Statutory Instrument 1994 No. 3165

The Local Government Act 1988 (Defined Activities) (Competition) (Supervision of Parking, Management of Vehicles and Security Work) (England) Regulations 1994

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1994 No. 3165

LOCAL GOVERNMENT, ENGLAND AND WALES

The Local Government Act 1988 (Defined Activities) (Competition) (Supervision of Parking, Management of Vehicles and Security Work) (England) Regulations 1994

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 6(3), 8(1) and 15(6) and (7) of the Local Government Act 1988^[1]and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Regulations:

Citation, commencement, application and interpretation
    1.—(1)  These Regulations may be cited as the Local Government Act 1988 (Defined Activities) (Competition) (Supervision of Parking, Management of Vehicles and Security Work) (England) Regulations 1994 and shall come into force on 9th January 1995.

    (2)  In these Regulations, which apply in relation to defined authorities in England only, "the Act"means the Local Government Act 1988.

Application of competition provisions
    2.—(1)  Section 6 of the Act shall apply to functional work within section 2(2)(ff) (supervision of parking), section 2(2)(gg) (management of vehicles), or section 2(2)(i) (security work)^[2]if it is proposed to be carried out —
 (a) on or after 1st October 1996 by a local authority which is subject to, or created by, a structural or substantial boundary change effected by an order made under section 17 of the Local Government Act 1992^[3]("a structural change") where that structural change takes effect from 1st April 1995; or
 (b) on or after 1st October 1997 by a local authority subject to a structural change where that structural change takes effect from 1st April 1996; or
 (c) on or after 1st October 1998 by a local authority subject to a structural change where that structural change takes effect from 1st April 1997; or
 (d) on or after 1st January 1996 by any other defined authority except —
 (i) those mentioned in section 1(1)(b), (c) and (d) of the Act,
 (ii) county councils or non-metropolitan district councils which are not subject to a structural change, and
 (iii) a police authority.

    (2)  Nothing in this regulation requires a defined authority to take any steps pursuant to section 6 of the Act in respect of functional work within section 2(2)(gg) of the Act which, before the day specified in the Schedule in relation to that authority, the authority has, in reaching the decision that they should carry out relevant work, decided to carry out exclusively for the purposes of facilitating that relevant work.

    (3)  In paragraph (2) above "relevant work"means work—
 (a) within any of the defined activities in paragraphs (a) to (g) of section 2(2) of the Act, or
 (b) consisting of construction or maintenance work within the meaning given by section 20(1) of the Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980^[4].

Specified periods
    3.—(1)  The second condition shall not be treated as fulfilled as respects —
 (a) the supervision of parking,
 (b) management of vehicles, or
 (c) security work
if the stated period is less than 4 years or more than 6 years.

    (2)  In this regulation —

"the second condition"means the condition set out in section 7(3)(c) of the Act, and


"the stated period"in relation to any work means the period stated in the detailed specification of that work pursuant to section 7(3)(c).

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for the Environment
12th December 1994

Robert Jones

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,
Department of the Environment

Regulation 2 applies the competitive tendering requirements in Part I of the Local Government Act 1988 to the defined activities of the supervision of parking; management of vehicles; and security work, as from the dates specified in respect of different classes of authority.

Regulation 3 specifies the minimum and maximum periods for which authorities may resolve to undertake these activities.

[1] 1988 c. 9. Section 6(3) is amended by paragraph 12 of Schedule 1 to the Local Government Act 1992 (c. 19). back

[2] The activities of supervision of parking, management of vehicles and security work were added by S.I. 1994/2884. back

[3] 1992 c. 19. back

[4] 1980 c. 65. Relevant amendments to section 20 are made by the Local Government Act 1988 Schedule 6 paragraph 10(2) and the Employment Act 1989 (c. 38) Schedule 6 paragraph 27. back