Local Government (Contracts) Act 1997

1997 CHAPTER 65

An Act to make provision about the powers of local authorities (including probation committees and the Receiver for the Metropolitan Police District) to enter into contracts; to enable expenditure of local authorities making administrative arrangements for magistrates’ courts to be treated for some purposes as not being capital expenditure; and for connected purposes.

[27th November 1997]

Be it enacted by the Queen’s most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:—

Extent Information

E1 Act extends to Great Britain but see s. 12(4)(5) for exception.

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 Act: power to apply conferred (1.12.1998) by 1998 c. 38, s. 39; S.I. 1998/2789, art. 2

Act applied (with modifications)(1.7.1999) by S.I. 1999/1545, art. 2

Act: transfer of functions (1.7.1999) by S.I. 1999/672, art. 2, Sch. 1

C2 Act applied (S.) (10.10.2005) by Transport (Scotland) Act 2005 (asp 12), s. 54(2), sch. 1 para. 16(1)(b); S.S.I. 2005/454, art. 2, sch. 2

C3 Act: power to apply (with modifications) conferred by Government of Wales Act 2006 (c. 32), s. 59(5) (with Sch. 11 para. 22), the amending provision coming into force immediately after "the 2007 election" (held on 3.5.2007) subject to s. 161(1)(4)(5) of the amending Act, which provides for certain provisions to come into force for specified purposes immediately after the end of "the initial period" (which ended with the day of the first appointment of a First Minister on 25.5.2007) - see ss. 46, 161(4)(5) of the amending Act.

C4 Act: power to apply (with modifications) inserted by Government of Wales Act 2006 (c. 32), s. 27, Sch. 2 para. 4(7) (with Sch. 11 para. 22), the amending provision coming into force immediately after "the 2007 election" (held on 3.5.2007) subject to s. 161(1)(4)(5) of the amending Act, which provides for certain provisions to come into force for specified purposes immediately after the end of "the initial period" (which ended with the day of the first appointment of a First Minister on 25.5.2007) - see ss. 46, 161(4)(5) of the amending Act.