
1 
The Order may be cited as the Local Authorities (Goods and Services)(Public Bodies) (Sports Councils) Order 1996 and shall come into force on 1st January 1997.
2 
Each of the following persons, being persons appearing to the Secretary of State to be exercising functions of a public nature, shall be public bodies for the purposes of the Local Authorities (Goods and Services) Act 1970 in its application to England, Wales and Scotland:
 The English Sports Council
 The United Kingdom Sports Council
 The Scottish Sports Council
Virginia Bottomley
Secretary of State for National Heritage
3rd December 1996William Hague
Secretary of State for Wales
4th December 1996Raymond Robertson
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Scotland
5th December 1996