# The Local Government (Direct Labour Organisations) (Specified Number of Employed Persons) Order 1989, Note: Explanatory note


(This note is not part of the Order)
At present those local authorities and development bodies which employed more than 30 persons in carrying out construction or maintenance work at any time in the previous financial year are subject to the controls Part III of the Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980. Local authorities and development bodies which did not employ more than 30 persons in carrying out one of the descriptions of construction or maintenance work (section 10(2)) were exempt from the requirement to keep separate accounts for that description of work.
The effect of this Order is to reduce the number of persons to 15.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1989/1589/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-direct-labour-organisations-specified-number-of-employed-persons-order-1989/note
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