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Local Government (Contracts) Act 1997
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- s. 1 amended & repealed in part by 1999 c. 29 Sch. 27 para. 116 Sch. 34 Pt. 7
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- Act applied (with modifications) by S.I. 2007/1182 art. 2 Sch. 1
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1 Functions to include power to enter into contracts.E+W+S
(1)Every statutory provision conferring or imposing a function on a local authority confers power on the local authority to enter into a contract with another person for the provision or making available of assets or services, or both, (whether or not together with goods) for the purposes of, or in connection with, the discharge of the function by the local authority.
(2)Where—
(a)a local authority enters into a contract such as is mentioned in subsection (1) (“the provision contract”) under any statutory provision, and
(b)in connection with the provision contract, a person (“the financier”) makes a loan to, or provides any other form of finance for, a party to the provision contract other than the local authority,
the statutory provision also confers power on the local authority to enter into a contract with the financier, or any insurer of or trustee for the financier, in connection with the provision contract.
(3)The following are local authorities for the purposes of this Act—
(a)any authority with respect to the finances of which [F1Part IV of the M1Local Government and Housing Act 1989] [F1Chapter 1 of Part 1 of the Local Government Act 2003 (capital finance)] has effect at the time in question,
(b)any probation committee,
(c)the Receiver for the Metropolitan Police District, and
(d)any local authority or joint board as defined in section 235(1) of the M2Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973.
(4)In this Act “assets” means assets of any description (whether tangible or intangible), including (in particular) land, buildings, roads, works, plant, machinery, vehicles, vessels, apparatus, equipment and computer software.
(5)Regulations may be made amending subsection (4).
Textual Amendments
F1Words in s. 1(3)(a) substituted (27.11.2003 for W. for the purpose of and in relation to financial years beginning on or after 1.4.2004 and 1.4.2004 for E.) by Local Government Act 2003 (c. 26), s. 128(6), Sch. 7 para. 64; S.I. 2003/3034, art. 2, Sch. 1 Pt. 1; S.I. 2003/2938, art. 7(a) (with art. 8, Sch.)
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