Statutory Instruments
2014 No. 1197
Local Authorities, England
The Local Authorities (Goods and Services) (Public Bodies) (England) Order 2014
Made
7th May 2014
Laid before Parliament
9th May 2014
Coming into force
1st June 2014
The Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government and the Secretary of State for Justice make this order jointly in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 1(5) and 1(6) of the Local Authorities (Goods and Services) Act 1970( 1 ).
Citation, commencement and extent
1. —(1) This Order may be cited as the Local Authorities (Goods and Services) (Public Bodies) (England) Order 2014 and comes into force on 1st June 2014.
(2) This Order extends to England only( 2 ).
Designation as a public body
2. The Community Rehabilitation Companies listed in the Schedule to this Order and the National Probation Service( 3 ), being persons appearing to the Secretaries of States to be exercising functions of a public nature, are public bodies for the purposes of section 1 of the Local Authorities (Goods and Services) Act 1970, in its application to England.
Restrictions on agreements which may be entered into
3. Any agreement which may be entered into by a body described in article 2 by virtue of this Order is subject to the following restrictions—
(a) any such agreement is limited to the supply of legal, occupational health, health and safety, human resources or accounting services only; and
(b) any such agreement shall cease to have effect after 30th June 2015.
Signed by the authority of the Secretary of State for Justice
Jeremy Wright
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
Ministry of Justice
6th May 2014
Signed by the authority of the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government.
Brandon Lewis
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
Department for Communities and Local Government
7th May 2014
Article 2
SCHEDULE Descriptions of persons
| Company Name | Company Number |
|---|---|
| The Northumbria Community Rehabilitation Company Limited | 8802519 |
| The Cumbria and Lancashire Community Rehabilitation Company Limited | 8802569 |
| The Durham Tees Valley Community Rehabilitation Company Limited | 8802521 |
| The Humberside, Lincolnshire and North Yorkshire Community Rehabilitation Company Limited | 8802522 |
| The West Yorkshire Community Rehabilitation Company Limited | 8802523 |
| The Cheshire and Greater Manchester Community Rehabilitation Company Limited | 8802524 |
| The Merseyside Community Rehabilitation Company Limited | 8802525 |
| The South Yorkshire Community Rehabilitation Company Limited | 8802527 |
| The Staffordshire and West Midlands Community Rehabilitation Company Limited | 8802529 |
| The Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire and Rutland Community Rehabilitation Company Limited | 8802532 |
| The Warwickshire and West Mercia Community Rehabilitation Company Limited | 8802535 |
| The Bristol, Gloucestershire, Somerset and Wiltshire Community Rehabilitation Company Limited | 8802537 |
| The Dorset, Devon and Cornwall Community Rehabilitation Company Limited | 8802539 |
| The Hampshire and Isle of Wight Community Rehabilitation Company Limited | 8802540 |
| The Thames Valley Community Rehabilitation Company Limited | 8802542 |
| The Bedfordshire, Northamptonshire, Cambridgeshire and Hertfordshire Community Rehabilitation Company Limited | 8802546 |
| The Norfolk and Suffolk Community Rehabilitation Company Limited | 8802548 |
| The Essex Community Rehabilitation Company Limited | 8802550 |
| The London Community Rehabilitation Company Limited | 8802553 |
| The Kent, Surrey and Sussex Community Rehabilitation Company Limited | 8802556 |
1970 c.39 . The powers conferred on the Minister of Housing and Local Government are exercisable by the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government jointly with such other Secretary of State as may be concerned; see article 5 of the Secretary of State for the Environment Order 1970 ( S.1. 1970/1681 ), see also S.I. 1997/2971 , SI 2002/2626 and SI 2006/926 .
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 of, and Schedule 1 to, the National Assembly for Wales (Transfer of Functions) Order 1999 ( S.I. 1999/672 ).
The National Probation Service is a business unit of the National Offender Management Service (an Executive Agency of the Ministry of Justice).