{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-act-1988-defined-activities-exemptions-combined-fire-authorities-etc-order-1998/article-4",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1998/1380",
  "legislation_title": "The Local Government Act 1988 (Defined Activities) (Exemptions) (Combined Fire Authorities Etc.) Order 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-act-1988-defined-activities-exemptions-combined-fire-authorities-etc-order-1998",
  "path": "article/4",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Exemptions of defined activities carried out by combined fire authorities",
  "text": "(1) The legal services work and the construction and property services work of a combined fire authority which is established on a date specified in column A below (“the establishment date”) shall not be treated as defined activities, so long as they are carried out during the period beginning with the date on which this Order comes into force and ending on the date specified in relation to that establishment date in column B below—\nA\nB\n1st April 1996\n30th September 1998\n1st April 1997\n30th September 1999\n1st April 1998\n31st March 2000.\n(2) The financial services work of a combined fire authority which is established on a date specified in column A below (“the establishment date”) shall not be treated as a defined activity, so long as it is carried out during the period beginning with the date on which this order comes into force and ending on the date specified in relation to that establishment date in column B below—\nA\nB\n1st April 1996\n31st March 1999\n1st April 1997\n31st December 1999\n1st April 1998\n30th September 2000.\n(3) The information and technology services work of a combined fire authority which is established on a date specified in column A below (“the establishment date”) shall not be treated as a defined activity, so long as it is carried out during the period beginning with the date on which this order comes into force and ending on the date specified in relation to that establishment date in column B below—\nA\nB\n1st April 1996\n31st March 2000\n1st April 1997\n30th September 2000\n1st April 1998\n30th September 2001.\n(4) The personnel services of a combined fire authority which is established on a date specified in column A below (“the establishment date”) shall not be treated as a defined activity, so long as it is carried out during the period beginning with the date on which this order comes into force and ending on the date specified in relation to that establishment date in column B below—\nA\nB\n1st April 1996\n31st December 1998\n1st April 1997\n31st December 1999\n1st April 1998\n30th September 2000.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "See section 2(2)(j) of, and paragraph 11 of Schedule 1 to, the Local Government Act 1988, which were inserted by S.I. 1994/2884."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "See section 2(2)(k) of, and paragraph 12 of Schedule 1 to, the Local Government Act 1988, which were inserted by S.I. 1994/2888."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "See section 2(2)(1) of, and paragraph 13 of Schedule 1 to, the Local Government Act 1988, which were inserted by S.I. 1995/1915."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "See section 2(2)(m) of, and paragraph 14 of Schedule 1 to, the Local Government Act 1988, which were inserted by S.I. 1995/1915."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f5",
      "text": "See section 2(2)(n) of, and paragraph 15 of Schedule 1 to, the Local Government Act 1988, which were inserted by S.I. 1995/1915."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/1380/article/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:27:44.097291+00:00"
  },
  "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."
}