# The Local Authorities (Contracts) (Scotland) Regulations 1997, Regulation 5: Matters to be dealt with in certificates


(1) Where, in relation to a contract, a local authority–
(a) states in a certificate that it had or has powers to enter into the contract; and
(b) specifies that the statutory provision, or one of the statutory provisions, conferring the power is section 69 of the 1973 Act,
the authority shall specify in the certificate each statutory provision conferring a relevant function, or, where there are two or more relevant functions, the statutory provisions conferring the main relevant functions.
(2) For the purposes of this regulation, in relation to a contract, a function is a relevant function if the contract is calculated to facilitate, or is conducive or incidental to, the discharge of the function.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/2879/regulation/5 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/local-authorities-contracts-scotland-regulations-1997/regulation-5
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