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Section 18: Supply of goods and services

Police Act 1996 (1996 c. 16)

(1) Subsections (1) to (3) of section 1 of the Local Authorities (Goods and Services) Act 1970 (c. 39)(supply of goods and services by local authorities)—

(a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(b) shall, in their application to the Common Council of the City of London in its capacity as the police authority for the City of London police force , apply with the modification set out in subsection (2).

(2) The modification is that references in those subsections to a public body shall be read as references to any person.

(3) The Common Council in its capacity as police authority may not enter into an agreement with another local policing body under section 1 of the 1970 Act in respect of a matter which could be the subject of force collaboration provision in a collaboration agreement .

Reproduced from legislation.gov.uk as captured on 2026-07-13. Statute is amended over time — check the source below for the version in force. This is a reference, not legal advice.
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