SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 26E+W+SAmendments

[F1Part 1E+W+SActs of Parliament]

Local Government Act 1988E+W+S

[F29]E+W+SPart 2 of the Local Government Act 1988 (public supply or works contracts) is amended as follows.

[F310]E+W+SIn section 17 (local and other public authority contracts: exclusion of non-commercial considerations)—

(a)omit subsection (9), and

(b)after that subsection insert—

“(10)This section does not prevent a public authority to which it applies from exercising any function regulated by this section with reference to a non-commercial matter to the extent that the authority considers it necessary or expedient to do so to enable or facilitate compliance with—

(a)the duty imposed on it by section 149 of the Equality Act 2010 (public sector equality duty), or

(b)any duty imposed on it by regulations under section 153 or 154 of that Act (powers to impose specific duties).”

[F411]E+W+SOmit section 18 (exceptions to section 17 relating to race relations matters).

[F512]E+W+SIn section 19 (provisions supplementary to or consequential on section 17) omit subsection (10).