# The Local Government (Direct Labour Organisations) (Competition) Regulations 1989, Regulation 2: Interpretation


(1) In these Regulations–
“the Act” means the Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980;
“contractual highway work” means general highway works carried out by a local authority or development body by placing a contract for the doing of the work by another person (either directly or, in whole or in part, through subcontractors) which provides, or provides principally, for the carrying out of general highway works, the value of which does not exceed £25,000;
“emergency work” means–
(i) in relation to work to be done before 1st April 1990 work of any description whose necessity could not reasonably have been foreseen by the local authority or development body concerned and which is required to avert, alleviate or eradicate in their area, or any part of it, the effects or potential effects of any emergency or disaster involving or likely to involve risk of serious damage to or destruction of property or risk of injury or danger to health or life; and
(ii) in relation to work to be done on or after 1st April 1990 work of any description the necessity for which could not reasonably have been foreseen by the local authority or development body concerned and which is–
(a) required to avert, alleviate or eradicate in their area, or any part of it, the effects or potential effects of any emergency or disaster which involves or is likely to involve risk of serious damage to or destruction of property or risk of injury or danger to health or life;
(b) required to be put in hand as a matter of urgency within 48 hours of the emergency or disaster occurring; and
(c) not work on a scale or of a nature normally undertaken by that authority or development body.
“estimated cost” in relation to a job, means the aggregate of the amounts which a local authority or development body will credit to their DLO revenue account in respect of the carrying out of all the items of construction or maintenance work comprised in that job–
(i) so far as such amounts will fall to be determined in accordance with a written statement prepared in compliance with section 9(2)(a) of the Act, as so determined; and
(ii) so far as such amounts will fall to be determined in accordance with a method specified in a written statement prepared in accordance with section 9(2)(b) of the Act, as estimated in accordance with that method;
“general highway works” has the meaning given to it in section 10(3) of the Act;
“job” means all the functional work which can reasonably be carried out most economically and efficiently under one arrangement;
“relevant highway work” means general highway works comprised in a works contract which provides, or provides principally for, or in a job which consists, or consists principally of, general highway works, and for which the value of the contract or the estimated cost of the job does not exceed £25,000;
“works of maintenance” means works of maintenance within the meaning of the Local Authorities (Goods and Services) Act 1970 not being general highway works or the maintenance of a sewer;
“works of new construction” means building or civil engineering works of any description not being general highway works, the construction of a sewer or works of maintenance.
(2) Subject to paragraph (3) below, in ascertaining (for the purposes of these Regulations) the description of work for which a contract principally provides, or of which a job principally consists, regard shall be had only to–
(a) the value of the contract so far as it is attributable to works of each description mentioned in paragraphs (a) to (d) of regulation 3 and comprised in the contract, or
(b) the estimated cost of the job so far as it is attributable to works of each description mentioned in paragraphs (a) to (d) of regulation 3 and comprised in the job, and if the value of the contract or the estimated cost of the job so far as attributable to works of two or more descriptions is the same, that contract or job shall be treated as providing principally for works of each of those descriptions.
(3) In ascertaining for the purposes of paragraph (1) above or regulation 6 or 8 the description of work for which a contract principally provides, or of which a job principally consists, no regard shall be had to the value of the contract or the estimated cost of the job so far as in either case it is attributable to the construction or maintenance of a sewer.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1989/1588/regulation/2 (the official version)
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