The Local Authorities (Goods and Services) (Public Bodies) (Trunk Roads) (No. 2) Order 1997

Local authority (minister litter) agreement

7.  An agreement is a local authority (minister litter) agreement if it is an agreement to which each of the following subparagraphs of this article applies:

(a) it is an agreement between the Secretary of State and a local authority which is in England, a district council, a unitary county council, a London borough council or the Common Council of the City of London, or in Wales a county council or county borough council, with respect to the clearance of litter and refuse from, or the cleaning of, a relevant trunk road or relevant trunk road connected land which is the subject of a DBFO contract, where

(i) such road or land is inside the local authority’s area; or

(ii) if such road or land is outside the local authority’s area but within a district, a London borough a unitary county or the City of London in England, or within a county or county borough in Wales, the authority has consulted the council of that district, borough, unitary county, county borough or of the City of London prior to entering into the agreement with the DBFO contractor; and

(b) it is an agreement for:

(i) the provision by the local authority for the Secretary of State of any administrative, professional or technical services; or

(ii) the use by the Secretary of State of any vehicle, plant or apparatus belonging to the local authority and the placing at the disposal of the Secretary of State of the services of any person employed in connection with the vehicle or other property in question; or

(iii) the carrying out by the local authority of works of maintenance in connection with land or buildings for the maintenance of which the Secretary of State is responsible.