Explanatory note

These Regulations amend the Local Government (Direct Labour Organisations) (Competition) (Scotland) Regulations 1990 (“the principal Regulations”) in their application to highway work.

Regulations 6 and 8 of the principal Regulations apply to general highway works carried out in a financial year, either under a works contract or as functional work, and worth £25,000 or less, but only if the value of that contract or functional work and of all similar work worth £25,000 or less previously contracted for or carried out by the authority in the same financial year exceeds a specified percentage of the total value of such work contracted for or carried out in the preceding financial year.

These Regulations reduce the specified percentage from 70% to 40%.