The Local Government Act 1988 (Defined Activities) (Exemptions) (Police Authorities) Order 1995
S.I. 1995/3303 · Made 14 December 1995
LOCAL GOVERNMENT, ENGLAND AND WALES
Made 14th December 1995
Laid before Parliament 5th January 1996
Coming into force 26th January 1996
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
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1988 c. 9. Section 2 is amended by paragraph 10 of Schedule 1 to the Local Government Act 1992 (c. 19).
Contents
- 1Citation, commencement and interpretation
- 2Legal Services
- 3Construction and property services
- 4Works contracts
- Signature
- Schedule 1LICENSING PROVISIONS
- Schedule 2WORKS CONTRACTS: LEGAL SERVICES
- Schedule 3WORKS CONTRACTS: CONSTRUCTION AND PROPERTY SERVICES
- Explanatory note
1Citation, commencement and interpretation
This Order may be cited as the Local Government Act 1988 (Defined Activities) (Exemptions) (Police Authorities) Order 1995 and shall come into force on 26th January 1996.
In this Order “police authority” means—
a police authority constituted under section 3 of the Police Act 1964f1, and
the Common Council of the City of London in its capacity as a police authority.
2Legal Services
The provision of legal servicesf1 by a police authority shall not be treated as a defined activity so long as it consists of legal work carried out in connection with any of the following:
investigation or prosecution of a criminal offence;
handling a complaint in pursuance of Part IX of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984f2;
proceedings in relation to a disciplinary offence, or unsatisfactory performance, by a member of a police force;
the discharge of a constable during or at the end of his period of probation;
the discharge of the functions of any constable or chief officer of police in pursuance of any enactment or instrument mentioned in Schedule 1 to this Order.
3Construction and property services
The provision of construction and property servicesf1 by a police authority shall not be treated as a defined activity so long as it consists of the giving of advice in relation to the design, improvement or refurbishment of any premises for the purposes of—
preventing crime in and in the neighbourhood of those premises;
enhancing the security of such premises, or
securing the safety of any persons.
4Works contracts
The provision of legal services shall not be treated as a defined activity so long as it is carried out in pursuance of a works contract by a defined authority for a police authority before the date specified in relation to that police authority in Schedule 2.
The provision of construction and property services shall not be treated as a defined activity so long as it is carried out in pursuance of a works contract by a defined authority for a police authority before the date specified in relation to that police authority in Schedule 3.
Signature
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State
Paul Beresford
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State,
Department of the Environment
11th December 1995
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Wales
Gwilym Jones
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Welsh Office
14th December 1995
Schedule 1LICENSING PROVISIONS
Schedule 2WORKS CONTRACTS: LEGAL SERVICES
| Police authority | Date from which exemption ceases |
|---|---|
| Greater Manchester Merseyside South Yorkshire West Midlands West Yorkshire City of London | } 1 April 1997 |
| Cambridgeshire Cheshire Cumbria Gloucestershire Hertfordshire Kent Lancashire Lincolnshire Norfolk Northamptonshire Northumbria Suffolk Surrey Warwickshire | } 1 October 1997 |
| Avon and Somerset Cleveland Humberside North Yorkshire Dyfed-Powys Gwent North Wales South Wales | } 1 April 1998 |
| Bedfordshire Derbyshire Devon and Cornwall Dorset Durham Essex Hampshire Leicestershire Nottinghamshire Staffordshire Sussex Thames Valley West Mercia Wiltshire | } 1 April 1999 |
Schedule 3WORKS CONTRACTS: CONSTRUCTION AND PROPERTY SERVICES
| Police authority | Date from which exemption ceases |
|---|---|
| Greater Manchester Merseyside South Yorkshire West Midlands West Yorkshire City of London Cambridgeshire Cheshire Cumbria Gloucestershire Hertfordshire Kent Lancashire Lincolnshire Norfolk Northamptonshire Northumbria Suffolk Surrey Warwickshire | } 1 October 1997 |
| Avon and Somerset Cleveland Humberside North Yorkshire Dyfed-Powys Gwent North Wales South Wales | } 1 April 1998 |
| Bedfordshire Derbyshire Devon and Cornwall Dorset Durham Essex Hampshire Leicestershire Nottinghamshire Staffordshire Sussex Thames Valley West Mercia Wiltshire | } 1 April 1999 |
Explanatory note
(This note is not part of the Order)
Under Part I of the Local Government Act 1988, work falling within certain defined activities may not be carried out by defined authorities unless it has first been subjected to competition.
This Order, which applies in England and Wales, exempts from Part I—
certain legal work carried out by police authorities,
the work of those authorities' architectural liaison officers, and
certain works contracts for legal and construction and property services carried out on behalf of police authorities before the dates specified in Schedules 2 and 3.