{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-act-1988-exemption-for-works-contracts-scotland-order-1998/article-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-act-1988-exemption-for-works-contracts-scotland-order-1998/article-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1998/1423",
  "legislation_title": "The Local Government Act 1988 (Exemption for Works Contracts) (Scotland) Order 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-act-1988-exemption-for-works-contracts-scotland-order-1998",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Exemption for works contracts",
  "text": "(1) The provision of services specified in paragraph (2) below shall not be treated as a defined activity so long as it is carried out in pursuance of a works contract by a local authority (within the meaning of section 1(3) of the Local Government Act 1988) before 1st April 2001.\n(2) The services specified in this paragraph are–\n(a) housing management;\n(b) management of vehicles;\n(c) security work;\n(d) legal services;\n(e) construction and property services;\n(f) financial services;\n(g) information technology services;\n(h) personnel services.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Section 1(3) was amended by the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994 (c. 39), Schedule 13, paragraph 156(2)(b) and Schedule 14."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "The services specified in article 2(2) were added to the list of “defined activities” in section 2(2) of the Local Government Act 1988 by virtue of S.I. 1994/1671, 2884 and 2888 and 1995/1915."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/1423/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:27:33.465812+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."
}