The Local Authorities (Goods and Services) (Public Bodies) (Wales) Order 2002

Made: 4th July 2002

Coming into force: 19th July 2002

The National Assembly for Wales makes the following Order in exercise of the powers given to the Secretary of State by section 1(5) of the Local Authorities (Goods and Services) Act 1970[^f00001] which are now vested in the National Assembly for Wales in so far as exercisable in Wales[^f00002].

Name, commencement, application and interpretation

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• (1) This Order is called the Local Authorities (Goods and Services) (Public Bodies) (Wales) Order 2002 and shall come into force on 19th July 2002.

• (2) This Order applies to Wales only.

• (3) In this Order “the 1970 Act” means the Local Authorities (Goods and Services) Act 1970.

Designation of public bodies

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The persons specified in the Schedule to this Order, being persons appearing to the National Assembly for Wales to be exercising functions of a public nature, shall be public bodies for the purposes of the 1970 Act.

SCHEDULE — Public Bodies

• The National Assembly for Wales

• The Care Council for Wales

• The National Council for Education and Training for Wales

Signed

Signed on behalf of the National Assembly for Wales under section 66(1) of the Government of Wales Act 1998[^f00003]

D. Elis-Thomas — The Presiding Officer of the National Assembly — 4th July 2002

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

Section 1(5) of the Local Authorities (Goods and Services) Act 1970 (“the 1970 Act”) gives power to the Secretary of State to specify as a public body, for the purposes of the 1970 Act, a person or description of persons appearing to be exercising functions of a public nature. This power is now exercisable by the National Assembly for Wales.

This Order designates the National Assembly for Wales, the Care Council for Wales and the National Council for Education and Training for Wales as public bodies for the purposes of the 1970 Act.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 1970 c. 39.

[^f00002]: See The National Assembly for Wales (Transfer of Functions) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/672).

[^f00003]: 1998 c. 38.