{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-direct-service-organisations-competition-regulations-1993/regulation-10",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-direct-service-organisations-competition-regulations-1993/regulation-10.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1993/848",
  "legislation_title": "The Local Government (Direct Service Organisations) (Competition) Regulations 1993",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-direct-service-organisations-competition-regulations-1993",
  "path": "regulation/10",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "10",
  "heading": "Allowable costs of employing trainees",
  "text": "(1) For the purposes of this regulation—\n“grant aid” means the amount of any grant paid or to be paid to the local authority by the Department of Employment in aid of relevant arrangements, which, if the bid were successful, would be attributable to the employment of apprentices and trainees in relation to the work;\n“relevant costs” means the costs mentioned in paragraph (2);\n“relevant arrangements” means any arrangements within the meaning of paragraph (4);\n“trainees” means any persons employed under the terms of any relevant arrangements.\n(2) Relevant costs are the costs which, if the bid were successful, would arise out of, or be attributable to, the employment of trainees in relation to the work, with respect to—\n(a) the management of relevant arrangements, including advertising, recruiting trainees and apprentices, setting up projects and placing trainees and apprentices;\n(b) the overheads of relevant arrangements, including the provision of premises and equipment for the purposes of the scheme, and all necessary outgoings including loan charges;\n(c) the provision of instruction in accordance with the requirements and objectives of relevant arrangements, and the registration of trainees' and apprentices' qualifications;\n(d) the provision of financial support of trainees in accordance with the requirements of relevant arrangements.\n(3) The following amounts shall be allowable costs, namely—\n(a) in the case of arrangements which are relevant arrangements by virtue of paragraphs (4)(a) and (b), the amount, if any, by which relevant costs exceed the amount of any grant aid, and\n(b) in the case of arrangements which are relevant arrangements by virtue of paragraph (4)(c), the amount, if any, by which relevant costs exceed the value of the sum of—\n(i) the amount of any grant aid, and\n(ii) the costs which, if the bid were successful, would arise out of, or be attributable to, the employment in relation to the work of persons who are not trainees.\n(4) Relevant arrangements are—\n(a) arrangements made by the Secretary of State under section 2 of the Employment and Training Act 1973;\n(b) arrangements made by Scottish Enterprise or Highlands and Islands Enterprise under section 2 of the Enterprise and New Towns (Scotland) Act 1990;\n(c) arrangements made by the local authority for the training of persons in their employment who are trainees or apprentices.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1973 c. 50."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1990 c. 35."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1993/848/regulation/10",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T13:59:54.466777+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}