16. Contracts---(1) The Trustees are hereby declared to be---
   (a) A local authority for the purposes of [the Local Authorities
         (Members' Interests) Act 1968]:
   (b) A public body for the purposes of the Public Bodies Contracts Act
         1959.

   (2) Repealed by s. 9 (1) of the Local Authorities (Members' Interests)
 Act 1968.

   (3) This subsection amended Part II of the First Schedule to the
 Public Bodies Contracts Act 1959.

       In subs. (1) (a) the Local Authorities (Members' Interests) Act
     1968, being the corresponding enactment in force at the date of this
     reprint, has been substituted for the repealed Local Authorities
     (Members' Contracts) Act 1954.