Section 17(2)
SCHEDULE 2E+W+S Public Supply or Works Contracts: The Public Authorities
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Sch. 2 extended (5.7.1994) by 1994 c. 19, ss. 39, 66(2)(b), Sch. 13 para. 25(c) (with ss. 54(5)(7), 55(5), Sch. 17 paras. 22(1), 23(2))
Public authoritiesE+W+S
A local authority.
A development corporation established for the purposes of a new town.
The Commission for the New Towns.
A police authority constituted under section 2 of the M1Police Act 1964 or as mentioned in section 3(1) of that Act, or established by section 24 or 25 of the M2Local Government Act 1985.
A fire authority constituted by a combination scheme and a metropolitan county fire and civil defence authority.
The London Fire and Civil Defence Authority.
A metropolitan county passenger transport authority.
An authority established by an order under section 10(1) of the Local Government Act 1985 (waste disposal).
A joint education committee established by an order under paragraph 3 of Part II of Schedule 1 to the M3Education Act 1944 . . . F1.
Textual Amendments
F1Words repealed by Education Reform Act 1988 (c. 40, SIF 41:1), ss. 231(7), 235(6), 237(2), Sch. 13 Pt. I
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A water development board in Scotland.
. . . F2.
Textual Amendments
F2Words repealed by Housing (Scotland) Act 1988 (c. 43, SIF 61), ss. 1, 3(1)(3), s. 72(3), Sch. 2 para. 17, Sch. 10
The Broads Authority.
The Lake District Special Planning Board.
The Peak Park Joint Planning Board.
A Passenger Transport Executive, that is to say, any body constituted as such an Executive for a passenger transport area for the purposes of Part II of the M4Transport Act 1968.
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A probation and after-care committee, that is to say, any body constituted as such a committee for a probation and after-care area by paragraph 2(1) of Schedule 3 to the M5Powers of Criminal Courts Act 1973.
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A joint committee discharging under section 101 of the M6Local Government Act 1972 functions of local authorities (within the meaning of that section).
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InterpretationE+W+S
In the application of this Schedule to England and Wales, “local authority” means—
a county council, a district council, a London borough council, a parish council, a community council or the Council of the Isles of Scilly;
the Common Council of the City of London in its capacity as local authority or police authority;
and includes a residuary body established by Part VII of the M7Local Government Act 1985.
In the application of this Schedule to Scotland—