{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-act-1988-defined-activities-exemptions-scotland-order-1997/article-10",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-act-1988-defined-activities-exemptions-scotland-order-1997/article-10.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1997/198",
  "legislation_title": "The Local Government Act 1988 (Defined Activities) (Exemptions) (Scotland) Order 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-act-1988-defined-activities-exemptions-scotland-order-1997",
  "path": "article/10",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "10",
  "heading": "Works contract exemption",
  "text": "(1) The activities listed in section 2(2)(j) to (n) of the Act 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.\n(2) In paragraph (1) above–\n“gross annual cost” means the estimated total annual costs including overheads; and\n“joint police board” means a joint board constituted by an amalgamation scheme made or approved under the Police (Scotland) Act 1967.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "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)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1967 c. 77."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/198/article/10",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:26:51.525409+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."
}