The Local Government Act 1988 (Direct Service Organisations) (Accounts etc.) (Extension) (Wales) (Amendment) Order 1997

Statutory Instruments

1997 No. 1702

LOCAL GOVERNMENT, ENGLAND AND WALES

WALES

The Local Government Act 1988 (Direct Service Organisations) (Accounts etc.) (Extension) (Wales) (Amendment) Order 1997

Made

14th July 1997

Laid before Parliament

21st July 1997

Coming into force

14th August 1997

The Secretary of State for Wales, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by section 52(4) of the Local Government (Wales) Act 1994(1) and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order:—

Citation, commencement and interpretation

1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Local Government Act 1988 (Direct Service Organisations) (Accounts etc.) (Extension) (Wales) (Amendment) Order 1997 and shall come into force on 14th August 1997.

(2) In this Order, “the principal Order” means the Local Government Act 1988 (Direct Service Organisations) (Accounts etc.) (Extension) (Wales) Order 1997(2).

Amendment to the principal Order

2.  In article 3 of the principal Order (application of Part I of the Local Government Act 1988 during transitional period), for “30th September 1997” substitute “31st May 1999”.

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Wales

Win Griffiths

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Welsh Office

14th July 1997

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

The Local Government Act 1988 (Direct Service Organisations) (Accounts etc.) (Extension) (Wales) Order 1997 (S.I. 1997/528) (“the principal Order”) provided that section 52(3) of the Local Government (Wales) Act 1994 (application of Part I of the Local Government Act 1988 during transitional period) was to have effect as if the date mentioned in the definition of “exempting order” in that subsection were 30th September 1997 instead of 1st April 1997. The present Order amends the principal Order to substitute the date of 31st May 1999 for that of 30th September 1997. This is in consequence of the further exemption during local government reorganisation in Wales for Welsh authorities from the competitive tendering requirements under Part I of the Local Government Act 1988 (competition) made under the Local Government Act 1988 (Defined Activities) (Exemptions) (Wales) (Amendment) Order 1997 (S.I. 1997/1698).

(1)

1994 c. 19.

(2)

S.I. 1997/528.