(1)A local authority to whom this section applies shall have power and shall be deemed always to have had power to enter into arrangements with the Manpower Services Commission or the Secretary of State under any provision of the [1973 c. 50.] Employment and Training Act 1973.
(2)The local authorities to whom this section applies are—
(a)a local authority as defined in section 270(1) of the [1972 c. 70.] Local Government Act 1972 ;
(b)a board constituted in pursuance of section 1 of the [1971 c. 78.] Town and Country Planning Act 1971 or reconstituted in pursuance of Schedule 17 to the Local Government Act 1972; and
(c)the Common Council of the City of London.