Local Government Act 1988

Section 17(2)

SCHEDULE 2 E+W+S Public Supply or Works Contracts: The Public Authorities

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 Sch. 2 extended (5.7.1994) by 1994 c. 19, ss. 39, 66(2)(b), Sch. 13 para. 25(c) (with ss. 54(5)(7), 55(5), Sch. 17 paras. 22(1), 23(2))

Public authorities E+W+S

A local authority.

A development corporation established for the purposes of a new town.

The Commission for the New Towns.

A police authority constituted under section 2 of the M1 Police Act 1964 or as mentioned in section 3(1) of that Act, or established by section 24 or 25 of the M2 Local Government Act 1985.

Marginal Citations

M1 1964 c. 48.

M2 1985 c. 51.

A fire authority constituted by a combination scheme and a metropolitan county fire and civil defence authority.

The London Fire and Civil Defence Authority.

A metropolitan county passenger transport authority.

An authority established by an order under section 10(1) of the Local Government Act 1985 (waste disposal).

A joint education committee established by an order under paragraph 3 of Part II of Schedule 1 to the M3 Education Act 1944 . . . F1 .

Textual Amendments

F1 Words repealed by Education Reform Act 1988 (c. 40, SIF 41:1), ss. 231(7), 235(6), 237(2), Sch. 13 Pt. I

Marginal Citations

M3 1944 c. 31.

A water development board in Scotland.

. . . F2 .

Textual Amendments

F2 Words repealed by Housing (Scotland) Act 1988 (c. 43, SIF 61), ss. 1, 3(1)(3), s. 72(3), Sch. 2 para. 17, Sch. 10

The Broads Authority.

The Lake District Special Planning Board.

The Peak Park Joint Planning Board.

A Passenger Transport Executive, that is to say, any body constituted as such an Executive for a passenger transport area for the purposes of Part II of the M4 Transport Act 1968.

Marginal Citations

M4 1968 c. 73.

A probation and after-care committee, that is to say, any body constituted as such a committee for a probation and after-care area by paragraph 2(1) of Schedule 3 to the M5 Powers of Criminal Courts Act 1973.

Marginal Citations

M5 1973 c. 62.

A joint committee discharging under section 101 of the M6 Local Government Act 1972 functions of local authorities (within the meaning of that section).

Marginal Citations

M6 1972 c. 70.

Interpretation E+W+S

In the application of this Schedule to England and Wales, “local authority” means—

(a)

a county council, a district council, a London borough council, a parish council, a community council or the Council of the Isles of Scilly;

(b)

the Common Council of the City of London in its capacity as local authority or police authority;

and includes a residuary body established by Part VII of the M7 Local Government Act 1985.

In the application of this Schedule to Scotland—

(a)

“local authority” means a regional, islands or district council or any joint board or joint committee within the meaning of the M8 Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973, and

(b)

“water development board” has the same meaning as in section 109(1) of the M9 Water (Scotland) Act 1980.

Marginal Citations

M7 1985 c. 51.

M8 1973 c. 65.

M9 1980 c. 45.