(1)Any designation for the purposes of subsection (6) of section 210 above (a PPP designation) must be made in a direction issued by the appropriate authority.
(2)A PPP designation must—
(a)describe the subject matter of the contracts to which it relates;
(b)describe the parties to those contracts; and
(c)if made before one or more of those contracts has been entered into, state a time by which a contract must have been entered into if it is to be a PPP agreement by virtue of the designation.
(3)The time stated pursuant to paragraph (c) of subsection (2) above must not be later than three months after the date of the direction containing the designation.
(4)A PPP designation may be made before or after the making of any contract to which it relates.
(5)A contract shall not be a PPP agreement by virtue of a PPP designation made after the making of the contract, except with the consent of the parties to the contract.
(6)For the purposes of subsection (1) above the appropriate authority means—
(a)as respects any direction issued before the transfer date, the Secretary of State; and
(b)as respects any direction issued on or after that date, the Mayor.