# The Local Government Act 1988 (Competition) (Revocations) Regulations 1997 S.I. 1997/2747 · made 18 November 1997 These Regulations revoke the Regulations listed in column (1) of the Schedule to the extent mentioned in column (3), in so far as they apply to defined authorities in England and Wales. The effect of the revocations is to remove restrictions imposed for the purposes of Part I (competition) of the Local Government Act 1988 on the specification of contract periods for manual services, on the timing of tendering requirements and on the treatment of extraneous costs for the purposes of the evaluation of bids and tenders. Made under: Superannuation Act 1972 (Section 7, Section 12, Section 24); Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980 (Section 9); Local Government Finance Act 1982 (Section 23); Local Government Act 1988 (Section 6, Section 8, Section 15); Local Government Act 1992 (Section 9) ## Introductory text LOCAL GOVERNMENT, ENGLAND AND WALES Made 18th November 1997 Laid before Parliament 21st November 1997 Coming into force 12th December 1997 The Secretary of State for the Environment, as respects England, and the Secretary of State for Wales, as respects Wales, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by sections 7, 12 and 24 of the Superannuation Act 1972, section 9(4)(aa) of the Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980, section 23 of the Local Government Finance Act 1982, sections 6(3), 8(1) and (2) and 15(6) and (7) of the Local Government Act 1988, and section 9 of the Local Government Act 1992 and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, and after consultation (as required by section 35(3) of the Local Government Finance Act 1982) with the Audit Commission for Local Authorities in England and Wales, such associations of local authorities as appear to them to be concerned (as also required by section 7(5) of the Superannuation Act 1972) and such bodies of accountants as appear to them to be appropriate, hereby make the following Regulations— ## 1 Citation, commencement and application (1) These Regulations may be cited as the Local Government Act 1988 (Competition) (Revocations) Regulations 1997 and shall come into force on 12th December 1997. (2) Subject to paragraph (3), these Regulations apply to work which is proposed to be carried out in England and Wales on or after the date on which these Regualtions come into force. (3) These Regulations do not apply to work in respect of which a notice has been published in accordance with subsection (1) of section 7 (the conditions) of the Local Government Act 1988 before that date. ## 2 Revocation of Regulations and Savings (1) Subject to paragraph (2) the Regulations listed in column (1) of the Schedule to these Regulations are revoked to the extent indicated in column (3). (2) Nothing in paragraph (1) shall affect the application of the Local Government (Direct Services Organisations) (Competition) Regulations 1993 to defined authorities in Scotland. ## Signature Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for the Environment Hilary Armstrong Minister of State, Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions 17th November 1997 Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Wales Win Griffiths Parliamentary Under Secretary of State Welsh Office 18th November 1997 ## REGULATIONS REVOKED Title of Instrument S.I. Reference Extent of Revocation The Local Government Act 1988 (Defined Activities) (Specified Periods) (England) Regulations 1988 1988/1373 The whole instrument The Local Government Act 1988 (Defined Activities) (Specified Periods) (Wales) Regulations 1988 1988/1470 The whole instrument The Local Government Act 1988 (Defined Activities) (Competition) (England) Regulations 1990 1990/1564 regulation 3 The Local Government Act 1988 (Defined Activities) (Specified Periods) (Inner London) Regulations 1990 1990/2468 The whole instrument The Local Government Act 1988 (Defined Activities) (Competition) (Wales) Regulations 1991 1991/232 regulation 5 The Local Government (Direct Service Organisations) (Competition) Regulations 1993 1993/848 regulations 2, 3, 4(1)(d), and 5 to 14A (and the Schedule) The Local Government Act 1988 (Defined Activities) (Competition) (Supervision of Parking, Management of Vehicles and Security Work) (England) Regulations 1994 1994/3165 regulation 3 The Local Government (Direct Service Organisations) (Competition) (Amendment) Regulations 1995 1995/1336 regulations 4, 5 and 7 to 10 The Local Government Act 1988 (Defined Activities) (Cleaning of Police Buildings) (England and Wales) Regulations 1995 1995/1973 regulation 5 The Local Government Act 1988 (Defined Activities) (Specified Periods) (England) Regulations 1995 1995/2484 The whole instrument The Local Government Act 1988 (Defined Activities) (Specified Periods) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 1995 1995/3118 The whole instrument The Local Government Act 1988 (Defined Activities) (Specified Periods) (Wales) Regulations 1996 1996/265 The whole instrument The Accounts and Audit Regulations 1996 1996/590 regulation 10 (and the Schedule) The Local Government Act 1988 (Defined Activities) (Specified Period) (Redbridge London Borough Council) Regulations 1996 1996/823 The whole instrument The Local Government (Discretionary Payments) Regulations 1996 1996/1680 paragraph 2 of Schedule 4 and so much of regulation 48 as relates to that paragraph The Local Government Act 1988 (Defined Activities) (Competition) (Supervision of Parking, Management of Vehicles and Security Work) (Wales) Regulations 1997 1997/128 regulation 3 ## Explanatory note (This note is not part of the Regulations) These Regulations revoke the Regulations listed in column (1) of the Schedule to the extent mentioned in column (3), in so far as they apply to defined authorities in England and Wales. The effect of the revocations is to remove restrictions imposed for the purposes of Part I (competition) of the Local Government Act 1988 on the specification of contract periods for manual services, on the timing of tendering requirements and on the treatment of extraneous costs for the purposes of the evaluation of bids and tenders. The Regulations also revoke regulation 10 of, and the Schedule to, the Accounts and Audit Regulations 1996. The effect of the revocation is to relieve those authorities to whom the regulation applied of the need to publish a statement of support service costs. --- Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/2747 (the official version) Page: https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-act-1988-competition-revocations-regulations-1997 Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.