Certified contracts

I13 The certification requirements.

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.