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The Local Government Act 1988 (Defined Activities) (Competition) (England) Regulations 1988

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2015-12-09

LOCAL GOVERNMENT, ENGLAND AND WALES

Section 6(3) of the Local Government Act 1988 enables the Secretary of State to require that an authority mentioned in section 1(1) of the Act (a defined authority) may only carry out functional work falling within an activity listed in section 2(2) of the Act (a defined activity) after subjecting the work to competition. These Regulations exclude the Inner London Education Authority, new town development corporations and the Commission for the New Towns from the competition requirements and specify the dates from which and the circumstances in which other defined authorities (“specified authorities”) in England may not carry out functional work without first exposing it to competition.