Cap. 363 Art. 39Competition.

For the purpose of discharging any functions in pursuance of any matter under this Part of the Act, a Local or Regional

Council, shall contract out and expose to competition any of the functions assigned to it, any person employed in terms of articles

52 and 53 or by another Local Council or Regional Council which has exposed or is to expose the carrying out of the functions to competition:

Provided that no councillor or a Local Council or Regional Council employee or any company in which such councillor or employee has a majority shareholding or controlling interest, shall tender or submit quotations for any works, goods or services or for the transfer of any land for which a call for tenders or quotations has been issued by the Council of which he is such a member or employee:

Provided further that with the approval of the Minister, a Local Council or Regional Council may make arrangements with any public body, government department or other Local Council or Regional Council, for -

(a) the supply by one party to the other of any goods;

(b) the provision by one party to the other of any administrative, professional or technical services;

(c) the use by one party of any vehicle, plant or apparatus belonging to the other and the placing at the disposal of the first-mentioned party of the services of any person employed in connection with the vehicle, plant or apparatus in question; and

(d) the provision or maintenance by one party of any works, facility, amenity, equipment or thing for the provision or maintenance of which the other is responsible, on such terms as may be agreed according to arrangements reached between the parties.