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The Greater London Authority referendum of 1998 was a referendum held in Greater London on 7 May 1998 asking whether there was support for the creation of a Greater London Authority, composed of a directly elected Mayor of London, and a London Assembly to scrutinise the Mayor's actions.
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Greater London is an administrative area, ceremonial county and the London region of England.
The ceremonial county created at the same time, and used for the purposes of the Lord Lieutenant of Greater London, does not include the City of London.
The Greater London Authority consisting of the Mayor of London and the London Assembly, headquartered in City Hall, has been responsible for strategic local government since 2000.
Greater London occupies the same area as the London European Parliament constituency.
The term Greater London was in use before 1965 to refer to a variously defined area, larger than the County of London and often similar to the Metropolitan Police District.
London is divided into the small City of London and the much wider Greater London.
Outside the limited boundaries of the old city, a variety of arrangements have governed the wider area since 1855, culminating with the creation of the Greater London administrative area in 1965.
The term Greater London was used well before 1965, particularly to refer to the area covered by the Metropolitan Police District ( such as in the 1901 census ), the area of the Metropolitan Water Board ( favoured by the London County Council for statistics ), the London Passenger Transport Area and the area defined by the Registrar General as the Greater London Conurbation.
Greater and Authority
The Greater London Authority, London Assembly and the directly elected Mayor of London were created in 2000 by the Greater London Authority Act 1999.
In 2000, London-wide government was restored, with the creation of the Greater London Authority ( GLA ) by Tony Blair's government, covering the same area of Greater London.
Neither the Conditions of Carriage nor Schedule 17 of the Greater London Authority Act 1999, which states how and when penalty fares can be issued, allow the issue of a penalty fare to a traveller who had already paid the correct fare for their journey.
Since 2000, the Greater London Authority has been the transport authority and the executive agency has been called Transport for London ; ending the 67 year use of the London Transport name.
The Greater London Authority, a replacement authority for the GLC, was set up in 2000 with a transport executive called Transport for London ( TfL ) that took control from 3 July 2000.
Despite a report by the Greater London Authority in support of continued use, the railway was closed in the early hours of 31 May 2003.
* 2000, Greater London Authority Building ( London City Hall ), London, UK
Such systems, or variations of them, are used in parts of the United Kingdom ( the Greater London Authority, the Scottish Parliament and the Welsh Assembly ), Germany, Lesotho, Mexico, Bolivia and New Zealand.
TfL was created in 2000 as part of the Greater London Authority by the Greater London Authority Act 1999.
Category: Greater London Authority functional bodies
The Greater London Authority ( GLA ) is the top-tier administrative body for Greater London, England.
The authority was established in 2000, following a local referendum, and derives most of its powers from the Greater London Authority Act 1999 and the Greater London Authority Act 2007.
The Greater London Authority is mostly funded by direct government grant and it is also a precepting authority, with some money collected with local Council Tax.
Greater and referendum
A referendum held in 1998, established public will to create a strategic authority for Greater London.
During 2008, the M60 was proposed as a cordon for congestion charging in Greater Manchester, although this was rejected in a referendum relating to the Greater Manchester Transport Innovation Fund.
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* Greater London Authority referendum, 1998, on whether there should be a Mayor of London and Greater London Authority ( yes )
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Greater ridership in the 1980s prompted the writing and passing of a student referendum that added a $ 13 fee to registration costs to create the fare-less system.
The largely working-class district was created in 1920 when Greater Berlin was established by referendum, incorporating several surrounding settlements.
Under the government's Transport Innovation Fund, city regions can band together to pilot forms of road pricing, such as the Greater Manchester congestion charge considered by councils in Greater Manchester ( but later rejected by referendum ).
A London Assembly was established on 3 July 2000, after a referendum in which 72 % of those voting supported the creation of the Greater London Authority, which included the Assembly along with the Mayor of London.
