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The Local Government Act 1988 (Defined Activities) (Exemption) (Tendring District Council) Order 1998

S.I. 1998/2762 · Made 10 November 1998

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LOCAL GOVERNMENT, ENGLAND AND WALES

Made 10th November 1998

Laid before Parliament 17th November 1998

Coming into force 9th December 1998

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.

Contents

  1. 1Citation and commencement
  2. 2Exemption of sports and leisure facilities management and ground maintenance
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1Citation and commencement

This Order may be cited as the Local Government Act 1988 (Defined Activities) (Exemption) (Tendring District Council) Order 1998 and shall come into force on 9th December 1998.

2Exemption of sports and leisure facilities management and ground maintenance

(1)

The management of sports and leisure facilitiesf1 by the council of the district of Tendring (“the council”) shall not be treated as a defined activity so long as it is carried out during the period beginning with 9th December 1998 and ending immediately before 1st August 1999.

(2)

The maintenance of groundf2 by the council shall not be treated as a defined activity so long as it is carried out–

(a)

on land within the former urban districtf3 of Clacton;

(b)

during the period beginning with 9th December 1998 and ending immediately before 1st August 1999.

Signature

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions

Hilary Armstrong

Minister of State,

Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions

10th November 1998

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

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

Article 2 of this Order exempts from the requirements of Part I–

(a)

the management of sports and leisure facilities by Tendring District Council so long as it is carried out during the period beginning with 9th December 1998 and ending immediately before 1st August 1999; and

(b)

ground maintenance by that council in the area of the former urban district of Clacton so long as it is carried out during that period.