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The Local Authorities (Goods and Services) (Public Bodies) (No. 2) Order 1997

S.I. 1997/2095 · Made 27 August 1997

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LOCAL GOVERNMENT, ENGLAND AND WALES

Made 27th August 1997

Laid before Parliament 9th September 1997

Coming into force 30th September 1997

The Secretary of State for the Environment and the Secretary of State for Wales, acting jointly in relation to England and Wales in exercise of the powers conferred by section 1(5) of the Local Authorities (Goods and Services) Act 1970f1, hereby make the following Order:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

1970 c. 39. The power conferred on the Minister of Housing and Local Government is exercisable by the Secretary of State: S.I. 1970/1681.

Contents

  1. 1Citation and commencement
  2. 2Designation of bodies
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1Citation and commencement

This Order may be cited as the Local Authorities (Goods and Services) (Public Bodies) (No. 2) Order 1997 and shall come into force on 30th September 1997.

2Designation of bodies

Each of the following bodies, being a person appearing to the Secretary of State to be exercising functions 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 England and Wales—

  • Bedford Bereavement Care Limited

  • Wansbeck Energy Company Limited.

Signature

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State

Michael Meacher

Minister of State,

Department of the Environment,Transport and the Regions

20th August 1997

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Wales

Win Griffiths

Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Welsh Office

27th August 1997

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

Article 2 of this Order designates two limited companies under the Local Authorities (Goods and Services) Act 1970.

The effect of the designation is to allow a local authority to provide goods and services to the designated bodies.