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(1)In this Part of this Act—
“appointed day ” shall be construed in accordance with section 23 below;
“construction or maintenance work ” means, subject to subsections (2) [F1to (4)] below—
building or engineering work involved in the construction, improvement, maintenance or repair of buildings and other structures or in the laying out, construction, improvement, maintenance or repair of highways and other land, and
the gritting of or clearing of snow from highways;
[F2the maintenance of street lighting;]
“development body ” means—
in relation to England and Wales—
in relation to Scotland—
in relation to England and Wales and to Scotland, an urban development corporation established under this Act;
“DLO revenue account ” has the meaning assigned to it by section 10(1) above;
“functional work ” shall be construed in accordance with section 8 above;
[F6“highway ”, in relation to Scotland, means a road as defined in section 151 of the M3Roads (Scotland) Act 1984;]
“local authority ” means—
a county council, a district council, a London borough council, [F11a police authority established under [F10section 3 of the Police Act 1996]][F12the Inner London Education Authority], a joint authority established by Part IV of the M4Local Government Act 1985 or the Council of the Isles of Scilly, or
The Common Council of the City of London on its capacity as loal authority or police authority;]
in relation to Scotland, a [F13council constituted under section 2 of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994];
“works contract ” has the meaning assigned to it by subsection (1) of section 5 above; and
“the 1970 Act ” has the meaning assigned to it by paragraph (a) of that subsection.
(2)Notwithstanding anything in subsection (1) above, in this Act “construction or maintenance work " does not include—
(a)work relating to parks, gardens, playing fields, open spaces or allotments, except to the extent that the work relates to a building or structure; or
(b)the routine maintenance of a specific building or structure or of specific buildings or structures by a person [F14who—
(i)is employed to perform duties in relation to that building or structure, or those buildings or structures; but
(ii)spends the greater part of the time required for performing the duties of his employment in the carrying out of work which is neither routine maintenance nor work of any other description falling within the meaning, for the purposes of this Part of this Act, of construction or maintenance work.]
F15(2A). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(3)Notwithstanding anything in subsection (1) above, in this Act “construction or maintenance work " does not include work undertaken by a local authority authorised by any enactment to carry on a dock or harbour undertaking if that work is undertaken for the purposes of or in connection with that undertaking.
[F16(4)Notwithstanding anything in subsection (1) above, in this Act “construction or maintenance work " does not include work undertaken by a local authority or a development body pursuant to an agreement made (or having effect as if made) with the Secretary of State on or after 1st April 1982—
(a)which is made by virtue of any provision of the Employment and Training Act 1973;
(b)which specifies the work to be undertaken by the authority or body; and
(c)under which the whole or part of the cost of the work so specified is to be paid by the Secretary of State]
[F17(5)If a local authority or development body undertake work which (apart from this subsection)would not fall within construction or maintenance work, and which in their opinion cannot be undertaken efficiently separately from construction or maintenance work, the work shall (if they so decide) be treated as falling within construction or maintenance work.
(6)In section 10(3)(c) above and subsection (1) above, in paragraph (c) of the definition of “construction or maintenance work ", “street " (except in relation to Scotland) has the meaning given by section 329(1) of the M5Highways Act 1980 and (in relation to Scotland) means a road as defined in section 25(3) of the M6Local Government and Planning (Scotland) Act 1982.
(7)Nothing in sections 19A and 19B above shall prejudice any remedy available to a person (apart from those sections) in respect of failure to observe a provision of this Part of this Act.]
Textual Amendments
F1Words substituted by Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1982 (c. 30, SIF 81:1), s. 38(2)
F2Para. (c) and the word “and " preceding it inserted (1.10.1988) by Local Government Act 1988 (c. 9, SIF 81:1, 2), 32, Sch. 6 para 10(2)
F3Words substituted by New Towns Act 1981 (c. 64 SIF 123:3), s. 81, Sch. 12 para. 28(b)
F4Sub-para (iii) and the word “and " at the end of sub-para (ii) repealed by Local Government Act 1988 (c. 9, SIF 81:1, 2), ss. 32, 41, Sch. 6 para 10(3), Sch. 7 Pt. II (subject to the provision at the end of that Part)
F5S. 20(1): in para. (b)(i) in definition of
“development body ”
repealed (S.) (1.4.1996) by 1994 c. 39, s. 180(2), Sch. 14; S.I. 1996/323, art. 4(1)(d), Sch. 2
F6Definition inserted (S.) by Roads (Scotland) Act 1984 (c. 54, SIF 108), s. 156(1), Sch. 9 para. 82
F7Para. (a) substituted by Local Government Act 1988 (c. 9, SIF 81:1, 2), s. 32, Sch. 6 para. 10(4)
F8S. 20(1): words in definition of
“local authority ”
repealed (3.4.1995) by 1994 c. 19, s. 66(6)(8), Sch. 16 para. 57(3) (with ss. 54(5)(7), 55(5), Sch. 17 paras. 22(1), 23(2)); S.I. 1995/852, art. 9(1), Sch. 5
F9S. 20(1)(aa): in definition of
“local authority ”
inserted (3.4.1995) by 1994 c. 19, s. 66(6), Sch. 16 para. 57(3) (with ss. 54(5)(7), 55(5)(7), 55(5), Sch. 17 paras. 22(1), 23(2)); S.I. 1995/852, art. 9(1), Sch. 5
F10S. 20(1): words in para. (aa)(a)(i) in definition of
“Local authority ”
substituted (22.8.1996) by 1996 c. 16, ss. 103(1), 104(1), Sch. 7 Pt. I para. 1(2)(p)
F11S. 20(1): words in definition of
“local authority ”
substituted (1.10.1994 for certain purposes and 1.4.1995 otherwise) by 1994 c. 29, s. 43, Sch. 4 Pt. I para. 20; S.I. 1994/2025, art. 6(1)(2)(6); S.I. 1994/3262, art. 4(1), Sch.
F12Words repealed (1.4.1990) by Education Reform Act 1988 (c. 40, SIF 41:1), s. 237, Sch. 13 Pt. I
F13S. 20(1): words in para. (b) in definition of
“Local authority ”
substituted (S.) (1.4.1996) by 1994 c. 39, s. 180(1), Sch. 13 para. 120(4); S.I. 1996/323, art. 4(1)(c)
F14Words in s. 20(2) substituted (14.3.1994) by Local Government Act 1992 (c. 19), s. 11, Sch. 1 para. 8; S.I. 1992/3241, art. 4.
F15S. 20(2A) repealed (S.) (1.4.1996) by 1994 c. 39, s. 180(2), Sch. 14; S.I. 1996/323, art. 4(1)(d), Sch. 2
F16S. 20(4) substituted by virtue of Employment Act 1989 (c. 38, SIF 43:1), s. 29(3), Sch. 6 para. 27
F17S. 20(5)–(7) inserted (24.6.1988 as to s. 20(5) and 1.10.1988 as to s. 20(6)(7)) by Local Government Act 1988 (c. 9, SIF 81:1, 2), s. 32, Sch. 6 para 10(6)
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1S. 20(1) extended by S.I. 1985/1884, art. 10, Sch. 3 para 4(s)
Marginal Citations
M11981 c. 64 (123:3)
M21968 c. 16 (123:4).
M31984 c. 54 (108).
M41985 c. 51 (81:1).
M51980 c. 60 (59).
M61982 c. 43 (81:2).
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