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The Local Authorities (Goods and Services) (Public Bodies) (England) Order 2001

S.I. 2001/243 · Made 30 January 2001

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LOCAL GOVERNMENT, ENGLAND

Made 30th January 2001

Laid before Parliament 31st January 2001

Coming into force 1st March 2001

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 1(5) and (6) of the Local Authorities (Goods and Services) Act 1970 and now vested in himf1, hereby makes the following Order:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

1970 c. 39. The powers conferred on the Minister of Housing and Local Government are exercisable by the Secretary of State (S.I. 1970/1681).

Contents

  1. 1Citation, commencement and extent
  2. 2Designation as a public body
  3. 3Restrictions on agreements
  4. Signature
  5. Schedule DESCRIPTIONS OF PERSONS AND RELATED REQUIREMENT
  6. Explanatory note

1Citation, commencement and extent

(1)

This Order may be cited as the Local Authorities (Goods and Services) (Public Bodies) (England) Order 2001 and shall come into force on 1st March 2001.

(2)

This Order extends to England onlyf1.

(3)

In this Order “the 1970 Act” means the Local Authorities (Goods and Services) Act 1970.

2Designation as a public body

For the purposes of section 1 (Supply of goods and services by local authorities) of the 1970 Act, in its application to local authorities in England, a person of one of the descriptions specified in column (1) of the Schedule to this Order, being descriptions of persons appearing to the Secretary of State to be exercising functions of a public nature, shall be a public body.

3Restrictions on agreements

Where, in relation to the description specified in column (1) of the Schedule, a requirement is specified in column (2) (“a related requirement”), the agreements which a person of that description may enter into under section 1(1) of the 1970 Act by virtue of this Order shall be restricted to those which satisfy the related requirement.

Signature

Estelle Morris

Minister of State,

Department for Education and Employment

30th January 2001

DESCRIPTIONS OF PERSONS AND RELATED REQUIREMENT

(1)(2)
Description of PersonsRelated Requirement
1

A person with whom a local education authority has entered into a contract or other arrangement for the performance of functions on the authority’s behalf pursuant to a direction made by the Secretary of State under section 497A(4) of the Education Act 1996f1

2

The School Development Support Agencyf2

3

A City Technology College, City College for the Technology of the Arts or City Academy which has entered into an agreement with the Secretary of State pursuant to section 482 of the Education Act 1996f3

The agreement is made in connection with the performance on an authority’s behalf of those functions set out in the contract or other arrangement.

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

Article 2 of this Order designates as public bodies for the purposes of the Local Authorities (Goods and Services) Act 1970 (“the 1970 Act”) persons of the description specified in column (1) of the Schedule to the Order. The effect of designation is to allow a local authority in England to provide goods and services to a designated body.

Article 3 limits the agreements that English local authorities may make by virtue of this Order with persons who contract with a local education authority to carry out certain local education authority functions in consequence of a direction made by the Secretary of State under section 497A of the Education Act 1996. Agreements made by local authorities with such bodies are limited to the type of agreement set out in column (2) of the Schedule.