1998 No. 580

LOCAL GOVERNMENT, ENGLAND AND WALES

The Local Government Act 1988 (Defined Activities) (Exemption) (No. 2) Order 1998

Made9th March 1998

Laid before Parliament11th March 1998

Coming into force1st April 1998

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 2(9) and 15(5) and (7) 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) (Exemption) (No. 2) Order 1998 and shall come into force on 1st April 1998.

(2)

In this Order

“the 1988 Act” means the Local Government Act 1988.

Exemptions2.

(1)

An activity specified in the second column of the Schedule to this Order shall not be treated as a defined activity2 so long as it is carried out—

(a)

by the defined authority in relation to which that activity is specified and which is listed in column 1 of the Schedule to this Order; and

(b)

during the period beginning with 1st April 1998 and ending on 31st March 2001.

(2)

The maintenance of ground3 by the council of the Metropolitan Borough of Solihull shall not be treated as a defined activity so long as it is carried out in respect of cemeteries and crematorium grounds [in their area] during the period beginning with 1st April 1998 and ending on 31st March 2001.

Revocations3.

(1)

All directions given by the Secretary of State under section 14(2) and (3) (power to give directions) of the 1988 Act to any of the authorities mentioned in article 2 above are hereby revoked.

(2)

In The Local Government Act 1988 (Defined Activities) (Exemption) (Craven, Kerrier and Mid-Devon District Councils and Middlesbrough Borough Council) Order 19974, article 2(2) is hereby revoked.

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State,

Nick Raynsford

Minister of State

Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions

9th March 1998

SCHEDULE

Article 2

Name of defined authority	Activities to be exempted
Bedford Borough Council	Other cleaning5 Managing sports and leisure facilities6 Financial services7
Coventry City Council	Collection of refuse8 Other cleaning Catering for purposes of schools and welfare9 Managing sports and leisure facilities Maintenance of ground
Crawley Borough Council	Financial services
Durham County Council	Legal services10 Construction and property services11 Financial services Information technology services12 Personnel services13
East Hertfordshire District Council	Collection of refuse Other cleaning Maintenance of ground
Epsom and Ewell Borough Council	Financial services
Kings Lynn and West Norfolk Borough Council	Housing management14 Financial services Information technology services
Middlesbrough Borough Council	Construction and property services Financial services
Sheffield City Council	Maintenance of ground
Wolverhampton Metropolitan Borough Council	Catering for purposes of schools and welfare Construction and property services

(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(1) of this Order exempts from the requirements of Part I work which would, apart from this Order, fall within those defined activities so long as that work is carried out by the authority in relation to which that work is listed in the Schedule to the Order, during the period beginning with 1st April 1998 and ending on 31st March 2001; articles 2(2) makes exemptions of specific parts of the maintenance of ground work of Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council, so long as the work is carried out during the period beginning with 1st April 1998 and ending on 31st March 2001, and Sheffield City Council, so long as the work is carried out during the period beginning with 1st April 1998 and ending on 31st December 1998.

Article 3(1) of this Order revokes all directions made by the Secretary of State under section 14(2) and (3) of the Local Government Act 1988 in relation to any of the authorities mentioned in the Order, and article 3(2) revokes a specific exemption made in relation to Middlesbrough Borough Council by The Local Government Act 1988 (Defined Activities) (Exemption) (Craven, Kerrier and Mid-Devon District Councils and Middlesbrough Borough Council) Order 1997 (S.I. 1997/1666).