{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-act-1988-competition-scotland-regulations-1997/regulation-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-act-1988-competition-scotland-regulations-1997/regulation-2.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/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires–\n“the Act” means the Local Government Act 1988;\n“the 1980 Act” means the Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980;\n“construction and property services” means the defined activity mentioned in section 2(2)(k) of the Act;\n“the cost”, in relation to a defined activity, means the estimated total annual cost including overheads, provided that these overheads are not treated by a defined authority as forming part of the cost of–\n(a) another defined activity; or\n(b) work to which Part III of the 1980 Act applies;\n“defined authority” means an authority to whom and to which extent these Regulations apply;\n“financial services” means the defined activity mentioned in section 2(2)(l) of the Act;\n“housing management” means the defined activity mentioned in section 2(2)(h) of the Act;\n“information technology services” means the defined activity mentioned in section 2(2)(m) of the Act;\n“legal services” means the defined activity mentioned in section 2(2)(j) of the Act;\n“management of vehicles” means the defined activity mentioned in section 2(2)(gg) of the Act;\n“personnel services” means the defined activity mentioned in section 2(2)(n) of the Act;\n“professional services” means the defined activities of–\n(a) legal services;\n(b) construction and property services;\n(c) financial services;\n(d) information technology services; and\n(e) personnel services;\n“security work” means the defined activity mentioned in section 2(2)(i) of the Act;\n“the specified proportion” means for professional services an amount calculated–\n(a) in respect of legal services in accordance with Schedule 1 to these Regulations;\n(b) in respect of construction and property services in accordance (subject to regulation 7 below) with Schedule 2 to these Regulations;\n(c) in respect of financial services in accordance (subject to regulation 7 below) with Schedule 3 to these Regulations;\n(d) in respect of information technology services in accordance with Schedule 4 to these Regulations; and\n(e) in respect of personnel services in accordance (subject to regulation 7 below) with Schedule 5 to these Regulations;\n“specified work” means work of any description falling within the activity concerned, other than work carried out by a bidding authority to which section 4 of the Act (works contracts; restrictions) applies;\n“voluntary competitive tendering” means the award of work before 2nd April 1994 following a competitive process in the course of which at least three persons who are not defined authorities were invited to tender for that work.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1980 c. 65."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Section 2(2)(k) was added by article 2(1) of the Local Government Act 1988 (Competition) (Defined Activities) (Construction and Property Services) Order 1994 (S.I. 1994/2888)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "Section 2(2)(l) was added by article 2 of the Local Government Act 1988 (Competition) (Defined Activities) Order 1995 (S.I. 1995/1915) (“the 1995 Order”)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "Section 2(2)(h) was added by article 2(1)(b) of the Local Government Act 1988 (Competition) (Defined Activities) (Housing Management) Order 1994 (S.I. 1994/1671)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f5",
      "text": "Section 2(2)(m) was added by article 2 of the 1995 Order."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f6",
      "text": "Section 2(2)(j) was added by article 2(1)(b) of the Local Government Act 1988 (Competition) (Defined Activities) Order 1994 (S.I. 1994/2884) (“the 1994 Order”)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f7",
      "text": "Section 2(2)(gg) was added by article 2(1)(a) of the 1994 Order."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f8",
      "text": "Section 2(2)(n) was added by article 2 of the 1995 Order."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f9",
      "text": "Section 2(2)(i) was added by article 2(1)(b) of the 1994 Order."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f10",
      "text": "Section 4 of the Act was amended by paragraph 11 of Schedule 1 to the Local Government Act 1992."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/197/regulation/2",
    "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."
}