http://www.legislation.gov.uk/apni/1972/9/section/105Local Government Act (Northern Ireland) 1972An Act to provide for the constitution of district councils to administer local government districts, for the regulation of such councils and for certain of their functions; to abolish existing local government areas and existing local authorities, with certain exceptions, and to enable provision to be made for the transfer of the functions, assets and liabilities of such authorities; and for connected purposes.texttext/xmlenStatute Law Database2024-10-15Expert Participation2024-05-07 PART VIIMISCELLANEOUS FUNCTIONSCo-operation with other councils, public bodies and government departmentsArrangements for the supply of goods and services or interchange of staff.1051A council may make arrangements with any other council or any public body, specified body or government department for—athe supply by one party to the arrangements to the other of any goods;bthe provision by one party to the arrangements for the other of any administrative, professional or technical services;cthe use by one party to the arrangements of any vehicle, plant or apparatus belonging to the other and (without prejudice to paragraph ( b)) the placing at the disposal of the first-mentioned party of the services of any person employed in connection with the vehicle, plant or apparatus in question;dthe provision or maintenance by one party to the arrangements of any works, facility, amenity, equipment or thing for the provision or maintenance of which the other is responsible;on such terms as may be provided for by the arrangements.2A council may make arrangements with any other council or any public body, specified body or government department for the permanent or temporary transfer of officers, with their consent, between the councils or between the council and the body or department.3A public body or government department which proposes to make arrangements under subsection (1) or (2) shall have power to make the arrangements and carry them into effect if, apart from the provisions of this subsection, it would not have power to do so, except that a public body shall not make arrangements under subsection (2) without the consent of the Ministry concerned.4A council, public body or government department may purchase and store any goods which in its opinion it may require for the purposes of subsection (1)( a).5For the avoidance of doubt it is hereby declared that for superannuation purposes services rendered by an officer with respect to whose temporary transfer arrangements under subsection (2) are in force is service rendered to the council, body or department by which he was employed before the transfer.6Arrangements made under this section shall not diminish in any respect the responsibility of any council, public body, specified body or department by which the arrangements are made.7In this section “specified body” means a body which is specified, or is of a description specified, in regulations and any such regulations may contain provisions—afor restricting the arrangements which may by virtue of the regulations be entered into by a specified body under subsection (1) or (2) ; andbfor securing the inclusion in any such arrangements made by virtue of the regulations of terms imposing restrictions.Ss. 104 - 106 applied (with modifications) by S.R 2004/49, art. 7 (as inserted (28.1.2008) by Local Government (Constituting a Joint Committee a Body Corporate) (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2007 (S.R. 2007/505), art. 2(5))Ss. 104-106 applied (20.8.2008) by Local Government (Constituting a Joint Committee a Body Corporate) Order (Northern Ireland) 2008 (S.R. 2008/310), art. 71985 NI 15Ss. 104-106 applied with modifications (2.4.2012) by The Local Government (Constituting Joint Committees as Bodies Corporate) Order (Northern Ireland) 2012 (S.R. 2012/10), arts. 1, 6Ss. 104-106 applied (1.4.2015) by The Local Government (Constituting a Joint Committee a Body Corporate) Order (Northern Ireland) 2015 (S.R. 2015/183), art. 1, reg. 6