Article 10 Works contract exemption

(1)

The activities listed in section 2(2)(j) to (n) of the Act^f1 shall not be treated as defined activities so long as they consist of work undertaken by a defined authority for another party (other than a joint police board) under a works contract and the gross annual cost of that work under that contract does not exceed £25,000.

(2)

In paragraph (1) above–

“gross annual cost” means the estimated total annual costs including overheads; and
“joint police board” means a joint board constituted by an amalgamation scheme made or approved under the Police (Scotland) Act 1967^f2.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: Section 2(2)(j) of the Act was added by the Local Government Act 1988 (Competition) (Defined Activities) Order 1994 (S.I. 1994/2884); section 2(2)(k) was added by the Local Government Act 1988 (Competition) (Defined Activities) (Construction and Property Services) Order 1994 (S.I. 1994/2888); and section 2(2)(l), (m) and (n) was added by the Local Government Act 1988 (Competition) (Defined Activities) Order 1995 (S.I. 1995/1915).
f2: 1967 c. 77.