Commentary The Mayor’s strategies Section 2: Consultation
24.The GLA Act 1999 requires the Mayor to produce a number of strategies, and to carry out consultations in preparing or revising them. The Mayor consults in the first instance the Assembly and the four functional bodies before consulting more widely.
25.Section 2 inserts into the GLA Act 1999 a new section 42A. It requires the Mayor to have regard to any comments submitted to him by the Assembly or any of the functional bodies in response to consultation on his strategies. The Mayor shall also respond in writing to the Chair of the Assembly setting out which of the Assembly’s comments he accepts for implementation in the strategy and, where he has not accepted a comment, giving the reasons why.