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Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980
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5 Meaning of “works contract ".E+W+S
(1)Subject to subsection (2) below, in this Part of this Act “works contract " means a contract which is or comprises—
(a)an agreement (in this Part of this Act referred to as a “maintenance agreement ") under—
(i)section 5(3)(c) of the M1London Government Act 1963 (agreements between . . . F1 London authorities for the carrying out of works of maintenance by one party in connection with land or buildings for the maintenance of which another party is responsible), or
(ii)section 1 of the M2Local Authorities (Goods and Services) Act 1970 (in this Part of this Act referred to as “the 1970 Act ") (which provides for the carrying out by a local authority of such works of maintenance as are referred to in subsection (1)(d) of that section); or
(b). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F2
(c)an agreement made by virtue of any other enactment (including a provision of a local Act) which provides for the carrying out by a local authority of any construction or maintenance work;
and in this section “works authority ", in relation to a works contract, means the local authority or, if there is more than one, each of the local authorities, by whom construction or maintenance work is or is to be undertaken in pursuance of the contract.
(2)A contract is not a works contract by reason only that it is or comprises an agreement under which the functions of a Minister of the Crown or of any public body, within the meaning of the 1970 Act, fall to be discharged by a local authority, notwithstanding that, in the exercise of the functions, the local authority undertake construction or maintenance work.
(3)If and so far as the provision by a works authority of goods, materials, services, vehicles, plant or other equipment which is incidental to construction or maintenance work undertaken by that authority in pursuance of a works contract is the subject of a seperate agreement, that agreement shall be treated as part of the works contract for the purposes of this Part of this Act.
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F1Words repealed by Local Government Act 1985 (c. 51, SIF 81:1), ss. 1, 102, Sch. 17
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M11963 c. 33 (81:1).
M21970 c. 39 (81:4).
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