Explanatory note

Under Part I of the Local Government Act 1988 (competition), work falling within certain defined activities may be carried out by local authorities only if particular conditions are fulfilled.

This Order exempts from the requirements of Part I housing management carried out by a relevant authority (defined in article 1(2)) so long as it is carried out in relation to houses in respect of which such an authority has delegated some or all of its housing management functions to a relevant organisation (defined in article 1(2)), it is carried out by staff employed by the relevant authority who are under the direction of the committee or board of directors of the relevant organisation, and it is being carried out before 1st April 2001, or, in the case of some relevant authorities, before 1st April 2002. The activity of housing management is interpreted in paragraph 9 of Schedule 1 to the 1988 Act (added by S.I. 1994/1671).

Article 4 provides that for the purposes of the Local Government Act 1988 (Defined Activities) (Exemption) (England) Order 1988 (S.I. 1988/1372) the cost to a relevant authority of carrying out housing management includes the cost of any work which is exempted from the requirements of Part I of the 1988 Act by this Order.