Article 8 Transitional provision as to end of exemption

For the purposes of section 6(6) of the Act (as inserted by paragraph 4 of Schedule 1), the exempt period, in respect of particular work shall, provided that the authority concerned complies with the requirement specified in paragraph (2), be treated as continuing until the beginning (in accordance with regulation 3 of the Local Government (Direct Service Organisations) (Competition) Regulations 1993^f1) of the period during which that work is to be carried out.

The requirement referred to in paragraph (1) is that the announcement of the decision by the authority (in accordance with regulation 5(b) of the said Regulations of 1993) as to who shall carry out the work described in the notice required by section 7(1) of the Act is made on a date prior to the exemption end date.