# The Local Government (Wales) (Service Agency Agreements) Regulations 1995, Note: Explanatory note


(This note is not part of the Order)
Section 25(1) of the Local Government (Wales) Act 1994 allows the new Welsh principal councils to enter into agreements whereby one council provides services to the other for the purposes of, or in connection with, the discharge of that other council’s functions. These agreements are termed “service agency agreements”.
Section 25(4) enables the Secretary of State by regulations to restrict the exercise of that power. In particular section 25(5)(a) provides that the Secretary of State may prescribe matters which may not be the subject of a service agency agreement.
These Regulations provide that work which is subject to competition requirements imposed under Part III of the Local Government and Planning Act 1980 and Part I of the Local Government Act 1988 is to be excluded from the power given in section 25(1) of the 1994 Act. Regulation 2(2), however, allows limited exceptions to the general exclusion.

---
Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1995/1040/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-wales-service-agency-agreements-regulations-1995/note
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.