Education and Libraries (Competition in Functional Work) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1998

Statutory Rules of Northern Ireland

1998 No. 321

EDUCATION

Education and Libraries (Competition in Functional Work) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1998

Made

15th September 1998

Coming into operation

27th October 1998

The Department of Education, in exercise of the powers conferred on it by Articles 6(3) and (4) of the Education and Libraries (Northern Ireland) Order 1993(1) and of all other powers enabling it in that behalf, hereby makes the following Regulations:

Citation and commencement

1.  These Regulations may be cited as the Education and Libraries (Competition in Functional Work) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1998 and shall come into operation on 27th October 1998.

Amendment of the Education and Libraries (Competition in Functional Work) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1994

2.  The Schedule to the Education and Libraries (Competition in Functional Work) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1994(2) shall be amended as follows—

(a) for the words “1st April 1996” in the first, second, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth places where they occur there shall be substituted “1st April 2000”;

(b) for the words “1st October 1996” there shall be substituted “1st April 2000”;

(c) for the words “1st October 1998” there shall be substituted “1st April 2000”.

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Education on

L.S.

S. Peover

Assistant Secretary

15th September 1998.

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Regulations.)

These Regulations amend the Education and Libraries (Competition in Functional Work) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1994 by revising certain dates on or after which boards must not carry out functional work (as defined in Article 3 of the Education and Libraries (Northern Ireland) Order 1993) falling within a defined activity (that is to say cleaning of buildings, catering, maintenance of ground and repair and maintenance of vehicles) without subjecting the work to competition in accordance with conditions specified in that Order (regulation 2).

(1)

S.I. 1993/2810 (N.I. 12). See Article 2(3) of that Order. “Department”, “regulations” and “board” are defined in S.I. 1986/594 (N.I. 3) Article 2(2)

(2)

S.R. 1994 No. 323