
1 
This order may be cited as the Local Authorities (Goods and Services) (Public Bodies) Order 1981 and shall come into operation on 24th August 1981.
2 
In this order:—
 “the 1970 Act” means the Local Authorities (Goods and Services) Act 1970, and
 “the Crown Agents” means the Crown Agents for Oversea Governments and Administrations.
3 
The Crown Agents, being a person appearing to the Secretary of State for the Environment and the Secretary of State for Wales to be exercising functions of a public nature, shall be a public body for the purposes of the 1970 Act in its application to England and Wales.
4 
Agreements which may be entered into by virtue of this order shall be for the purposes only of the provision by a local authority to the Crown Agents of administrative, professional or technical services.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State
Tom King
Minister for Local Government and Environmental Services
16th July 1981Nicholas Edwards
Secretary of State for Wales
21st July 1981