# The Local Government Act 1988 (Competition) (Scotland) Regulations 1997, Regulation 6: Application of section 6 – professional services


(1) Section 6 of the Act shall apply to the specified proportion of any specified work falling within a professional service if it is proposed to be carried out by a defined authority on or after 1st October 1999.
(2) Where a defined authority proposes to carry out any specified work falling within a professional service in the period from 1st October 1998 to 31st March 1999 (inclusive), section 6 of the Act shall apply in that period to one third of the cumulative total of the specified proportions of work falling within the professional services.
(3) Where a defined authority proposes to carry out any specified work falling within a professional service in the period from 1st April 1999 to 30th September 1999 (inclusive), section 6 of the Act shall apply in that period to two-thirds of the cumulative total of the specified proportions of work falling within the professional services.
(4) This regulation is subject to regulation 8 below.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/197/regulation/6 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-act-1988-competition-scotland-regulations-1997/regulation-6
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