The Local Government Act 1988 (Defined Activities) (Exemption) (Rushcliffe Borough Council) Order 1997

Statutory Instruments

1997 No. 845

LOCAL GOVERNMENT, ENGLAND AND WALES

The Local Government Act 1988 (Defined Activities) (Exemption) (Rushcliffe Borough Council) Order 1997

Made

13th March 1997

Laid before Parliament

18th March 1997

Coming into force

1st September 1997

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 2(9) and 15(5) of the Local Government Act 1988(1), and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order:

Citation and commencement

1.  This Order may be cited as the Local Government Act 1988 (Defined Activities) (Exemption) (Rushcliffe Borough Council) Order 1997 and shall come into force on 1st September 1997.

Exemption of sports and leisure facilities management

2.  The management of sport and leisure facilities shall not be treated as a defined activity so long as it is carried out by the council of the borough of Rushcliffe during the period beginning with 1st September 1997 and ending with 31st March 1998 in the following premises in the borough—

(a) Rushcliffe Arena, Rugby Road, West Bridgford

• West Bridgford Community Hall, Church Drive, West Bridgford

• West Bridgford Junior School, Exchange Road

• Cotgrave Leisure Centre, Woodview, Cotgrave; and

(b) at the following recreation grounds in West Bridgford—

• Abbey Park

• Adbolton Grove

• Alford Road Playing Fields, Alford Road

• Boundary Road

• Bridgford Park, Bridgford Road

• Denton Drive

• Gresham Playing Fields, Wilford Lane

• Greythorne Drive

• The Hook, Holme Rd

• Oaktree Close

• West Park, Loughborough Road

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State

Paul Beresford

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,

Department of the Environment

13th March 1997

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

Under Part I of the Local Government Act 1988 (competition), work falling within certain defined activities may be carried out by local authorities only if specified conditions are fulfilled.

Article 2 of this Order exempts from the requirements of Part I the management of the sports and leisure facilities named in that article by the Rushcliffe Borough Council during the period beginning with 1st September 1997 and ending with 31st March 1998.

(1)

1988 c. 9.