Trade Union Reform and Employment Rights Act 1993

46 Careers services: ancillary services. E+W+S

After section 10 of the M1 Employment and Training Act 1973 (which is inserted by section 45 above) there shall be inserted—

“10A Provision of ancillary goods and services.

(1) The functions of a local education authority or education authority shall include power to enter into agreements for the supply of goods or services authorised by this section with any person (other than an authority) who provides, or arranges for the provision of, relevant services and is a person with whom this section authorises such arrangements to be made.

(2) This section authorises the making of such arrangements with any person—

(a) who, under arrangements (or joint arrangements) made with that person under section 10(1) or (3) of this Act provides, or arranges for the provision of, the services;

(b) who provides the services jointly with an authority under section 10(3) of this Act;

(c) who is the means by which, under section 10(8), an authority provides, or arranges for the provision of, the services.

(3) Subject to subsections (4), (5) and (6) below, this section authorises—

(a) the supply by the authority to the person of any goods;

(b) the provision by the authority for the person of any administrative, professional or technical services;

(c) the use by the person of any vehicle, plant or apparatus belonging to the authority and, without prejudice to paragraph (b) above, the placing at the disposal of the person of the services of any person employed in connection with the vehicle or other property in question;

(d) the carrying out by the authority of works of maintenance in connection with land or buildings for the maintenance of which the person is responsible;

and the authority may purchase and store any goods which in their opinion they may require for the purposes of paragraph (a) above.

(4) The supply by an authority of goods or services to any person is authorised by this section only for the purpose of the provision by that person of relevant services.

(5) The supply by an authority of goods or services to any person is authorised by this section only during the period of two years beginning with the day on which that person first provides relevant services in the area of that authority.

(6) Goods and services shall be supplied on such terms as can reasonably be expected to secure that the full cost of making the supply is recovered by the authority.

(7) The supply by an authority of goods or services to any person is authorised outside as well as within the area of that authority.

(8) This section is without prejudice to the generality of any other enactment conferring functions on local education authorities or education authorities.

(9) In this section—

• “goods” includes materials; and

• “relevant services” has the meaning given in section 8(2) of this Act.”.

Commencement Information

I1 S. 46 wholly in force at 1.4.1995; s. 46 not in force at Royal Assent see s. 52; s. 46 in force in relation to England and Scotland at 1.4.1994 and for all other purposes at 1.4.1995 by S.I. 1993/2503, art. 2(3), Sch. 3.

Marginal Citations

M1 1973 c. 50.