{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-act-1988-defined-activities-housing-management-exemptions-wales-order-1997/article-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-act-1988-defined-activities-housing-management-exemptions-wales-order-1997/article-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1997/934",
  "legislation_title": "The Local Government Act 1988 (Defined Activities) (Housing Management) (Exemptions) (Wales) Order 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-act-1988-defined-activities-housing-management-exemptions-wales-order-1997",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In this Order—\n“the Act” means the Local Government Act 1988;\n“the 1985 Act” means the Housing Act 1985;\n“council” means a county or county borough council in Wales;\n“house” has the same meaning as in Part II of the 1985 Act but does not include—\n(a) hostels as defined in section 622 of the 1985 Act, or\n(b) flats in relation to which the right to buy under Part V of the 1985 Act has been exercised;\n“housing management work” means, in relation to a council, work of any description falling within the defined activity mentioned in section 2(2)(h) of the Act (housing management) other than work carried out under a works contract in relation to which that council were a bidding authority to which section 4 of the Act (works contracts: restrictions) applies;\n“housing stock” means the number of houses provided by a council under Part II of the 1985 Act;\n“relevant organisation” means a tenant management organisation within the meaning of section 27AB(8) of the 1985 Act (management agreements with tenant management organisations); and\n“year” means the period of twelve months beginning with 1st April.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1985 c. 68."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "See the meaning of “local authority”, in relation to Wales, in subsection (2A) inserted in section 1 of the Act (defined authorities) by the Local Government Reorganisation (Wales) (Consequential Amendments) Order 1995 (S.I. 1995/115), for the reference to “county council” and “county borough council”."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "Section 2(2)(h) was inserted by the Local Government Act 1988 (Competition) (Defined Activities) (Housing Management) Order 1994 (S.I. 1994/1671)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "Section 27AB was inserted by section 132(1) of the Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993 (c. 28). The relevant regulations under section 27AB are the Housing (Right to Manage) Regulations 1994 (S.I. 1994/627)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/934/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:11:26.962838+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."
}