11 Local and public authoritiesA local authority must make standing orders for the use of competitive procedures in the award of larger contracts for the execution of works or the supply of materials1. However, a contractor is not bound to inquire whether the relevant standing orders have been complied with, and non-compliance by itself does not invalidate any contract2.A local authority is bound by any contract entered into by a committee to which the necessary powers have been delegated3, or by any officer acting within his actual or ostensible authority4.
A local authority must make standing orders for the use of competitive procedures in the award of larger contracts for the execution of works or the supply of materials1. However, a contractor is not bound to inquire whether the relevant standing orders have been complied with, and non-compliance by itself does not invalidate any contract2.
A local authority is bound by any contract entered into by a committee to which the necessary powers have been delegated3, or by any officer acting within his actual or ostensible authority4.
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