The Local Government Act 1988 (Defined Activities) (Exemption) (Cherwell District Council) Order 1998

Statutory Instruments

1998 No. 1862

LOCAL GOVERNMENT, ENGLAND AND WALES

The Local Government Act 1988 (Defined Activities) (Exemption) (Cherwell District Council) Order 1998

Made

29th July 1998

Laid before Parliament

5th August 1998

Coming into force

26th August 1998

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) (Excemption) (Cherwell District Council) Order 1998 and shall come into force on 26th August 1998.

Exemption of collection of refuse carried out by Cherwell District Council

2.  The collection of refuse(2) by the council of the district of Cherwell shall not be treated as a defined activity so long as it is carried out in their area during the period beginning with 26th August 1998 and ending on 28th February 1999.

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State

Hilary Armstrong

Minister of State

Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions

29th July 1998

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 particular conditions are fulfilled.

Article 2 of this Order exempts from the requirements of Part I the collection of refuse work of Cherwell District Council so long as that work is carried out in their area during the period beginning with 26th August 1998 and ending on 28th February 1999.

(1)

1988 c. 9.

(2)

See section 2(2)(a) of, and paragraph 1 of Schedule 1 to, the Local Government Act 1988. Paragraph 1 was amended by Schedule 15 to the Environment Protection Act 1990 (c. 43).