Commentary on provisions of the Act Section 3: The Delivery Authority
Section 3 requires the Sponsor Body to form a Delivery Authority. The Delivery Authority will be a company limited by guarantee, and the Sponsor Body will be its sole member and guarantor. Pursuant to subsection (4), the Delivery Authority’s duties are to formulate proposals relating to the Palace restoration works and to ensure the operational delivery of the Parliamentary building works, both in line with the Sponsor Body’s requirements. The Delivery Authority may do whatever it considers necessary in order to carry out its duties, provided it acts in accordance with Sponsor Body’s requirements, with the agreement that it enters into with the Sponsor Body under Section 4, and with its memorandum and articles of association. For example, it is expected that the Delivery Authority will be free to decide on what it considers to be the most appropriate procurement strategy, and what form of commercial contracts it will use. Further provision is made about the Delivery Authority in Schedule 2.
	Subsection (6) requires the Delivery Authority to have regard to the same matters as the Sponsor Body does under Section 2(5) when performing its duties.