Certified contracts

The certification requirements.
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1
In this Act “the certification requirements”, in relation to a contract entered into by a local authority, means the requirements specified in subsections (2) to (4).
2
The requirement specified in this subsection is that the local authority must have issued a certificate (whether before or after the contract is entered into)—
a
including details of the period for which the contract operates or is to operate,
b
describing the purpose of the contract,
c
containing a statement that the contract is or is to be a contract falling within section 4(3) or (4),
d
stating that the local authority had or has power to enter into the contract and specifying the statutory provision, or each of the statutory provisions, conferring the power,
e
stating that a copy of the certificate has been or is to be given to each person to whom a copy is required to be given by regulations,
f
dealing in a manner prescribed by regulations with any matters required by regulations to be dealt with in certificates under this section, and
g
confirming that the local authority has complied with or is to comply with any requirement imposed by regulations with respect to the issue of certificates under this section.
3
The requirement specified in this subsection is that the local authority must have secured that the certificate is signed by any person who is required by regulations to sign it.
4
The requirement specified in this subsection is that the local authority must have obtained consent to the issue of a certificate under this section from each of the persons with whom the local authority has entered, or is to enter, into the contract.
S. 3 wholly in force; s. 3 not in force at Royal Assent see s. 12(2); s. 3(2)(e)(f)(3) in force at 1.12.1997 for certain purposess and s. 3 in force at 30.12.1997 insofar as it applies to England and Wales by S.I. 1997/2843, art. 2; s. 3(2)(e)(f)(3) in force at 2.12.1997 for certain purposess and s. 3 in force at 1.1.1998 insofar as it applies to Scotland by S.I. 1997/2878, art. 2