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The Local Government Act 1988 (Defined Activities) (Exemption) (Livingston Development Corporation) Order 1994

S.I. 1994/3084 · Made 5 December 1994

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LOCAL GOVERNMENT, SCOTLAND

Made 5th December 1994

Laid before Parliament 9th December 1994

Coming into force 31st December 1994

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 2(9) and 15(5) of the Local Government Act 1988f1, and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

1988 c. 9; see section 1(1) for the meaning of “defined authority”.

Contents

  1. 1Citation and commencement
  2. 2Exemption in respect of maintenance of ground
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1Citation and commencement

This Order may be cited as the Local Government Act 1988 (Defined Activities) (Exemption) (Livingston Development Corporation) Order 1994 and shall come into force on 31st December 1994.

2Exemption in respect of maintenance of ground

Maintenance of ground (within the meaning of section 2(2)(f) of the Local Government Act 1988) by Livingston Development Corporation shall not be treated as a defined activity so long as it is undertaken in the area of that authority before 31st December 1996.

Signature

Allan Stewart

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Scottish Office

St Andrew’s House,

Edinburgh

5th December 1994

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

Under Part I of the Local Government Act 1988 (competition), work falling within certain defined activities may be carried out by authorities such as development corporations only if particular conditions relating to competitive tendering are fulfilled.

This Order exempts from the requirements of Part I ground maintenance by Livingston Development Corporation so long as it is undertaken in the area of that development corporation before its wind-up on 31st December 1996.