# Local Government Act 1988, Paragraph 15


(1) Provision of the following services (and only the following) falls within section 2(2)(n) above—
(a) personnel advice to any of the following, namely —
(i) a defined authority or its elected members;
(ii) any committee or sub-committee of a defined authority, or any other group of persons which reports to such an authority, committee or sub-committee; and
(iii) any officer or department of a defined authority;
(b) personnel advice to any other person in relation to the discharge of any functions of a defined authority;
(c) conducting organisational and method studies and work studies including, in particular, conducting management service reviews and preparing business plans;
(d) human resource management including, in particular, recruitment, monitoring, assessment and appraisal;
(e) personnel research;
(f) developing and maintaining statistical and managerial information systems:
(g) subject to sub-paragraph (2) below, training a defined authority’s employees including, in particular, arranging, monitoring and evaluating training and development programmes;
(h) developing and maintaining employee relations policies, practices and procedures;
(i) personnel work in connection with any of the following, namely
(i) pay and other employee benefits including, in particular, superannuation benefits;
(ii) terms and conditions of employment;
(iii) health and safety policies and procedures;
(iv) employee welfare policies and procedures including, in particular, occupational health services; and
(v) redundancy arrangements and agreements;
(j) procuring, monitoring or supervising any services which fall within paragraphs (a) to (i) above and are provided for a defined authority by any person.
(2) The activities described in sub-paragraph (1)(g) above do not fall within section 2(2)(n) above where they relate to—
(a) the ordinary supervision of trainees or other employees; or
(b) the training of fire-fighting members of fire brigades.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1988/9/schedule/1/paragraph/15 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-act-1988/schedule-1/paragraph-15
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