Article 19(1)
SCHEDULE 6TRANSITIONAL PROVISION: COMPETITIVE TENDERING
1. In this Schedule—
“the 1980 Act” means the Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980(1);
“the 1988 Act” means the Local Government Act 1988(2); and
“the reorganisation period” means the period beginning on the establishment day and ending on 30th September 1998.
2. During the reorganisation period—
(a)construction and maintenance work (within the meaning of Part III of the 1980 Act) shall not be treated as functional work, or work carried out under a works contract, for the purposes of that Part; and
(b)work falling within a defined activity (within the meaning of Part I of the 1988 Act) shall not be treated as so falling for the purposes of that Part,
so long as it is carried out—
(i)exclusively for the purposes of a National Park by a transferor authority, or
(ii)by a National Park authority.
3. During the reorganisation period, work to which paragraph 2 applies shall not be treated as functional work, or work comprised in or carried out in pursuance of a works contract, for the purposes of either—
(a)Part III of the 1980 Act, or
(b)Part I of the 1988 Act.
1980 c. 65; relevant amendment by Schedule 6 to the Local Government Act 1988 and paragraphs 1 to 9 of Schedule 1 to the Local Government Act 1992 (c. 19). Part III of the 1980 Act is applied to National Park authorities by paragraph 8(1) of Schedule 8 to the 1995 Act.
1988 c. 9; relevant amendment by paragraphs 10 to 14 of Schedule 1 to the Local Government Act 1992. Part I of the 1988 Act is applied to National Park authorities by paragraph 8(2) and (3) of Schedule 8 to the 1995 Act.