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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-act-1988-defined-activities-exemption-wales-order-1991/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1991/262",
  "legislation_title": "The Local Government Act 1988 (Defined Activities) (Exemption) (Wales) Order 1991",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-act-1988-defined-activities-exemption-wales-order-1991",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nUnder Part I of the Local Government Act 1988 work falling within certain defined activities may only be carried out by local authorities if specified conditions are fulfilled.\nArticle 3 of the Local Government Act 1988 (Defined Activities) (Exemptions) (Wales) Order 1988 (“the 1988 Order”) exempts an activity from the requirements of Part I of the 1988 Act where the estimated gross cost to a particular authority in Wales of carrying it out in the previous financial year does not exceed £100,000.\nThis Order exempts from the requirements of Part I of the 1988 Act the activity of “other cleaning” (as defined in paragraph 3 of Schedule 1 to the 1988 Act) so long as, in respect of the authority concerned, that activity was exempt by virtue of article 3 of the 1988 Order on 31st March 1991 but not on 1st April 1991, and the activity is carried out before 1st August 1991.",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1991/262/note",
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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