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The Local Government Act 1988 (Security Work) (Exemption) (England) Order 1995

S.I. 1995/2074 · Made 7 August 1995

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LOCAL GOVERNMENT, ENGLAND AND WALES

Made 7th August 1995

Laid before Parliament 8th August 1995

Coming into force 29th August 1995

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 2(9) and 15(5) of the Local Government Act 1988f1, and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

1988 c. 9.

Contents

  1. 1Citation, commencement and application
  2. 2Exemption in relation to a controlled place
  3. 3Exemption in relation to a court-house
  4. 4Exemption in relation to Guildhall
  5. 5Exemption in relation to the Woolwich Ferry
  6. Signature
  7. Explanatory note

1Citation, commencement and application

(1)

This Order may be cited as the Local Government Act 1988 (Security Work) (Exemption) (England) Order 1995 and shall come into force on 29th August 1995.

(2)

Articles 2 and 3 of this Order apply to defined authorities in England only.

2Exemption in relation to a controlled place

(1)

Security work shall not be treated as a defined activity so long as it is carried out by a defined authority through an employee—

(a)

whose work may involve the exercise of a power, conferred by a relevant enactment, to take action to deal with a breach of that enactment in a controlled place, where that power cannot be exercised by anyone other than an employee of the defined authority or a constable, and

(b)

the greater part of whose work is carried out in relation to a controlled place.

(2)

In this article—

(a)

“controlled place” means any airport, burial ground, common, country park, educational premises, harbour, housing amenity land, market, open space, park, picnic site, pleasure ground, port, recreation ground or road playground; and

(b)

in paragraph (a)—

  • “airport” has the same meaning as in section 82(1) of the Airports Act 1986f1;

  • “burial ground” has the same meaning as in section 20 of the Open Spaces Act 1906f2;

  • “common” has the same meaning as in section 15 of the Commons Act 1899f3;

  • “country park” means a country park provided under section 7 of the Countryside Act 1968f4;

  • “educational premises” means any premises to which section 40 of the Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1982f5 applies;

  • “housing amenity land” means land in relation to which byelaws may be made, by virtue of section 23(2) of the Housing Act 1985f6;

  • “open space” has the same meaning as in section 20 of the Open Spaces Act 1906;

  • “picnic site” means a picnic site provided under section 10(2) of the Countryside Act 1968;

  • “pleasure ground” means any land held under section 164 of the Public Health Act 1875f7;

  • “relevant enactment” means section 40 of the Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1982f8, a local Act, or byelaws made under or by virtue of a power in any general or local Act; and

  • “road playground” means a road in relation to which an order has been made under section 29 of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984f9

3Exemption in relation to a court-house

Security work shall not be treated as a defined activity so long as the work is carried out in relation to a court-house.

4Exemption in relation to Guildhall

Security work by the Common Council of the City of London shall not be treated as a defined activity so long as—

(a)

it is carried out at the premises in the City of London known as Guildhall, and

(b)

those premises remain vested in the Common Council, in any capacity.

5Exemption in relation to the Woolwich Ferry

(1)

Security work by the Council shall not be treated as a defined activity so long as—

(a)

it is carried out in relation to the Woolwich Ferry, and

(b)

the operation of the Ferry by the Council is carried out in accordance with the terms of the agreement of 27th March 1986 made between the Secretary of State for Transport and the Council.

(2)

In this article—

  • “the Council” means the Council of the London Borough of Greenwich;

  • “the Woolwich Ferry” means the ferry established, maintained, worked and regulated pursuant to section 14 of the Metropolitan Board of Works (Various Powers) Act 1885f1.

Signature

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State

Paul Beresford

Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State,

Department of the Environment

7th August 1995

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

Under Part I of the Local Government Act 1988 (competition), work falling within certain defined activities may be carried out by defined authorities only if particular conditions are fulfilled.

Article 2 exempts from the requirements of Part I security work carried out by a defined authority through an employee whose work may involve the exercise of a power to take action to deal with a breach of certain enactments in a controlled place (as defined in the Order), where that power cannot be exercised by anyone other than an employee of the defined authority or a constable, and the greater part of whose work is carried out in relation to a controlled place.

Article 3 exempts from the requirements of Part I security work by a defined authority in England so long as it is carried out in relation to a court-house.

Article 4 exempts from the requirements of Part I security work by the Common Council of the City of London so long as it is carried out at the premises in the City of London known as Guildhall, and those premises remain vested in the Common Council, in any capacity.

Article 5 exempts from the requirements of Part I security work by the Greenwich London Borough Council so long as it is carried out in relation to the Woolwich Ferry and the operation of the Ferry is carried out in accordance with the terms of the agreement of 27th March 1986 made between the Secretary of State for Transport and that Council. A copy of the agreement may be inspected, at all reasonable hours, at the offices of the borough council and at the offices of the Secretary of State for Transport, at 2 Marsham Street, London SW1P 3EB.