{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-act-1988-defined-activities-exemptions-no-3-order-1998/article-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-act-1988-defined-activities-exemptions-no-3-order-1998/article-5.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1998/2477",
  "legislation_title": "The Local Government Act 1988 (Defined Activities) (Exemptions) (No. 3) Order 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-act-1988-defined-activities-exemptions-no-3-order-1998",
  "path": "article/5",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Exemptions of legal services",
  "text": "(1) The provision of legal services by any of the county councils listed in paragraph (2) below shall not be treated as a defined activity so long as it is carried out during the period beginning with 1st October 1999 and ending on 31st March 2001.\n(2) The councils mentioned in paragraph (1) above are–\nDerbyshire County Council\nLeicestershire County Council\nStaffordshire County Council.",
  "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 added by S.I. 1994/2888."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/2477/article/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:17:42.652709+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."
}