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

Statutory Instruments

1998 No. 326

LOCAL GOVERNMENT, ENGLAND AND WALES

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

Made

18th February 1998

Laid before Parliament

27th February 1998

Coming into force

20th March 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 (Exemption) (Luton Borough Council) Order 1998 and shall come into force on 20th March 1998.

Exemption of catering for purposes of schools and welfare

2.  Catering for purposes of schools and welfare(2) by the council of the borough of Luton shall not be treated as a defined activity so long as it is carried out in their area during the period beginning with 1st April 1998 and ending on 31st August 1998.

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State

Hilary Armstrong

Minister of State,

Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions

18th February 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.

This Order exempts from the requirements of Part I catering for purposes of schools and welfare by Luton Borough Council so long as it is carried out in their area during the period beginning with 1st April 1998 and ending on 31st August 1998.

(1)

1988 c. 9.

(2)

See section 2(2)(d) of, and paragraph 4 of Schedule 1 to, the 1988 Act.