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The Local Government Act 1988 (Defined Activities) (Exemptions) (Amendment) Order 1997

S.I. 1997/2746 · Made 18 November 1997

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LOCAL GOVERNMENT, ENGLAND AND WALES

Made 18th November 1997

Laid before Parliament 21st November 1997

Coming into force 1st April 1998

The Secretary of State for the Environment, as respects England, and the Secretary of State for Wales, as respects Wales, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by sections 2(9) and 15(5) of the Local Government Act 1988f1, and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following Order:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

1988 c. 9.

Contents

  1. 1Citation and commencement
  2. 2Amendment of the Local Government Act 1988 (Defined Activities) (Exemptions) (England) Order 1988
  3. 3Amendment of the Local Government Act 1988 (Defined Activities) (Exemptions) (Wales) Order 1988
  4. Signature
  5. Explanatory note

1Citation and commencement

This Order may be cited as the Local Government Act 1988 (Defined Activities) (Exemptions) (Amendment) Order 1997 and shall come into force on 1st April 1998.

2Amendment of the Local Government Act 1988 (Defined Activities) (Exemptions) (England) Order 1988

Paragraph (2) of article 3 of the Local Government Act 1988 (Defined Activities) (Exemptions) (England) Order 1988f1 is amended by the substitution for “£100,000” of “£150,000”.

3Amendment of the Local Government Act 1988 (Defined Activities) (Exemptions) (Wales) Order 1988

Paragraph (2) of article 3 of the Local Government Act 1988 (Defined Activities) (Exemptions) (Wales) Order 1988f1 is amended by the substitution for “£100,000” of “£150,000”.

Signature

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for the Environment

Hilary Armstrong

Minister of State,

Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions

17th November 1997

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Wales

Win Griffiths

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Welsh Office

18th November 1997

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

The Local Government Act 1988 (Defined Activities) (Exemptions) (England) Order 1988 and the Local Government Act 1988 (Defined Activities) (Exemptions) (Wales) Order 1988 (“the 1988 Orders”) exempted a number of manual services carried out by local authorities in England and Wales in any financial year from the competition requirements of Part I of the Local Government Act 1988 so long as, in respect of each individual service, the cost to the authority of the service in the preceding financial year did not exceed £100,000. This Order raises that limit to £150,000.