SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 26Amendments
F5Part 1Acts of Parliament
Local Government Act 1988
F19
Part 2 of the Local Government Act 1988 (public supply or works contracts) is amended as follows.
F210
In section 17 (local and other public authority contracts: exclusion of non-commercial considerations)—
a
omit subsection (9), and
b
after that subsection insert—
10
This section does not prevent a public authority to which it applies from exercising any function regulated by this section with reference to a non-commercial matter to the extent that the authority considers it necessary or expedient to do so to enable or facilitate compliance with—
a
the duty imposed on it by section 149 of the Equality Act 2010 (public sector equality duty), or
b
any duty imposed on it by regulations under section 153 or 154 of that Act (powers to impose specific duties).
F311
Omit section 18 (exceptions to section 17 relating to race relations matters).
F412
In section 19 (provisions supplementary to or consequential on section 17) omit subsection (10).
Sch. 26: Pt. 1 heading and paras. 1-8 inserted (1.10.2010) by The Equality Act 2010 (Consequential Amendments, Saving and Supplementary Provisions) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/2279), arts. 1(2), 12, Sch. 1 para. 2