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Local Government (Contracts) Act 1997

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As published

12 Short title, commencement and extent.

(1) This Act may be cited as the Local Government (Contracts) Act 1997. (2) Sections 2 to 9 shall not come into force until a day appointed by the Secretary of State by order made by statutory instrument; and different days may be appointed for different provisions or purposes. (3) Sections 1 to 9 apply to any contract which a local authority enters into after 12th June 1997; but in relation to a contract entered into before the day on which section 2 comes into force “the certification period” means the period of six weeks beginning with that day. (4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (5) This Act does not extend to Northern Ireland.

Your change, as a redline

12 Short title, commencement and extent.

(1) This Act may be cited as the Local Government (Contracts) Act 1997. (2) Sections 2 to 9 shall not come into force until a day appointed by the Secretary of State by order made by statutory instrument; and different days may be appointed for different provisions or purposes. (3) Sections 1 to 9 apply to any contract which a local authority enters into after 12th June 1997; but in relation to a contract entered into before the day on which section 2 comes into force “the certification period” means the period of six weeks beginning with that day. (4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (5) This Act does not extend to Northern Ireland.

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Who it helps, what it costs, what it fixes. It is what persuades people to support it.

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