Local Government Act 1988

Section 17(2)

SCHEDULE 2 Public Supply or Works Contracts: The Public Authorities

Public authorities

• A local authority.

• An urban development corporation established by an order under section 135 of the Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980.

• 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 [1964 c. 48.] Police Act 1964 or as mentioned in section 3(1) of that Act, or established by section 24 or 25 of the [1985 c. 51.] Local Government Act 1985.

• 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 [1944 c. 31.] Education Act 1944 and the Inner London Education Authority.

• A water development board in Scotland.

• The Scottish Special Housing Association.

• 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 [1968 c. 73.] Transport Act 1968.

• 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 [1973 c. 62.] Powers of Criminal Courts Act 1973.

• A joint committee discharging under section 101 of the [1972 c. 70.] Local Government Act 1972 functions of local authorities (within the meaning of that section).

Interpretation

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 [1985 c. 51.] 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 [1973 c. 65.] Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973, and

(b) “water development board” has the same meaning as in section 109(1) of the [1980 c. 45.] Water (Scotland) Act 1980.