The Local Government Act 1988 (Defined Activities) (Exemption) (Rugby Borough Council) Order 1998

Statutory Instruments

1998 No. 2616

LOCAL GOVERNMENT, ENGLAND AND WALES

The Local Government Act 1988 (Defined Activities) (Exemption) (Rugby Borough Council) Order 1998

Made

20th October 1998

Laid before Parliament

28th October 1998

Coming into force

18th November 1998

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by sections 2(9) and 15(5) of the Local Government Act 1988(1) hereby makes the following Order:–

Citation and commencement

1.  This Order may be cited as the Local Government Act 1988 (Defined Activities) (Exemption) (Rugby Borough Council) Order 1998 and shall come into force on 18th November 1998.

Exemption of collection of refuse

2.  The collection of refuse(2) by the council of the borough of Rugby shall not be treated as a defined activity so long as it is carried out within their area during the period beginning with 18th November 1998 and ending on 30th November 1999.

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State

Hilary Armstrong

Minister of State,

Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions

20th October 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 by Rugby Borough Council so long as it is carried out within their area during the period beginning with 18th November 1998 and ending on 30th November 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 Environmental Protection Act 1990 (c. 43).