PART 1GENERAL
Contracting authorities3
1
For the purposes of these Regulations each of the following is a contracting authority—
a
a Minister of the Crown;
b
a government department;
c
the House of Commons;
d
the House of Lords;
e
the Scottish Ministers;
f
the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body;
g
the National Assembly for Wales;
h
the Northern Ireland Assembly Commission;
i
a local authority, which for the purposes of these Regulations, means—
i
a council constituted under section 2 of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994 M1;
ii
a county council, a district council, a London borough council, a parish council, a community council, the Council of the Isles of Scilly, a county borough council or the Common Council of the City of London in its capacity as local authority or police authority; or
iii
a district council within the meaning of the Local Government Act (Northern Ireland) 1972 M2;
j
k
a fire and rescue authority—
i
within the meaning of section 1 of the Fire and Rescue Services Act 2004 M5;
ii
constituted by a scheme under section 2 of that Act;
iii
to which a scheme under section 4 of that Act applies; or
iv
within the meaning of section 1 of the Fire (Scotland) Act 2005;
l
a joint fire board constituted by an administration scheme under section 147 of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 M6 and continued under section 5 of the Fire (Scotland) Act 2005;
m
a joint fire and rescue board within the meaning of section 2 of the Fire (Scotland) Act 2005;
n
the Fire Authority for Northern Ireland;
o
a police authority established under section 3 of the Police Act 1996 M7;
p
the Metropolitan Police Authority established under section 5B of the Police Act 1996 M8;
q
a police authority established under section 2 of the Police (Scotland) Act 1967 M9;
r
a joint police board constituted by an amalgamation scheme made or approved under section 21B of the Police (Scotland) Act 1967 M10;
s
the Northern Ireland Policing Board;
t
an authority established under section 10 of the Local Government Act 1985 M11;
u
a joint authority established by Part IV of the Local Government Act 1985;
v
any body established in accordance with an order under section 67 of the Local Government Act 1985;
w
a joint board established by order under the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994 M12;
x
the Broads Authority;
y
any joint board, the constituent members of which consist of any of the bodies specified in paragraphs (i),(j), (l), (o), (p), (q), (r), (s), (t), (u), (v) and (w);
z
a National Park authority established by an Order under section 63 of the Environment Act 1995 M13;
aa
a National Park authority established by an Order under section 6 of the National Parks (Scotland) Act 2000 M14;
bb
a corporation established, or a group of individuals appointed to act together, for the specific purpose of meeting needs in the general interest, not having an industrial or commercial character, and—
i
financed wholly or mainly by another contracting authority;
ii
subject to management supervision by another contracting authority; or
iii
more than half of the board of directors or members of which, or, in the case of a group of individuals, more than half of those individuals, being appointed by another contracting authority;
cc
an association of, or formed by, one or more of the above; and
dd
to the extent not specified in sub-paragraphs (a) to (aa), an entity specified in Schedule 1.
2
Where an entity specified in paragraph (1) does not have the capacity to enter into a contract, the contracting authority in relation to that entity is a person whose function it is to enter into contracts for that entity.