Part IV

Transport
Chapter VII

Public-Private Partnership Agreements

Introductory

PPP designations.
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1
Any designation for the purposes of subsection (6) of section 210 above (a PPP designation) must be made in a direction issued by the appropriate authority.
2
A PPP designation must—
a
describe the subject matter of the contracts to which it relates;
b
describe the parties to those contracts; and
c
if made before one or more of those contracts has been entered into, state a time by which a contract must have been entered into if it is to be a PPP agreement by virtue of the designation.
3
The time stated pursuant to paragraph (c) of subsection (2) above must not be later than three months after the date of the direction containing the designation.
4
A PPP designation may be made before or after the making of any contract to which it relates.
5
A contract shall not be a PPP agreement by virtue of a PPP designation made after the making of the contract, except with the consent of the parties to the contract.
6
For the purposes of subsection (1) above the appropriate authority means—
a
as respects any direction issued before the transfer date, the Secretary of State; and
b
as respects any direction issued on or after that date, the Mayor.