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The Local Authorities (Goods and Services) (Public Bodies) (No. 6) Order 1998

S.I. 1998/3095 · Made 9 December 1998

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LOCAL GOVERNMENT, ENGLAND AND WALES

Made 9th December 1998

Laid before Parliament 16th December 1998

Coming into force 6th January 1999

The Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions and the Secretary of State for Wales, acting jointly in exercise of the powers conferred by section 1(5) and (6) 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, and see also S.I. 1997/2971.

Contents

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

1Citation and commencement

This Order may be cited as the Local Authorities (Goods and Services) (Public Bodies) (No. 6) Order 1998 and shall come into force on 6th January 1999.

2Designation as a public body

London Luton Airport Operations Limitedf1 (“the Company”), being a person appearing to the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions and to the Secretary of State for Wales 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.

3Restriction on agreements

Agreements which may be entered into by the Company by virtue of this Order shall be restricted to those for the provision of administrative, professional or technical services by the Council of the Borough of Luton for the Company.

Signature

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions

Hilary Armstrong

Minister of State,

Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions

8th December 1998

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Wales

Jon Owen Jones

Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Welsh Office

9th December 1998

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

Article 2 of this Order designates London Luton Airport Operations Limited (“the Company”) as a public body under section 1(5) of the Local Authorities (Goods and Services) Act 1970. The effect of designation is to allow a local authority to provide goods and services to the designated body.

By virtue of article 3, the agreements which the Company may enter into under the 1970 Act are restricted to those for the provision of administrative, professional or technical services by Luton Borough Council to the Company.