The Local Government Act 1988 (Defined Activities) (Exemptions) (Dacorum, Hertsmere and Luton Borough Councils) Order 1998

Statutory Instruments

1998 No. 1586

LOCAL GOVERNMENT, ENGLAND AND WALES

The Local Government Act 1988 (Defined Activities) (Exemptions) (Dacorum, Hertsmere and Luton Borough Councils) Order 1998

Made

30th June 1998

Laid before Parliament

8th July 1998

Coming into force

29th July 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) (Exemptions) (Dacorum, Hertsmere and Luton Borough Councils) Order 1998 and shall come into force on 29th July 1998.

Exemptions of sports and leisure facilities management

2.—(1) The management of sports and leisure facilities(2) by the council of the borough of Dacorum shall not be treated as a defined activity so long as it is carried out during the period beginning with 1st December 1998 and ending on 30th September 1999, in the Berkhamsted Sports Centre, Lagley Meadows, Douglas Gardens, Berkhamsted.

(2) The management of sports and leisure facilities by the council of the borough of Hertsmere shall not be treated as a defined activity so long as it is carried out during the period beginning with 1st January 2000 and ending on 31st December 2001, in the following premises in the borough:

• The Furzefield Centre, Mutton Lane, Potters Bar

• The Hartspring Centre, Park Avenue, Bushey

• The Hertsmere Centre Pool, Elstree Way, Borehamwood.

Exemption of schools and welfare catering by Luton Borough Council

3.  The provision of catering for the purposes of schools and welfare(3) 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 September 1998 and ending on 31st March 2002.

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State

Hilary Armstrong

Minister of State,

Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions

30th June 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 management of sports and leisure facilities by Dacorum Borough Council, so long as it is carried out during the period beginning with 1st December 1998 and ending on 30th September 1999, in the Berkhamsted Sports Centre; and by Hertsmere Borough Council, so long as it is carried out during the period beginning with 1st January 2000 and ending on 31st December 2001, in the premises named in article 2(2). Article 3 of this Order exempts catering for the 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 September 1998 and ending on 31st March 2002.

(1)

1988 c. 9.

(2)

See section 2(2)(ee) of, and paragraph 8 of Schedule 1 to, the Local Government Act 1988. Subsection (2)(ee) and paragraph 8 were inserted by the Local Government Act 1988 (Competition in Sports and Leisure Facilities) Order 1989 (S.I. 1989 No. 2488).

(3)

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