The Local Authorities (Goods and Services) (Public Bodies) Order 1972

Statutory Instruments

1972 No. 853

LOCAL GOVERNMENT, ENGLAND AND WALES

The Local Authorities (Goods and Services) (Public Bodies) Order 1972

Made

5th June 1972

Laid before Parliament

12th June 1972

Coming into Operation

3rd July 1972

The Secretary of State for the Environment and the Secretary of State for Wales, acting jointly in exercise of the powers conferred upon them by section 1(5) of the Local Authorities (Goods and Services) Act 1970, and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following order:—

Title and commencement

1.  This order may be cited as the Local Authorities (Goods and Services) (Public Bodies) Order 1972 and shall come into operation on 3rd July 1972.

Interpretation

2.—(1) The Interpretation Act 1889 shall apply for the interpretation of this order as it applies for the interpretation of an Act of Parliament.

(2) References in this order to the provisions of any enactment shall be construed as references to those provisions as amended by any subsequent enactment.

Designation of public bodies

3.  The persons and descriptions of person specified in the schedule to this order, being persons and descriptions of persons appearing to the Secretary of State for the Environment and the Secretary of State for Wales to be exercising functions of a public nature, shall be public bodies for the purposes of the Local Authorities (Goods and Services) Act 1970 in its application to England and Wales.

Peter Walker

Secretary of State for the Environment

25th May 1972

Peter Thomas

Secretary of State for Wales

5th June 1972

SCHEDULE PUBLIC BODIES

PART I

• The Welsh Hospital Board.

• The Commission for the New Towns.

• The Lee Valley Regional Park Authority.

• The County Councils Association.

• The Association of Municipal Corporations.

• The London Boroughs Association.

• The Urban District Councils Association.

• The Rural District Councils Association.

• The Joint Advisory Committee on Local Authority Purchasing.

• The Local Government Training Board.

• The Local Authorities' Conditions of Service Advisory Board.

• The Local Authorities' Management Services and Computer Committee.

• The Women's Royal Voluntary Service.

• The St. John Ambulance Association and Brigade.

• The British Red Cross Society.

• Age Concern.

• The National Citizens Advice Bureaux Council.

• The National Marriage Guidance Council.

• The Family Planning Association.

• The National Joint Council for Local Authorities Administrative Professional Technical and Clerical Services (including constituent Provincial Councils).

• The Joint Negotiating Committee for Justices' Clerks.

• The Joint Negotiating Committee for Justices' Clerks Assistants.

• The Joint Negotiating Committee for Approved Schoozls and Remand Homes in England and Wales.

• The Whitley Council for New Towns Staff.

• The National Joint Council for County Council Roadmen (including constituent Provincial Councils).

• The National Joint Council for Local Authorities (Manual Workers) (including constituent Provincial Councils).

• The National Joint Council for Workshops for the Blind.

• The Joint Negotiating Committee for Local Authorities Services (Building and Civil Engineering).

• The Joint Negotiating Committee for Local Authorities Services (Engineering Craftsmen).

• The National Joint Council for Local Authorities' Fire Brigades.

• The National Joint Council for Chief Officers of Local Authorities' Fire Brigades.

• The Joint Negotiating Committee for the Probation Service.

• The Police Council for the United Kingdom.

• The Joint Negotiating Committee for Clerks of County Councils.

• The Joint Negotiating Committee for Town Clerks and District Council Clerks.

• The Joint Negotiating Committee for Chief Officers of Local Authorities.

• The Joint Negotiating Committee for Youth Leaders and Community Centre Wardens.

• The Joint Committee for Water Engineers Salaries.

• The Medical and (Hospital) Dental (Committee C, Public Health Service) Whitley Council for the Health Services (Great Britain).

• The Dental (Local Authorities) Whitley Council for the Health Services (Great Britain).

• The Association of Education Committees.

PART II

• A Regional Hospital Board, Hospital Management Committee or Board of Governors of a teaching hospital.

• A voluntary hospital within the meaning of the National Health Service Act 1946.

• A society or individual receiving payments out of moneys provided by Parliament under section 96(1) of the Criminal Justice Act 1967.

• A managing committee of an approved probation hostel or home within the meaning of section 46(1) of the Criminal Justice Act 1948.

• A probation committee or after care committee constituted under section 45 of and Schedule 5 to the Criminal Justice Act 1948.

• A police committee or watch committee constituted in accordance with the provisions of section 2 of the Police Act 1964.

• A police authority for a combined area constituted in accordance with the provisions of section 3 of the Police Act 1964.

• A New Town Development Corporation.

• An institution to which grants in aid of university education are paid out of moneys provided by Parliament.

• A local council of social service.

• A community relations council.

• A citizens' advice bureau.

• A local marriage guidance council.

• A community association.

• An old people's association.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

The Local Authorities (Goods and Services) Act 1970 enables local authorities to supply goods and services (subject to certain restrictions) to other local authorities and to public bodies. ‘Public body’ means a person or description of persons appearing to the Secretary of State to be exercising functions of a public nature. This order, which extends to England and Wales, specifies who are to be public bodies for the purposes of the Act. Part I of the Schedule to the order lists single bodies, and includes local authority associations, National Joint Councils, and a wide range of voluntary and social service bodies. Part II lists descriptions of bodies, and includes hospital authorities and police authorities.