4.—(1) The Local Government Act 1999(1) is amended as follows.
(2) In section 19(2) (contracts: exclusion of non-commercial considerations), in subsection (5)—
(a)for paragraph (aa)(3) substitute—
“(aa)a county council or county borough council in Wales,”;
(b)after paragraph (aa) insert—
“(ab)a National Park authority for a National Park in Wales,
(ac)a fire and rescue authority in Wales, constituted by a scheme under section 2 of the Fire and Rescue Services Act 2004 or a scheme to which section 4 of that Act applies,”.
(3) In section 33 (finance), in subsection (3)(4), in paragraph (b), at the end insert “or Chapter 1 or 3 of Part 6 of the Local Government and Elections (Wales) Act 2021”.
Section 19 was placed under a new cross-heading “Exclusion of non-commercial considerations” by paragraph 2 of Schedule 7 to the Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007 (c. 28), which also inserted subsection (5) into section 19.
Paragraph (aa) was inserted by paragraph 18 of Schedule 1 to the 2009 Measure.
Subsection (3) was amended by paragraph 17 of Schedule 1 to the Public Audit (Wales) Act 2004 (c. 23) and section 36 of the 2009 Measure. Paragraph (b) of subsection (3) was substituted by paragraph 16 of Schedule 4 to the Public Audit (Wales) Act 2013 (anaw 3). There are other amendments to the subsection not relevant to these regulations.