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

• Citation: S.I. 2001/243
• Sections: 6

Section 1 Citation, 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 only .

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

Section 2 Designation 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.

Section 3 Restrictions 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.

Section 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 1996

Section 2

The School Development Support Agency

Section 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 1996