# The Local Government Act 1988 (Competition) (Defined Activities) Order 1995, Article 6: Works contracts: transitional provision


(1) Sections 4 and 5 of the Act (works contracts) shall have effect in respect of works contracts for work which by reason only of this order falls within paragraph (b) of section 2(2) of the Act as if for the date 1st April 1989, wherever occurring in those sections, there were substituted the date specified in the following Table in relation to the area in which the work is to be carried out:
Area
Date
England
1st October 1996
Scotland
1st October 1997
Wales
1st October 1996
(2) Sections 4 and 5 of the Act shall have effect in respect of works contracts for work falling within paragraph (l) of section 2(2) of the Act as if for the date 1st April 1989, wherever occurring in those sections, there were substituted the date specified in the following Table in relation to the area in which the work is to be carried out:
Area
Date
England
1st April 1997
Scotland
1st October 1997
Wales
1st October 1998
(3) Sections 4 and 5 of the Act shall have effect in respect of works contracts for work falling within paragraph (m) of section 2(2) of the Act as if for the date 1st April 1989, wherever occurring in those sections, there were substituted the date specified in the following Table in relation to the area in which the work is to be carried out:
Area
Date
England
1st October 1997
Scotland
1st October 1997
Wales
1st October 1999
(4) Sections 4 and 5 of the Act shall have effect in respect of works contracts for work falling within paragraph (n) of section 2(2) of the Act as if for the date 1st April 1989, wherever occurring in those sections, there were substituted the date specified in the following Table in relation to the area in which the work is to be carried out:
Area
Date
England
1st October 1996
Scotland
1st October 1997
Wales
1st October 1999

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1995/1915/article/6 (the official version)
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