Explanatory note

The Regulations make provision under the competitive tendering requirements in Part I of the Local Government Act 1988 (“the Act”) in respect of the defined activity of housing management.

Regulation 3(1) applies section 6 of the Act (functional work: restrictions) to ninety five per cent. of this activity for county and county borough councils in Wales and joint committees of those councils so that those authorities must compete for such work in accordance with the Act’s requirements if they wish to carry it out themselves. Regulation 3(2) contains transitional provision (ending no later than 17th April 2002) in relation to such work being carried out by such an authority where that work was awarded before 18th April 1997 following a voluntary competitive tendering process.

Section 6 of the Act is applied from 1st April 1998 in respect of those authorities specified in Part I of the Schedule to the Regulations; from 1st July 1998 in respect of Wrexham County Borough Council as specified in Part II of that Schedule and from 1st April 1999 in respect of those authorities specified in Part III of that Schedule.