The Local Authorities (Goods and Services) (Public Bodies) (England) (No.3) Order 2003

Statutory Instruments

2003 No. 2069

LOCAL GOVERNMENT, ENGLAND

The Local Authorities (Goods and Services) (Public Bodies) (England) (No.3) Order 2003

Made

7th August 2003

Laid before Parliament

18th August 2003

Coming into force

8th September 2003

The First Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by section 1(5) and (6) of the Local Authorities (Goods and Services) Act 1970(1) hereby makes the following Order:

Citation and commencement

1.  This Order may be cited as the Local Authorities (Goods and Services) (Public Bodies) (England) (No.3) Order 2003 and shall come into force on 8th September 2003.

Designation as a public body

2.  Each of the following bodies, being a person appearing to the Secretary of State to be exercising a function of a public nature, shall be a public body for the purposes of the Local Authorities (Goods and Services) Act 1970, in its application to England(2):

• Doncaster Dome Leisure Trust(3)

• Wigan Leisure and Culture Trust(4)

• Trafford Community Leisure Trust(5)

Restrictions on agreements—Doncaster Dome Leisure Trust

3.  Agreements which may be entered into by Doncaster Dome Leisure Trust, by virtue of this Order, shall be subject to the following restrictions—

(a) that any such agreements are for the supply of property management or grounds maintenance services by Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council; and

(b) that any such agreements are made in connection with the provision of services in the area of Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council.

Restrictions on agreements—Wigan Leisure and Culture Trust

4.  Agreements which may be entered into by Wigan Leisure and Culture Trust, by virtue of this Order, shall be subject to the following restrictions—

(a) that any such agreements are for the supply of general administrative, security, financial, legal, transport, vehicle repairs and maintenance, vehicle hire, payroll, information communication technology, property management, building, procurement, personnel or performance review services by Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council; and

(b) that any such agreements are made in connection with the provision of services in the area of Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council.

Restrictions on agreements—Trafford Community Leisure Trust

5.  Agreements which may be entered into by Trafford Community Leisure Trust, by virtue of this Order, shall be subject to the following restrictions—

(a) that any such agreements are for the supply of payroll, revenue collection, information technology, legal, grounds maintenance, personnel, procurement, property management or building services by Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council; and

(b) that any such agreements are made in connection with the provision of services in the area of Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council.

Signed by authority of the First Secretary of State

Keith Hill

Minister of State,

Office of the Deputy Prime Minister

7th August 2003

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

Article 2 of this Order designates the bodies referred to in that article as public bodies for the purposes of the Local Authorities (Goods and Services) Act 1970 (“the 1970 Act”).

The effect of the designation is to allow each of the local authorities concerned to provide goods and services to the bodies listed by way of an agreement for any purposes prescribed by section 1(1) of the 1970 Act.

Articles 3, 4 and 5 impose restrictions on the agreements that can be made by each of the bodies respectively by virtue of this Order.

(1)

1970 c. 39. The power conferred on the Minister for Housing and Local Government is exercisable by the Secretary of State; see article 2 of the Secretary of State for Environment Order 1970 (S.I. 1970/1681), and see also S.I. 1977/2791.

(2)

The Secretary of State’s functions under the Local Authorities (Goods and Services) Act 1970, so far as exercisable in relation to Wales, are transferred to the National Assembly for Wales, see article 2 and Schedule 1 to the National Assembly for Wales (Transfer of Functions) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/672), to which there are amendments not relevant to this Order.

(3)

Doncaster Dome Leisure Trust is a company limited by guarantee registered under company number 4410993.

(4)

Wigan Leisure and Culture Trust is a company limited by guarantee registered under company number 4624607.

(5)

Trafford Community Leisure Trust is a company limited by guarantee registered under company number 4656262.