London Government Act 1963

72 Supply of goods to authorities in Greater London

(1) The Greater London Council may purchase and store and supply to any authority such as is mentioned in subsection (2) of this section any goods or materials required for the discharge of the functions of that authority, and that Council and any such authority may enter into and carry into effect agreements and do all such other acts as may be necessary or convenient for the purpose of any such purchase, storage or supply.

(2) The authorities referred to in the foregoing subsection area—

(a) any of the following, and any joint committee appointed by any two or more of the following, that is to say, the London borough councils, the Common Council and, in relation to any functions exercisable by them which are exercisable elsewhere in Greater London by the said councils, the Sub-Treasurer of the Inner Temple and the Under-Treasurer of the Middle Temple;

(b) any body of persons discharging functions relating to education or public health in Greater London and receiving financial aid in relation to those functions from any of the councils aforesaid or from the Greater London Council or the Inner London Education Authority;

(c) any person or body of persons responsible for the management or government of any school or other educational institution in Greater London in the case of which the fees or expenses of any person receiving education, instruction or training thereat are wholly or partly defrayed by a local education authority in Greater London;

(d) any voluntary organisation with which a local authority in Greater London have made such arrangements as are referred to in section 26 of the National Assistance Act 1948 ;

(e) any body of persons concerned with the promotion of the welfare of persons ordinarily resident in Greater London who are aged or to whom section 29 of the said Act of 1948 applies ;

(f) any of the following bodies constituted under the National Health Service Act 1946, that is to say, any Regional Hospital Board or Executive Council constituted for an area which falls wholly or partly within Greater London, and any Hospital Management Committee appointed by, and the Board of Governors of any teaching hospital situated in the area of, any such Regional Hospital Board;

(g) the British Postgraduate Medical School.