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The Local Government Best Value (Exclusion of Non-commercial Considerations) (Wales) Order 2002

W.S.I. 2002/678 · Made 12 March 2002

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LOCAL GOVERNMENT, WALES

Made 12th March 2002

Coming into force 31st March 2002

The National Assembly for Wales makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred upon it by sections 19(1) and (2) and 29 of the Local Government Act 1999f1:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

1999 c. 27.

Contents

  1. 1Name, commencement, application and interpretation
  2. 2Matters not to be non-commercial matters in relation to best value authorities
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1Name, commencement, application and interpretation

(1)

The name of this Order is the Local Government Best Value (Exclusion of Non-commercial Considerations) (Wales) Order 2002 and it shall come into force on 31st of March 2002.

(2)

This Order applies to all best value authorities in Wales except those falling within section 1(1)(d) or (e) of the 1999 Act (police and fire authorities).

(3)

In this Order “the 1988 Act” (“Deddf 1988”) means the Local Government Act 1988f1.

2Matters not to be non-commercial matters in relation to best value authorities

The matters specified in section 17(5)(a) and (d) of the 1988 Act (Local and other public authority contracts: exclusion of non-commercial considerations) shall cease to be non-commercial matters for the purposes of that section.

Signature

Signed on behalf of the National Assembly for Wales under section 66(1) of the Government of Wales Act 1998f1.

D. Elis-Thomas

The Presiding Officer of the National Assembly

12th March 2002

Explanatory note

(This note does not form part of the Order)

Section 17(5) of the Local Government Act 1988 (“the 1988 Act”) contains a list of matters (non-commercial matters) by reference to which a public authority may not exercise the functions listed in section 17(4) of that Act, which include functions in relation to proposed public supply or works contracts with the authority.

This Order provides for the matters specified in section 17(5)(a) and (d) of the 1988 Act to cease to be non-commercial matters for the purposes of that section. The matters concerned relate to the terms and conditions of employment etc. of the contractor’s workforce and the conduct of contractors or their workers in industrial disputes.