The Local Government Act 1988 (Competition) (Revocations) Regulations 1997

Made18th November 1997

Laid before Parliament21st November 1997

Coming into force12th December 1997

The Secretary of State for the Environment, as respects England, and the Secretary of State for Wales, as respects Wales, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by sections 7, 12 and 24 of the Superannuation Act 19721, section 9(4)(aa) of the Local Government, Planning and Land Act 19802, section 23 of the Local Government Finance Act 19823, sections 6(3), 8(1) and (2) and 15(6) and (7) of the Local Government Act 19884, and section 9 of the Local Government Act 19925 and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, and after consultation (as required by section 35(3) of the Local Government Finance Act 1982) with the Audit Commission for Local Authorities in England and Wales, such associations of local authorities as appear to them to be concerned (as also required by section 7(5) of the Superannuation Act 1972) and such bodies of accountants as appear to them to be appropriate, hereby make the following Regulations—

Citation, commencement and application1.

(1)

These Regulations may be cited as the Local Government Act 1988 (Competition) (Revocations) Regulations 1997 and shall come into force on 12th December 1997.

(2)

Subject to paragraph (3), these Regulations apply to work which is proposed to be carried out in England and Wales on or after the date on which these Regualtions come into force.

(3)

These Regulations do not apply to work in respect of which a notice has been published in accordance with subsection (1) of section 7 (the conditions) of the Local Government Act 1988 before that date.

Revocation of Regulations and Savings2.

(1)

Subject to paragraph (2) the Regulations listed in column (1) of the Schedule to these Regulations are revoked to the extent indicated in column (3).

(2)

Nothing in paragraph (1) shall affect the application of the Local Government (Direct Services Organisations) (Competition) Regulations 19936 to defined authorities in Scotland.

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for the Environment

Hilary Armstrong

Minister of State,

Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions

17th November 1997

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Wales

Win Griffiths

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State Welsh Office

18th November 1997

SCHEDULEREGULATIONS REVOKED

Regulation 2

Title of Instrument	S.I. Reference	Extent of Revocation
The Local Government Act 1988 (Defined Activities) (Specified Periods) (England) Regulations 1988	1988/1373	The whole instrument
The Local Government Act 1988 (Defined Activities) (Specified Periods) (Wales) Regulations 1988	1988/1470	The whole instrument
The Local Government Act 1988 (Defined Activities) (Competition) (England) Regulations 1990	1990/1564	regulation 3
The Local Government Act 1988 (Defined Activities) (Specified Periods) (Inner London) Regulations 1990	1990/2468	The whole instrument
The Local Government Act 1988 (Defined Activities) (Competition) (Wales) Regulations 1991	1991/232	regulation 5
The Local Government (Direct Service Organisations) (Competition) Regulations 1993	1993/848	regulations 2, 3, 4(1)(d), and 5 to 14A7 (and the Schedule)
The Local Government Act 1988 (Defined Activities) (Competition) (Supervision of Parking, Management of Vehicles and Security Work) (England) Regulations 1994	1994/3165	regulation 3
The Local Government (Direct Service Organisations) (Competition) (Amendment) Regulations 1995	1995/1336	regulations 4, 5 and 7 to 10
The Local Government Act 1988 (Defined Activities) (Cleaning of Police Buildings) (England and Wales) Regulations 1995	1995/1973	regulation 5
The Local Government Act 1988 (Defined Activities) (Specified Periods) (England) Regulations 1995	1995/2484	The whole instrument
The Local Government Act 1988 (Defined Activities) (Specified Periods) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 1995	1995/3118	The whole instrument
The Local Government Act 1988 (Defined Activities) (Specified Periods) (Wales) Regulations 1996	1996/265	The whole instrument
The Accounts and Audit Regulations 1996	1996/590	regulation 10 (and the Schedule)
The Local Government Act 1988 (Defined Activities) (Specified Period) (Redbridge London Borough Council) Regulations 1996	1996/823	The whole instrument
The Local Government (Discretionary Payments) Regulations 1996	1996/1680	paragraph 2 of Schedule 4 and so much of regulation 48 as relates to that paragraph
The Local Government Act 1988 (Defined Activities) (Competition) (Supervision of Parking, Management of Vehicles and Security Work) (Wales) Regulations 1997	1997/128	regulation 3

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations revoke the Regulations listed in column (1) of the Schedule to the extent mentioned in column (3), in so far as they apply to defined authorities in England and Wales. The effect of the revocations is to remove restrictions imposed for the purposes of Part I (competition) of the Local Government Act 1988 on the specification of contract periods for manual services, on the timing of tendering requirements and on the treatment of extraneous costs for the purposes of the evaluation of bids and tenders.

The Regulations also revoke regulation 10 of, and the Schedule to, the Accounts and Audit Regulations 1996. The effect of the revocation is to relieve those authorities to whom the regulation applied of the need to publish a statement of support service costs.