(1)The Secretary of State may, for the purposes of the transition to the duties imposed by section 89 above on local authorities and educational bodies, by regulations, make provision—
(a)modifying that section, or
(b)modifying Part I of the Local Government Act 1988 (competition rules for functional work or works contracts).
(2)Regulations under this section may make different provision for different descriptions of authorities, different areas or other different circumstances or cases.
(3)In this section—
“educational bodies” means the governing bodies and education authorities mentioned in section 89(1)(f) above; and
“local authorities” means the local authorities mentioned in section 89(1)(a) and (c) and (2)(a) above.