# The Local Government Act 1988 (Defined Activities) (Exemption of Development Corporations) (Scotland) Order 1995

S.I. 1995/517 · made 28 February 1995

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.

Made under: Local Government Act 1988 (Section 2, Section 15)

## Introductory text

LOCAL GOVERNMENT, SCOTLAND
Made 28th February 1995
Laid before Parliament 10th March 1995
Coming into force 31st March 1995
The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 2(9) and 15(5) of the Local Government Act 1988 and all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order:

## 1 Citation and commencement

This Order may be cited as the Local Government Act 1988 (Defined Activities) (Exemption of Development Corporations) (Scotland) Order 1995 and shall come into force on 31st March 1995.

## 2 Exemption in respect of maintenance of ground

Maintenance of ground (within the meaning of section 2(2)(f) of the Local Government Act 1988) by either East Kilbride Development Corporation or Glenrothes Development Corporation shall not be treated as a defined activity of that authority so long as it is carried out in the area of that authority before 31st December 1995.

## 3 Exemption in respect of maintenance of ground

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

## Signature

George Kynoch
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Scottish Office
St Andrew’s House,
Edinburgh
28th February 1995

## 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 four development corporations in Scotland so long as it is undertaken in the respective areas of those authorities in the period prior to their wind-up. A similar exemption was made in the case of Livingston Development Corporation by S.I. 1994/3084.

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