# The Local Authorities (Goods and Services) (Public Bodies) Order 1998

S.I. 1998/308 · made 13 February 1998

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

Made under: Local Authorities (Goods and Services) Act 1970 (Section 1)

## Introductory text

LOCAL GOVERNMENT, ENGLAND AND WALES
Made 13th February 1998
Laid before Parliament 17th February 1998
Coming into force 10th March 1998
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 1970, hereby make the following Order:

## 1 Citation and commencment

This Order may be cited as the Local Authorities (Goods and Services) (Public Bodies) Order 1998 and shall come into force on 10th March 1998.

## 2 Designation of public bodies

Each of the following, 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—
Bedford (Cauldwell and Kingsbrook) Regeneration Partnership
Bedford (Queens Park) Partnership Limited
Dewsbury Partnership Limited
Into Work (Sunderland) Limited
Ryedale Energy Conservation Group Limited.

## 3 Restriction on agreements

(1) The restriction in paragraph (2) below shall not apply in relation to Ryedale Energy Conservation Group Limited.
(2) Agreements which may be entered into by a body by virtue of this Order shall be restricted to agreements with a local authority for the provision of administrative, professional or technical services by that authority to that body, in connection with financial or other assistance given or to be given to that body by any person for the purposes of the regeneration of any part of that authority’s area.

## 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
12th February 1998
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Wales
Win Griffiths
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Welsh Office
13th February 1998

## Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)
Article 2 of this Order designates five limited companies as public bodies under the Local Authorities (Goods and Services) Act 1970.
The effect of the designation is to allow a local authority to provide goods and the services to the designated bodies. By virtue of Article 3, in relation to four of those bodies an authority may only do so provided that the provision is in connection with financial or other assistance to that body by any person for the purposes of the regeneration of any part of that authority’s area.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/308 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/local-authorities-goods-and-services-public-bodies-order-1998
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