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The Local Authorities (Goods and Services) (Public Bodies) (England) (No. 4) Order 2003

S.I. 2003/2558 · Made 27 September 2003

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LOCAL GOVERNMENT, ENGLAND

Made 27th September 2003

Laid before Parliament 10th October 2003

Coming into force 31st October 2003

The First Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by section 1(5) and (6) of the Local Authorities (Goods and Services) Act 1970f1 hereby makes the following Order:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

1970 c. 39. The power conferred on the Minister for Housing and Local Government is exercisable by the Secretary of State; see article 2 of the Secretary of State for Environment Order 1970 (S.I. 1970/1681), and see also S.I. 1977/2791.

Contents

  1. 1Citation and commencement
  2. 2Designation as a public body
  3. 3Restrictions on agreements
  4. Signature
  5. Explanatory note

1Citation and commencement

This Order may be cited as the Local Authorities (Goods and Services) (Public Bodies) (England) (No. 4) Order 2003 and shall come into force on 31st October 2003.

2Designation as a public body

Yorkshire and Humberside Grid for Learning Foundationf1, being a person appearing to the Secretary of State to be exercising a function of a public nature, shall be a public body for the purposes of the Local Authorities (Goods and Services) Act 1970, in its application to Englandf2.

3Restrictions on agreements

Agreements which may be entered into by Yorkshire and Humberside Grid for Learning Foundation, by virtue of this Order, shall be subject to the following restrictions—

(a)

that any such agreements are for legal or secretarial services to be provided to Yorkshire and Humberside Grid for Learning Foundation; and

(b)

that any such agreements are for services provided by North Lincolnshire District Council.

Signature

Signed by authority of the First Secretary of State

Phil Hope

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,

Office of the Deputy Prime Minister

27th September 2003

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

Article 2 designates Yorkshire and Humberside Grid for Learning Foundation (YHGfL) as a public body for the purposes of the Local Authorities (Goods and Services) Act 1970 (“the 1970 Act”).

The effect of the designation is to allow the local authority concerned to provide legal or secretarial services to YHGfL by way of an agreement for the purpose prescribed by section 1(1) of the Act.

Article 3 imposes restrictions on the agreement that can be made by virtue of this Order.