Commission for England was established by section 32 of the National Heritage Act 1983; it operates under the name “Historic England”.

f11

The Homes and Communities Agency is a body corporate established by section 1 of the Housing and Regeneration Act 2008; it operates under the name “Homes England”.

f12

Section 77(1) of the Local Transport Act 2008 renamed passenger transport areas established under section 9(1)(a)(i) of the Transport Act 1968 as integrated transport areas.

f13

The Marine Management Organisation was established by section 1 of the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009.

f14

Natural England was constituted by section 1 of the Natural Environment and Rural Communities Act 2006; section 1 was amended by section 311 of the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009.

f15

Network Rail Infrastructure Limited is a company limited by guarantee (company registration number 02904587).

f16

The Office for Nuclear Regulation was established by section 77 of the Energy Act 2013.

f17

The Office of Rail and Road was established by section 15 of the Railways and Transport Safety Act 2003; section 15 was amended by S.I. 2015/1682.

f18

Transport for London was established by section 154 of the Greater London Authority Act 1999.