Greater and 1998
** Dr. Harold Shipman is found guilty of murdering 15 patients between 1995 and 1998 at Hyde, Greater Manchester, and sentenced to life imprisonment.
The Kalisz province was abolished in 1998 and since then Kalisz has been a county seat separate powiat within the Greater Poland Voivodeship.
Following this, a report into Shipman's activities submitted in July 2002 concluded that he had killed at least 215 of his patients between 1975 and 1998, during which time he practised in Todmorden, West Yorkshire ( 1974 – 1975 ) and Hyde, Greater Manchester ( 1977 – 1998 ).
In the administrative reforms of 1998, the original proposals made no provision for a separate Lubusz voivodeship – Gorzów would have been part of West Pomeranian Voivodeship, Zielona Góra would have been in Lower Silesian Voivodeship, and other parts of the region were assigned to Greater Poland Voivodeship.
* George Bachrach, State Senator representing Greater Boston Area ; Democratic candidate for Governor in 1994 and 1998
Shipman had initially been charged with 15 murders committed around Hyde, Greater Manchester, between 1995 and 1998 when he went on trial in late 1999, but Ms Lyons was only identified as a victim of Shipman when the inquiry into his crimes was completed in July 2002 by Dame Janet Smith.
Dr. Floyd H. Flake ( 1945-), former U. S. Congressman from New York ( 1986 – 1998 ); senior pastor of the Greater Allen AME Cathedral in Jamaica, New York ; current President of Wilberforce University
Philadelphia is also home to over 2000 flowering Japanese cherry trees, half of which were a gift from the Japanese government in 1926 in honor of the 150th anniversary of American independence, with the other half planted by the Japan America Society of Greater Philadelphia between 1998 and 2007.
From 1975 to 1998, Poznań Voivodeship () was a unit of administrative division and local government in Poland, superseded by Greater Poland Voivodeship.
TransLink was created in 1998 ( then called the Greater Vancouver Transportation Authority, or GVTA ) and fully implemented in April 1999 by the Government of British Columbia to replace BC Transit in the Greater Vancouver Regional District and assume many transportation responsibilities previously held by the provincial government.
More recently, three other stores have been opened ; in Trafford, Greater Manchester ( 1998 ), in Manchester City Centre's Exchange Square ( 2002 ) and in the Bullring, Birmingham ( 2003 ).
Between 1998 and 2003, the store supplemented its London flagship store with a store at the Trafford Centre in Greater Manchester ; because of its success a store in Exchange Square, Manchester was also opened.
Konin Voivodeship ()-a unit of administrative division and local government in Poland from 1975 to 1998, superseded by Greater Poland Voivodeship.
Kalisz Voivodeship ( 1 ) 1975 – 1998 () was a unit of administrative division and local government in Poland in years 1975 – 1998, superseded by Greater Poland Voivodeship.
Leszno Voivodeship () was a unit of administrative division and local government in Poland from 1975 to 1998, superseded by Greater Poland Voivodeship.
It is situated in the Łódź Voivodship ( since 1999 ), but was previously the eponymous capital of the Sieradz Voivodship ( 1975 – 1998 ), and historically one of the minor duchies in Greater Poland.
It is situated in the Września County, Greater Poland Voivodeship ( since 1999 ), previously in Poznań Voivodeship ( 1975 – 1998 ), on the Wrzesnica River.
It is situated in the Poznań metropolitan area, in the Greater Poland Voivodeship ( since 1999 ), having previously been in Poznań Voivodeship ( 1975 – 1998 ).
It is situated in the Greater Poland Voivodeship ( since 1999 ), previously capital of Piła Voivodeship ( 1975 – 1998 ).
Situated in the Chodzież County, Greater Poland Voivodeship ( since 1999 ), previously in Piła Voivodeship ( 1975 – 1998 ).
Since 1999 Jarocin has been located in Greater Poland Voivodeship, prior to that it was located in the Kalisz Voivodeship ( 1975 – 1998 ).
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