{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-act-1988-competition-scotland-regulations-1997/regulation-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-act-1988-competition-scotland-regulations-1997/regulation-1.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1997/197",
  "legislation_title": "The Local Government Act 1988 (Competition) (Scotland) Regulations 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-act-1988-competition-scotland-regulations-1997",
  "path": "regulation/1",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Citation, commencement and application",
  "text": "(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Local Government Act 1988 (Competition) (Scotland) Regulations 1997 and shall come into force on 3rd March1997.\n(2) These Regulations apply to councils constituted under section 2 of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994 and to joint boards and joint committees within the meaning of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973, but do not apply to–\n(a) joint boards constituted by an amalgamation scheme order made under section 21B of the Police (Scotland) Act 1967 (reorganisation of police areas); or\n(b) the Dumfries and Galloway Council or the Fife Council in respect of their functions as a police authority under the said Act of 1967.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1994 c. 39; section 2(2) was amended by the Environment Act 1995 (c. 25), Schedule 22, paragraph 232(1)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1973 c. 65."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "1967 c. 77; section 21B was inserted by the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994 (c. 39), section 34."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/197/regulation/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:26:52.367219+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}