1 Title and commencement
This order may be cited as the Local Authorities (Goods and Services) (Public Bodies) Order 1975 and shall come into operation on 20th March 1975.

2 Interpretation
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.

3 Designation of public bodies
The persons and descriptions of persons 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.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State.
John Silkin Minister for Planning and Local Government Department of the Environment 12th February 1975
John Morris Secretary of State for Wales 17th February 1975