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Explanatory note

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(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order amends the Local Government (Goods and Services) (Public Bodies) (Trunk Roads) Order 1996 (S.I. 1996/342) [“the 1996 Order”].

Article 2(2) of the Order widens the definition of “DBFO contractor” in the 1996 Order to include a sub-contractor of the person who enters into a DBFO contract with the Secretary of State.

Article 2(3) of the Order provides that where a local highway authority (DBFO) agreement as defined in the 1996 Order has been entered into prior to the coming into force of this Order and is replaced on or before 30th June 1997 by such an agreement in substantially similar form it shall not be necessary to comply upon such replacement with the competition requirement contained in article 5(c) of the 1996 Order.