1998 No. 2191
LOCAL GOVERNMENT, ENGLAND AND WALES

The Local Government Act 1988 (Defined Activities) (Works Contracts) (Exemptions) (Wales) (Amendment) Order 1998

Made
Laid before Parliament
Coming into force
The Secretary of State for Wales, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 2(9) and 15(5) of the Local Government Act 19881, and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order:

Citation, commencement and interpretation1.

(1)

This Order may be cited as the Local Government Act 1988 (Defined Activities) (Works Contracts) (Exemptions) (Wales) (Amendment) Order 1998 and shall come into force on 30th September 1998.

(2)

In this Order, “the principal Order” means the Local Government Act 1988 (Defined Activities) (Works Contracts) (Exemptions) (Wales) Order 19972.

Amendment of the principal Order2.

The Schedule to this Order substitutes a new Schedule to the principal Order.

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Wales

Jon Owen Jones
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Welsh Office

THE SCHEDULE

Article 2

For the Schedule to the principal Order substitute–

“THE SCHEDULE

Article 2

(1)

(2)

Services

Specified date

1. Management of vehicles3

1st April 2000

2. Security work3

1st June 2000

3. Supervision of parking3

1st June 2000

4. Construction and Property4

1st October 2000

5. Financial5

1st October 2000

6. Housing Management6

1st October 2000

7. Information Technology5

1st October 2000

8. Legal7

1st October 2000

9. Personnel5

1st October 2000”

(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 not be carried out by defined authorities unless it has first been subjected to competition.

The Local Government Act 1988 (Defined Activities) (Works Contracts) (Exemptions) (Wales) Order 1997 (S.I. 1997/1700) (“the 1997 Order”) exempts from Part I various works contracts carried out by certain defined authorities in Wales on behalf of other such defined authorities in Wales before certain specified dates. This Order substitutes a new Schedule to the 1997 Order specifying new dates and also including works contracts in relation to information technology and personnel services. That Schedule specifies the dates of 1st April 2000 (in place of 1st April 1999) for management of vehicles; 1st June 2000 (in place of 1st June 1999) for security work and supervision of parking and 1st October 2000 (in place of 1st October 1999) in relation to construction and property services; financial services; housing management services; legal services; information technology services and personnel services. These dates correspond to the revised dates for the application of section 6 (functional work: restrictions) of the Local Government Act 1988 to those services made by the Local Government Act 1988 (Competition) (Wales) Regulations 1998 (S.I. 1998/2192).