# The Local Government Act 1988 (Defined Activities) (Exemptions) (Police Authorities) Order 1995 S.I. 1995/3303 · made 14 December 1995 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. Made under: Local Government Act 1988 (Section 2, Section 15) ## Introductory text 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 1988, and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following Order: ## 1 Citation, commencement and interpretation (1) 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. (2) In this Order “police authority” means— (a) a police authority constituted under section 3 of the Police Act 1964, and (b) the Common Council of the City of London in its capacity as a police authority. ## 2 Legal Services The provision of legal services 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: (a) investigation or prosecution of a criminal offence; (b) handling a complaint in pursuance of Part IX of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984; (c) proceedings in relation to a disciplinary offence, or unsatisfactory performance, by a member of a police force; (d) the discharge of a constable during or at the end of his period of probation; (e) 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. ## 3 Construction and property services The provision of construction and property services 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— (a) preventing crime in and in the neighbourhood of those premises; (b) enhancing the security of such premises, or (c) securing the safety of any persons. ## 4 Works contracts (1) 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. (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 1 LICENSING PROVISIONS The Pedlars Act 1871 The Betting, Gaming and Lotteries Act 1963, Schedules 1 and 3 The Licensing Act 1964 The Gaming Act 1968, Schedule 2 The Firearms Act 1968 The Firearms (Amendment) Act 1988 The Control of Explosives Regulations 1991 ## Schedule 2 WORKS 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 3 WORKS 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— (a) certain legal work carried out by police authorities, (b) the work of those authorities' architectural liaison officers, and (c) 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. --- Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1995/3303 (the official version) Page: https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-act-1988-defined-activities-exemptions-police-authorities-order-1995 Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.